rec.autos.simulators

How many fps you got with a K6 II (266/350 MHz) + Voodoo2 (or Banshee)?
Does the sim run fluently?

Stefano

It runs acceptably for hotlapping, but I am not satisfied with the
frames during multiplayer.  Very slow, even at 512xwhatever.  This is
the 300MHz K6-2 with Gigabyte 5AX motherboard (3x100) and a Monster 3D
II 12MB.  Probably the physics/FPU is the bottleneck--it is certainly
not the graphics load, because replays run beatifully at 1024x768.
Even riding with another driver while hosting a net race gives better
frames than driving myself.  Oh, I also am using and old T2 and CL
SB16.

Clark A.

On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 21:13:13 +0200, "Stefano Serni"

That really surprises me- in multi with 7 or 8 other drivers, I get no less
than 26-28 FPS in 640x480 during normal racing. If it's real busy, it may go
down to 18-20 for a moment, and if I'm alone on the track it jumps to 35-36.
I have all the texture on, but all effects off, and cars only in the
mirrors.

I have a K6-2/300 on a VIA MVP3 MB(3x 100Mhz), 48MB RAM, and a Stealth II.

Sorry I don't have any suggestions, but you should get better...
--
Scott Moore
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Clark have a look at your hardware. I suspect something may not be as
it should be, although I acknowledge your posting isn't quantitive but
that you are subjectively dissatisfied.

I'm getting 25+fps average in 800x600 and 640x480 30+fps hotlapping.
Subtract about 5fps from those figures for average traffic or
multiplay. Of course there are times (like starts) when these figures
go ballistic in either direction (momentarily 12fps at starts, and
36fps alone on track in places).

Personally, I prefer the image quality of my Rendition 2100, and I
don't like the lack of anti-aliasing in the Voodoo. I also preferred
the old Rendition V1000 image quality in Quake (original) where it was
written to the Speedy 3D API. Admittedly whilst quite fast, it was no
match in speed for the Voodoo for sure. Surprisingly, the Rendition in
GPL (judging from the performance of the V2100 on a friends PC) is
just superior to it's Voodoo original contempory, and from what I'm
gauging from the posts here the 230MHz RAMDAC V2200 with 8MB and AGP
is faster than the Voodoo II as well as prettier.

SS> How many fps you got with a K6 II (266/350 MHz) + Voodoo2 (or Banshee)?

It strongly depends on how many cars you are competing against. The AI
need a lot of CPU-power...

SS> Does the sim run fluently?

Definetely on my K6-II/300 with a 12 MB Voodoo-II. FPS with all grafics
on and 10 cars around 20-39.

Also, man mailt sich...

.\\atze        [ FmMW2109 - FmMB2139 ]

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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 14:42:15 -0500, "Scott Moore"

I have my settings likewise.  Perhaps it is just a matter of
expectations.  I want 36 fps all the time!  Do you not notice a huge
performance degredation when racing online?  800x600 is acceptable for
training with spikes to 36 fps and usually in the mid 30s except for a
couple of places on each lap (I've noticed this on just about all the
tracks).  I am running a Sportster ISDN 128K with the default Win98
drivers, perhaps that is the problem with running online.

I am running a K6-2/300 on the ALI chipset (3x100, unable to 350), 128
MB PC100 SDRAM, V2/12MB.  

Clark A.

OK, I should quantify this as 20-25 fps.

I don't think it is a hardware issue unless it is my ISDN card (see

Must be those damn ISDN drivers.  Maybe I'm just picky, but I want
more than 20-25 fps in multiplay, because I have a hard time driving
the car like that when used to more frames offline.  Since I work at
AMD, I do not want to put an Intel processor in my system (besides,
that is just more money) so I'm stuck for now.  Guess I'll have to
wait for the K6-3 to get more clocks since I was unable to
successfully overclock my processor.

PS.  The antialising lack for Voodoo is a GPL limitation, not a V2
limitation.

Clark A.