N4,Too slow...

by **Patrick Lowyc** » Sat, 26 May 2001 16:16:39

I'm having trouble to run N4 at exeptable framerates,testing sessions are
running smooth,but when other cars appear in races,my frame rates are
dropping fast,i disabled most options but still no good..I have a PIII
450Mhz,TNT2ultra32mb,and 128RAM,
I'm considering to get a GF2,but i'm not sure if this will do..,anyone?

Pat.

by **MadDAW** » Sat, 26 May 2001 19:04:57

The AI is very *** the CPU. How many cars are you running? I would say
that a CPU upgrade would do you more good than a GF2 right now.

MadDAWG

by **ArcLigh** » Sun, 27 May 2001 03:30:47

Consider this sequence when upgrading:

What will my motherboard accept--then:

1. CPU
2. Video card
3. Memory

by **Larr** » Sun, 27 May 2001 14:59:42

You need to work on both ends...

Since it can be easily transported between anything you might build or buy
to go up from that PIII 450, I'd go with the best Video Card you can
arfford. The GeForce Pro cards are a great buy now.

-Larry

by pw » Mon, 28 May 2001 13:45:18

And if his motherboard does not have an AGP 2.0 compliant slot, then
all it will cause is a lot of frustration and nothing else!

Been there, done that. Rebuilt my system because of it.

-pw

>-Larry

>> I'm having trouble to run N4 at exeptable framerates,testing sessions are
>> running smooth,but when other cars appear in races,my frame rates are
>> dropping fast,i disabled most options but still no good..I have a PIII
>> 450Mhz,TNT2ultra32mb,and 128RAM,
>> I'm considering to get a GF2,but i'm not sure if this will do..,anyone?

>> Pat.

by **Larr** » Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:15:42

Um, PW, the fact that one would research proper compatibility prior to a
purchase is a given. I don't think the guy's an idiot :)

-Larry

> >You need to work on both ends...

> >Since it can be easily transported between anything you might build or
buy
> >to go up from that PIII 450, I'd go with the best Video Card you can
> >arfford. The GeForce Pro cards are a great buy now.

> And if his motherboard does not have an AGP 2.0 compliant slot, then
> all it will cause is a lot of frustration and nothing else!

> Been there, done that. Rebuilt my system because of it.

> -pw

> >-Larry

> >> I'm having trouble to run N4 at exeptable framerates,testing sessions
are
> >> running smooth,but when other cars appear in races,my frame rates are
> >> dropping fast,i disabled most options but still no good..I have a PIII
> >> 450Mhz,TNT2ultra32mb,and 128RAM,
> >> I'm considering to get a GF2,but i'm not sure if this will do..,anyone?

> >> Pat.