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Mip Flashing in F1-2001

Tom Pabs

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Tom Pabs » Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:59:40

Just curious...

I'm getting what I'd consider too much mip flashing in F1-2001 (about twice
as much as I get in GPL).  Is this the norm?
"Yes"...I have installed the EA patch.

I'm suspicious of my current DX install....and possibly Riva Turner not
working properly.  But, even so when I go into GPL the flashing is half what
it is in F1-2001.

Specs:

GF3 (23.11)
AMD 1.6
512 MB PC2100 RAM
21" Sony
MSI K7 Master (mobo - AMD northbridge)
Win98SE
IE 6.0
DX 8.1

I'm running F1-2001 at the same settings (and screen res) as GPL, which is:
1600x1200 (x16bit) in D3D.  FPS is from 45 to 65....depending on track and
location (lowest in the pit garage).  Comparison, I get 100-110 FPS in N4
(Atlanta pit lane bench) and 3DMark2001 scores on this rig of just over
7,100.

Thanks in advance for your info....

Tom

Rick Baumhaue

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Rick Baumhaue » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 04:29:53

Tom,

That's what has always happened on my system as well - I eventually kinda
got used to it, but it is an annoyance.  System is an Athlon 1.1/GF2GTS64, I
believe running 12.90 drivers.

Rick


Gunnar Horrigm

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Gunnar Horrigm » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:13:08


> Just curious...

me too...

what the hell is mip-flashing?

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Gunnar Horrigm

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Gunnar Horrigm » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:22:25


> > I'm getting what I'd consider too much mip flashing in F1-2001 (about twice
> > as much as I get in GPL).  Is this the norm?
> > "Yes"...I have installed the EA patch.

> what the hell is mip-flashing?

btw; where's this patch?  I cant find anything on http://www.ea.com

Gunnar, with a freshly bought copy, and getting increasingly nervous.
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Gunnar Horrigm

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Gunnar Horrigm » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:31:11


> Gunnar, with a freshly bought copy, and getting increasingly nervous.

and now, after reading more on http://www.ea.com, I'm getting angry.
no FF?  wtf?  

please tell me FF is that patch Tom's talking about... :-/

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Gunnar
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Dave Henri

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Dave Henri » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 05:43:14

  Yes Gunnar the FF is included in the patch and MOST of the users seem
quite pleased by it.  It has some tricky settings to master tho but there
are plenty of users here that can point you in the right direction.
dave henrie


> > Gunnar, with a freshly bought copy, and getting increasingly nervous.

> and now, after reading more on http://www.ea.com, I'm getting angry.
> no FF?  wtf?

> please tell me FF is that patch Tom's talking about... :-/

> --
> Gunnar
>     #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo: 2
>                              gitaren er en sjingke

briGu

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by briGu » Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:38:14


Switch to 32-bit color depth, and see if that removes the problem.  Your
system should be able to handle the increased texture depth, and that should
solve the problem...

Tom Pabs

Mip Flashing in F1-2001

by Tom Pabs » Sat, 19 Jan 2002 04:18:47

Thanks for the suggestion, briGuy.  It didn't help....and it didn't impact
the FPS as you suggested, but it also didn't improve the graphics quality in
any discernible way.  So, what I think I'm going to try is this:  dialing in
some FSAA (which can only be done in F1-2001 at 32bit) and decreasing screen
res to reach a balance of decent FPS and improved graphics.  We'll see what
I can come up with and I'll report it back here.

TP





> > Just curious...

> > I'm getting what I'd consider too much mip flashing in F1-2001 (about
> twice
> > as much as I get in GPL)...  .

> > I'm running F1-2001 at the same settings (and screen res) as GPL, which
> is:
> > 1600x1200 (x16bit) in D3D...

> Switch to 32-bit color depth, and see if that removes the problem.  Your
> system should be able to handle the increased texture depth, and that
should
> solve the problem...


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