rec.autos.simulators

HELP
Just forked out $269 to replace my VooDoo3 with the recommended GEForce2
GTS, and the result is unusable.  I get lots of flicker, and stuttering.
Frame rate is awesome otherwise.

I've tried D3d, Opengl, 32bit color, 16bit color, all at 800x600.  This
should just work beautiful  What gives?

Anybody have any ideas?

Tim V

Take a look at the nVidia newsgroups. This flickering issue is a bigger
problem than some are making out. You fork out heaps-o-cash for the latest
and greatest graphics card and it flickers. Is it good enough ? I don't
think so.

--
Don Burnette

And please post the result since I'm thinking about buying this card
too..

Andre

I was having the same flickering problem. I disabled the vsync for OpenGL
and that solved it. Unfortunately, I now get a series of one- to two-
second pauses at the beginning of a race, as if N4 was still loading
textures or whatnot. It goes away after 20 seconds or so, and it doesn't
really come back again unless I switch tracks, but it's pretty annoying
while it lasts.

What I'd really like to do it is disable vsync for Direct3D, but I can't
find such an option in all the various Display and nVidia settings. Do I
need to use a special separate utility to disable D3D vsync?

Thanks to anyone who can help.

BTW, other than this problem with N4, I can't recall any other problems
with my GeForce2 card. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Jim

I can disable vsynch in d3d - I am using the official det3 drivers ( 6.5).
It's under d3d in the Nvidia advanced settings, then click on "more direct
3d"
You will see it there along with an anti-aliasing tab.
Btw, I get the same annoying pauses in OpenGL, I don't get them in d3d. I
still prefer opengl though for the performance boost. Maybe DX9 will get us
the same performance in d3d :)

--
Don Burnette

Burke

IMPORTANT: The difference between the low end cards and the high end cards shows
up more at higher resolutions.

There may be very little difference in performance at 640X480 between a $95 card
and a $400 card.  But the higher you go in resolution, the bigger the difference
until at some point the high end card might produce more than twice the FPS of
the low end card.

It is tempting to want a 64MB Ultra because it is the best of the best.
However, at normal N4 display resolutions, I'm pretty sure the small increase in
frame rate is no where near worth the huge increase in price.

In my humble opinion (which believe me, is not worth much) the best compromise
between cost and performance lies with a 32MB GeForce2 GTS (I believe all of
them have DDR memory).  HOWEVER, if cost is the major concern, then the GeForce
2 MX is the ticket.

Good place to buy video cards?  Try:   www.sg3d.com

There is a TON of information about GeForce cards on the various hardware
sites.  Check out www.sharkeyextreme.com ,  www.anandtech.com ,
www.tomshardware.com , etc.  Take a few hours and study up for yourself.  Good
luck!

-Tony-

Andre

Turning Vsync off should cure this.

Haven't got a clue on this one.  Drivers?  Driver settings?  Or bad
card?  I'm using 6.50's on my GF2 GTS with no problems.

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Fester

Oh well, I understand that there are several third party utilities, such
as NVMAx, that provide all sorts of access to advanced settings. Perhaps
I'll try one of those.

Thanks for the response.

Jim

Eric

Jim