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by **MJS** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:09:27

What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got a
geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates with
open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Kevin Anderso** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:29:43

Same system as you and I also run Open GL

--
Kevin Anderson

by **Paul** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:02:30

I have a P3-800 with Creative Anniolator Pro (first generations Ge Force
DDR). I found that I get much better frame rates in Open GL than Direct X.
Make sure you disable "v-sinc" in your Open GL settings. With v-sinc 'on',
my frame rates were cut in 1/2.

-Paul
Western States Racing League
www.wsrl.n3.net

> Same system as you and I also run Open GL

> --
> Kevin Anderson

> > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got a
> > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates with
> > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Aaron Menchion** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:15:17

But when I disable my vsync I get stutters and weird graphic glitches like
my car sinking into the turns....

Any suggestions??????

> I have a P3-800 with Creative Anniolator Pro (first generations Ge Force
> DDR). I found that I get much better frame rates in Open GL than Direct
X.
> Make sure you disable "v-sinc" in your Open GL settings. With v-sinc
'on',
> my frame rates were cut in 1/2.

> -Paul
> Western States Racing League
> www.wsrl.n3.net

> > Same system as you and I also run Open GL

> > --
> > Kevin Anderson

> > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got
a
> > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
with
> > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Marc Collin** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:45:44

And how do you optimise the OpenGL settings so that it looks as good as D3D?
Or do we just live with the inferior, more pixellated look to get the higher
frame rates?

Marc.

> I have a P3-800 with Creative Anniolator Pro (first generations Ge Force
> DDR). I found that I get much better frame rates in Open GL than Direct
X.
> Make sure you disable "v-sinc" in your Open GL settings. With v-sinc
'on',
> my frame rates were cut in 1/2.

> -Paul
> Western States Racing League
> www.wsrl.n3.net

> > Same system as you and I also run Open GL

> > --
> > Kevin Anderson

> > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got
a
> > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
with
> > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **GMpartsdud** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:53:30

my Viper V770 ultra runs much better on D3D than it does openGL.
I was surprised that my 533 coppermine is running N4 as well as it does.
with just debris and smoke on and 25 cars on the track, i rarely see the
framerate drop below 20. I do see myself upgrading reaaaaaal soon though
Congrats to Papy on a great game so far. My only observation so far if the
same as the rest, slightly buggy AI under certain tracks. That and making my
533 look more like the dinosaur it has become. Oh well, im rambling on, time
fer lunch and a beer before the shootout. See ya

by **Don Burnett** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:12:48

Open gl, 16 bit, vsynch and fsaa off.

--
Don Burnette

by **Don Burnett** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:14:28

If you have the horsepower, could enable fsaa which would help, most folks
aren't going to have that kind of hp today I think.
For now, I prefer opengl for the performance increase versus the smoother
graphics in d3d.

--
Don Burnette

> And how do you optimise the OpenGL settings so that it looks as good as
D3D?
> Or do we just live with the inferior, more pixellated look to get the
higher
> frame rates?

> Marc.

> > I have a P3-800 with Creative Anniolator Pro (first generations Ge Force
> > DDR). I found that I get much better frame rates in Open GL than Direct
> X.
> > Make sure you disable "v-sinc" in your Open GL settings. With v-sinc
> 'on',
> > my frame rates were cut in 1/2.

> > -Paul
> > Western States Racing League
> > www.wsrl.n3.net

> > > Same system as you and I also run Open GL

> > > --
> > > Kevin Anderson

> > > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've
got
> a
> > > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
> with
> > > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Scott B. Huste** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:23:40

Hello,

You get better performance out of OpenGL, but I find (for my taste) the
degraded graphics in OpenGL vs D3D is too high. I run N4 in D3D and
although its a performance hit, its not huge. The graphics are just much,
much smoother in D3D.

Alot of people are making the mistake of having 24 sounds being heard and
that effects performance as well. I think 10 to 12 is more than enough for
most people.
--
Scott B. Husted
"Profit"
ICQ# 4395450

by **chainbreake** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 06:13:49

Yep.

