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Help on N2 Rendition and New computer

esetse

Help on N2 Rendition and New computer

by esetse » Sat, 01 Feb 1997 04:00:00

Well I sprung for a new machine and now I can't get either Rendition
version of Nascar2 to run.  I've tried about all I can think of and am
considering returning the motherboard.  Any suggestions would be
appreciated.  

My problem is:  Renddma, N2Rend, and Indysafe all freeze at the track.
                Indyfast seems to work fine.

My computer:    ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 Motherboard with 512K cache
                32 M EDO RAM
                Intel Pentium MMX 200 MHz processor
                Intergraph Reactor Video Card
                PCI Ethernet Card (Ovislink)
                Generic 33.6 P&P Modem (USR commands)
                Sound Blaster 16 MCD with 2X CD Rom

Note that N2 normal, Multi and Indyfast all run fine.  I have tried
disabling Video Caching, Video Shadowing, Video snooping, external cache
disabled, various PCI features enabled and disabled, various PCI
latencies, 60 & 70 ns memory settings, etc.  I have updated the Reactor
Bios and drivers to the latest, and have run without the Ethernet card
in the box.  In all cases for N2, I get to the practice menu, go about 5
feet and it freezes.  Thanks for any suggestions.  I haven't looked at
the MB Bios version, so I guess I'll try that next.

Note, I hoped to have new benchmarks posted here by now, but it's not
looking good right now <Sad G>.

esetse

Help on N2 Rendition and New computer

by esetse » Sun, 02 Feb 1997 04:00:00


> All that ***

Okay, I figured it out with alot of help, so never mind my previous
request.  Somehow, I ended up with a corrupted N2 directory.  I
re-copied my directory from my other computer, and wa-la, everything
works great.  Thanks for your suggestions for those who tried to help,
(Eric, Mike, Julian etc.).  First cut benchmarks:

For N1 and N2, I am seeing much improvement from my P100 with Reactor,
but I don't have good numbers yet (best guess is 20% plus improvement
whit further gains from PCI Latency adjustment in progress).  For other
benchmarks, I have the following, (again based on a Reactor card with a
P-100 vs a P200 MMX)

                              P200-MMX          P100

Chris Bench SVGA -            41.2 fps          25.2 fps
Air Warrior Benchmark         89.25 fps         56.25 fps

So I am very happy at this point.  See you guys on Hawaii and/or NRO.


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