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GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

Peter Thoma

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by Peter Thoma » Tue, 20 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Does anyone own a copy of GPL and only have a TNT card?  I would love to buy
this game but noticed it only works on Rendition and 3DFX cards.  I do not
want to go buy the game to find I can not run the game well.

Any advice besides buying an additional 3DFX card?

Thanks

David Ript

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by David Ript » Tue, 20 Apr 1999 04:00:00



>Does anyone own a copy of GPL and only have a TNT card?  I would love to buy
>this game but noticed it only works on Rendition and 3DFX cards.  I do not
>want to go buy the game to find I can not run the game well.

>Any advice besides buying an additional 3DFX card?

The OpenGL patch allows it to run okay on a TNT card.  The readme that
comes with the patch tells how to decrease the mirror refresh rate
to work around a problem with the TNT drivers that causes the texture
copying used for the mirrors to kill the overall frame rate.  And you
may need to change TNT drivers to get things working, as some driver
versions won't work at all and others will only work at 640x480.  I've
had good luck with the last two versions of nVidia's reference drivers.

GPL works well enough on the TNT that I've moved the old Voodoo 1 to
another machine, but I'm annoyed that nVidia still hasn't dealt with
the problem that keeps it from working perfectly.

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Karl Zose

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by Karl Zose » Tue, 20 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I got ASUS 3400 TNT. P-2 350
I get framerate of 36 fps all the time except at the start in 1024 x 768.
And the picture quality is better than Voodoo!
You just have to reduce the mirror refresh rate.
Greg Sutto

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by Greg Sutto » Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:00:00

It runs, but I don't think it runs well.  There are many people
reporting problems and I suppose these can be fixed by changing
the setup.  The real problem I belive is that even if you do
a fresh install of Windows/drivers/direct-x/GPL etc, the TNT
just doesn't handle GPL smoothly.  

Even when mine is running at 36fps it is very difficult to drive
smoothly - I can drive more reliably with my old voodoo-1 at around
20fps than I can with the TNT.  I think the cause is the frame rate
is not consistent on the TNT, so even though it displays 36fps it is
often dropping way below that rate.

Greg.

René van Lobbere

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by René van Lobbere » Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:00:00



No problems, Asus drivers, 36fps, 32 at start (online core.ini settings).
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Ari Niemine

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by Ari Niemine » Thu, 22 Apr 1999 04:00:00


> It runs, but I don't think it runs well.  There are many people
> reporting problems and I suppose these can be fixed by changing
> the setup.  The real problem I belive is that even if you do
> a fresh install of Windows/drivers/direct-x/GPL etc, the TNT
> just doesn't handle GPL smoothly.


The framerate is just great. Almost constant 36 fps with 800x600, even
in a start.
I also tried 1280x1024 and starting behind 19 AI cars, in chase view.
I had 28 fps in start, and a few seconds after the start fps went to
36 and never dropped below.

Unfortunately GPL seems to be crash on occasion. I'm not yet sure if it's
OpenGL or GPL Spy Boy that's causing it.

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David Ript

GPL and TNT.. Anyone using

by David Ript » Fri, 23 Apr 1999 04:00:00



I haven't really seen this.  I have a P2-333 running at 412, a CL
TNT running at spec, and I keep mirror refresh as slow as possible,
once per 8 frames.  Could be subjective, or that your system is
slower than mine, or that you're running too high a resolution
or too fast a mirror refresh rate.

Not that I'm happy with nVidia.  They've given us one whole driver
update in the last three months, which came with a whole lot of hype,
didn't deliver the promised performance improvements, and didn't fix
the bug that hurts GPL.

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