Jerry Morelock

by **chainbreake** » Tue, 13 Feb 2001 06:15:33

Not that much diff between the two on my system--crowds in the stands may
look a little better in D3D but who cares about that?

Jerry Morelock

by **Stephen Smit** » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 04:57:04

Me 2.

> I have a P3-800 with Creative Anniolator Pro (first generations Ge Force
> DDR). I found that I get much better frame rates in Open GL than Direct
X.
> Make sure you disable "v-sinc" in your Open GL settings. With v-sinc
'on',
> my frame rates were cut in 1/2.

> -Paul
> Western States Racing League
> www.wsrl.n3.net

> > Same system as you and I also run Open GL

> > --
> > Kevin Anderson

> > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got
a
> > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
with
> > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Stephen Smit** » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 04:59:00

Yes, D3D looks better (particularly the color saturation), but the
performance hit is unconscionable on my K7-900.

--Steve

> Hello,

> You get better performance out of OpenGL, but I find (for my taste) the
> degraded graphics in OpenGL vs D3D is too high. I run N4 in D3D and
> although its a performance hit, its not huge. The graphics are just much,
> much smoother in D3D.

> Alot of people are making the mistake of having 24 sounds being heard and
> that effects performance as well. I think 10 to 12 is more than enough
for
> most people.
> --
> Scott B. Husted
> "Profit"
> ICQ# 4395450

> > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got a
> > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates with
> > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Scott B. Huste** » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 05:36:50

I'm looking at 6 to 10 on my P3-900 system with an ASUS V7700 GeForce2 GTS
32mb card. However, I gained those fps back by upgrading to Direct X 8a as
DX8 was causing me all kinds of problems.

--
Scott B. Husted
PA-Scott
The Pits: PowerSims Magazine (http://www.theuspits.com)

> Yes, D3D looks better (particularly the color saturation), but the
> performance hit is unconscionable on my K7-900.

> --Steve

> > Hello,

> > You get better performance out of OpenGL, but I find (for my taste) the
> > degraded graphics in OpenGL vs D3D is too high. I run N4 in D3D and
> > although its a performance hit, its not huge. The graphics are just
much,
> > much smoother in D3D.

> > Alot of people are making the mistake of having 24 sounds being heard
and
> > that effects performance as well. I think 10 to 12 is more than enough
> for
> > most people.
> > --
> > Scott B. Husted
> > "Profit"
> > ICQ# 4395450

> > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've got
a
> > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
with
> > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

by **Stephen Smit** » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:47:40

Scott,

I dodged that particular bullet by avoiding DX8 *and* DX8a. As has been
noted, um, in these rooms, you don't have to install DX8/8a to run N4,
Sierra's stern admonitions to the contrary notwithstanding.

--Steve Smith

> I'm looking at 6 to 10 on my P3-900 system with an ASUS V7700 GeForce2 GTS
> 32mb card. However, I gained those fps back by upgrading to Direct X 8a
as
> DX8 was causing me all kinds of problems.

> --
> Scott B. Husted
> PA-Scott
> The Pits: PowerSims Magazine (http://www.theuspits.com)

> > Yes, D3D looks better (particularly the color saturation), but the
> > performance hit is unconscionable on my K7-900.

> > --Steve

> > > Hello,

> > > You get better performance out of OpenGL, but I find (for my taste)
the
> > > degraded graphics in OpenGL vs D3D is too high. I run N4 in D3D and
> > > although its a performance hit, its not huge. The graphics are just
> much,
> > > much smoother in D3D.

> > > Alot of people are making the mistake of having 24 sounds being heard
> and
> > > that effects performance as well. I think 10 to 12 is more than
enough
> > for
> > > most people.
> > > --
> > > Scott B. Husted
> > > "Profit"
> > > ICQ# 4395450

> > > > What are people using and whats getting the best performance. I've
got
> a
> > > > geforce 256 ddr with an athlon 650. I seem to get better framerates
> with
> > > > open gl, is this what others find as well ?

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