I'm not even running full details in the game!
Let's see, I'm using the 40.72 drivers, no FSAA. Oh, I do have "Force 8
sample Anisotropic Filtering" enabled. Does this really cause such a big
performance hit? I will have to turn it off and see.
I know I should be getting much better performance so it is bothering me,
but all other games run great.
> > Actually, don't know where I got this from, but, apparently, he never
> said
> > it.
> > Jan.
> > =---
> LOL, kind of ironic that everybody believes he did...
Yup Can-Am definitely, I can almost hear those big blocks now.
Bob
8X aniso filtering will definitely impact your framerate. Try lower AF
settings, 16 bit color, and/or different combo's of AA and resolution. AA
is a big hit, particularly at 4X and above. 4X works very well in OpenGL
with NR2002 and GPL, but it's a killer in F1-2002 with D3D. You can often
get better FPS by going as high as 16X12 and leaving AF off. You just have
to twiddle with it until you find your happy medium.
SB
> > Aside from the usual cautions about not overdoing it with AA and
> > Aniso, check your settings for shadows in the game's graphics menu.
> > Running shadows on full really seems to kill the FPS for some reason,
> I'm not even running full details in the game!
> Let's see, I'm using the 40.72 drivers, no FSAA. Oh, I do have "Force 8
> sample Anisotropic Filtering" enabled. Does this really cause such a big
> performance hit? I will have to turn it off and see.
> I know I should be getting much better performance so it is bothering me,
> but all other games run great.
I need to be able to run both GPL and GTR2002 (and Papy N2002
occasionally). So far I've just been using the default XP GeForce
driver, and it works ok, but I'm sure there's something better.
Also, any suggestions as to what would be the most cost effective CPU
upgrade? 1.4 GHz Celerons are cheap ($50) but it seems hard to find one
that runs on a 100 mhz FSB. Upgrade to a killer mobo, Athlon, and DDR
memory would be wonderful, but it's a bit beyond my finances right now.
Thanks!
Alison
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 13:34:11 -0500, "Steve Blankenship"
>8X aniso filtering will definitely impact your framerate. Try lower AF
>settings, 16 bit color, and/or different combo's of AA and resolution. AA
>is a big hit, particularly at 4X and above. 4X works very well in OpenGL
>with NR2002 and GPL, but it's a killer in F1-2002 with D3D. You can often
>get better FPS by going as high as 16X12 and leaving AF off. You just have
>to twiddle with it until you find your happy medium.
>SB
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> I need to be able to run both GPL and GTR2002 (and Papy N2002
> occasionally). So far I've just been using the default XP GeForce
> driver, and it works ok, but I'm sure there's something better.
> Also, any suggestions as to what would be the most cost effective CPU
> upgrade? 1.4 GHz Celerons are cheap ($50) but it seems hard to find one
> that runs on a 100 mhz FSB. Upgrade to a killer mobo, Athlon, and DDR
> memory would be wonderful, but it's a bit beyond my finances right now.
> Thanks!
> Alison
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^^^^^^I swiped the above from a previous post of mine, it's all still true,
as to your driver question, I used the 23.11v drivers previously on this
rig, and saw no real improvement with the 28.32's, I might just have to
revert back and try them again.
As far as upgrades go, you should NEVER take upgrade advice from me, unless
you're spending someone else's money.
One last thing, THANKS again for the Sweet Red Candy setups, they made GPL
come alive for me and really got me hooked, and in a previous post someone
else mentioned that you were probably the one person who could get the net
code in GTR worked out to make it actually usable......no pressure or
anything :^)
Ed
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=winxp-2k_41.09
> > Does anyone know what GeForce drivers are best on WinXP? I've got a
> > GeForce2 Ultra in an Asus P2B with 256 mb SDRAM and 1 GHz Celeron (in a
> > PowerLeap adapter).
> > I need to be able to run both GPL and GTR2002 (and Papy N2002
> > occasionally). So far I've just been using the default XP GeForce
> > driver, and it works ok, but I'm sure there's something better.
> > Also, any suggestions as to what would be the most cost effective CPU
> > upgrade? 1.4 GHz Celerons are cheap ($50) but it seems hard to find one
> > that runs on a 100 mhz FSB. Upgrade to a killer mobo, Athlon, and DDR
> > memory would be wonderful, but it's a bit beyond my finances right now.
> > Thanks!
> > Alison
I like the 21.83 drivers. The GF2 doesn't really benefit from the
latest drivers much. They are optimized for the GF3 and GF4.
I use to have a Celeron 450 a year ago. I bought a K7S5A plus an
Athlon. This mobo, can use DDR as well as my old SDR SDRAM. Just
plugged in my old HD, video, etc. and that was it. I'm sure it's
much cheaper now. You might even see combo deals for the
K7S5A+AthlonXP1700 for under $100. Plus with this setup you can
upgrade up to an AthlonXP 2400+ and use DDR in the future.
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karkrazy AT softhome DOT net
http://karkrazy.m4driving.sm
Go to www.nvidia.com download the latest official driver (WHQL) for XP
(40.xx) - the new drivers are usually much faster than the XP default
one!
Very true. The default GeForce driver supplied with Windows XP is
exceptionally slow and doesn't support OpenGL.
All 1.4GHz Celerons run at 100MHz FSB, but your motherboard doesn't
support the new Celerons with Tualatin core...
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- Igor -
Joe62
