Am I crazy?
Kendt
Prolly.... :-)
Cheers!
Remco
I just posted this to rsc:
ISI-based sims seem to have a real problem on my rig.
Just upgraded from 9700Pro to an X800XL - everything but F1C and GTR
are screaming now.
In both F1C and GTR I saw a major performance hit. In GTR, even with
mirrors, windshield, wheel, and Motec off the***pit causes a 50FPS
hit compared with bumper-cam.
This is consistent across multiple driver versions (4.12 through 5.x)
and variations (omega, dna, ati).
Only thing I can find is that "AGP Writes" is turned off with the X800,
while it was on with my 9700Pro. Even with SMARTGART disabled I can't
get it back on (though I did track down the relevant registry keys)
Anyone else seen this? I'm going to try on a fresh XP install, then the
card goes back and I get an nVidia.
Kendt
> I just posted this to rsc:
> ISI-based sims seem to have a real problem on my rig.
> Just upgraded from 9700Pro to an X800XL - everything but F1C and GTR
> are screaming now.
> In both F1C and GTR I saw a major performance hit. In GTR, even with
> mirrors, windshield, wheel, and Motec off the***pit causes a 50FPS
> hit compared with bumper-cam.
> This is consistent across multiple driver versions (4.12 through 5.x)
> and variations (omega, dna, ati).
> Only thing I can find is that "AGP Writes" is turned off with the X800,
> while it was on with my 9700Pro. Even with SMARTGART disabled I can't
> get it back on (though I did track down the relevant registry keys)
> Anyone else seen this? I'm going to try on a fresh XP install, then the
> card goes back and I get an nVidia.
> Kendt
jc
Kendt
Kendt
jc
Thanks!
Kendt
VIA is at fault (and it's been this way for at least the last four
years. If you want the ATI card to work, use the mobo drivers that come
with Windows - do NOT load the 4-in-1's that came with your mobo.
When you get your AMD64 system, get an nForce chipset mobo (actuially,
ANYTHING but via) if you're going to hang on to ATI video cards.
Kendt
