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Nascar 2K2 FPS

Bill Main

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Bill Main » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:49:23

I would like someone to post their framerates and settings. I feel like I'm
not getting enough out of my video card. I have a Geforce 2 GTS 32megs with
an Athlon 800 and 512 mb ram. I'm thinking of getting the Gainward Ti200
card, would I see an increase in performance or would my cpu hold me back?
Anybody with a Geoforce 2 and similiar cpu please post your FPSfor
comparison.

Thanks
Bill

John Pancoas

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by John Pancoas » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:54:55

  P4 1.4, GeForce 2 MX 400, 32 meg card, 384 megs of rambus.

Running N2002 at 1280, everything maxed, reflections off.  Never get below
40 fps back of the grid on start at any track, full field.

-John


Gave

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Gave » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:10:48

PIII 866 256megs of ram
GeForce 2MX400  32 megs 12.90 drivers
P343VX Asus board
1437 VIA chipset drivers from Entcity.com
SB Platinum

1024X768 D3D
Car-high
Mirror-Med
Trackside-Some
World Medium
Drawing Dist 44%
11 ahead
2 behind
Anistropic off
Shadows and reflections off ( reflections off gave a +5 fps)
Sound:
8Max

Daytona Night:
Rear of field
45+fps before pace
Never dropped below 33 in traffic in front of Grandstands.
Ymmv.
Tried the same set up on my other removeable drive and found that changing
back to older sound drivers made a positive difference. Further, for my
board at least, the VIA chipset drivers gave me an instant 5 fps increase
although the Turbo AGP setting locked me up, and replaced the menu screen
with the locked up image on restart of the sim until I uninstalled the
chipset drivers, changed the vid card to OpenGL and then back to D3D in the
sim and reinstalled the Via stuff in standard AGP mode.
Best,
Gavel


Blak

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Blak » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:36:22

I have the exact same system except only 156 in ram
I get 30s to 60s but I run in 800X600 16 bit D3D right now.. rather have
frame rate that looks...as the saying goes.. if it donr go fast chrome
it....well I aint gonna chrome it just yet LOL
SBlive sound card
Car-high
Mirror-Med
Trackside-Some
World Medium
Drawing Dist 44%
20 ahead
3 behind
Anistropic off
Sound: 10Max 3D enabled


Bill Main

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Bill Main » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:23:08

I increased my FPS drastically, by updating via drivers to 4.37 and nvidias
to 23.12. I saw my FPS increase 100%. I am now getting b/w 35-70. I am
running the same setting as Blake except I am in 1280x780 res. Much happier
now. Thanks
Bill

> I have the exact same system except only 156 in ram
> I get 30s to 60s but I run in 800X600 16 bit D3D right now.. rather have
> frame rate that looks...as the saying goes.. if it donr go fast chrome
> it....well I aint gonna chrome it just yet LOL
> SBlive sound card
> Car-high
> Mirror-Med
> Trackside-Some
> World Medium
> Drawing Dist 44%
> 20 ahead
> 3 behind
> Anistropic off
> Sound: 10Max 3D enabled



> > I would like someone to post their framerates and settings. I feel like
> I'm
> > not getting enough out of my video card. I have a Geforce 2 GTS 32megs
> with
> > an Athlon 800 and 512 mb ram. I'm thinking of getting the Gainward Ti200
> > card, would I see an increase in performance or would my cpu hold me
back?
> > Anybody with a Geoforce 2 and similiar cpu please post your FPSfor
> > comparison.

> > Thanks
> > Bill

Blak

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Blak » Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:30:26

did you do hose both at the same time or one at a time? Just wondering if it
was one or the other or the combo..


> I increased my FPS drastically, by updating via drivers to 4.37 and
nvidias
> to 23.12. I saw my FPS increase 100%. I am now getting b/w 35-70. I am
> running the same setting as Blake except I am in 1280x780 res. Much
happier
> now. Thanks
> Bill


> > I have the exact same system except only 156 in ram
> > I get 30s to 60s but I run in 800X600 16 bit D3D right now.. rather have
> > frame rate that looks...as the saying goes.. if it donr go fast chrome
> > it....well I aint gonna chrome it just yet LOL
> > SBlive sound card
> > Car-high
> > Mirror-Med
> > Trackside-Some
> > World Medium
> > Drawing Dist 44%
> > 20 ahead
> > 3 behind
> > Anistropic off
> > Sound: 10Max 3D enabled



> > > I would like someone to post their framerates and settings. I feel
like
> > I'm
> > > not getting enough out of my video card. I have a Geforce 2 GTS 32megs
> > with
> > > an Athlon 800 and 512 mb ram. I'm thinking of getting the Gainward
Ti200
> > > card, would I see an increase in performance or would my cpu hold me
> back?
> > > Anybody with a Geoforce 2 and similiar cpu please post your FPSfor
> > > comparison.

> > > Thanks
> > > Bill

Bill Main

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Bill Main » Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:48:59

Mostly it was the drivers, I had 21.83.
Also what are your setings in the bios as far as video goes. I think I can
get more. I tried 3dMark2201 and compared to a similiar system I am still
behind. I get 2700 and the other systems get 3500-4300.

Bill

> did you do hose both at the same time or one at a time? Just wondering if
it
> was one or the other or the combo..



> > I increased my FPS drastically, by updating via drivers to 4.37 and
> nvidias
> > to 23.12. I saw my FPS increase 100%. I am now getting b/w 35-70. I am
> > running the same setting as Blake except I am in 1280x780 res. Much
> happier
> > now. Thanks
> > Bill


> > > I have the exact same system except only 156 in ram
> > > I get 30s to 60s but I run in 800X600 16 bit D3D right now.. rather
have
> > > frame rate that looks...as the saying goes.. if it donr go fast chrome
> > > it....well I aint gonna chrome it just yet LOL
> > > SBlive sound card
> > > Car-high
> > > Mirror-Med
> > > Trackside-Some
> > > World Medium
> > > Drawing Dist 44%
> > > 20 ahead
> > > 3 behind
> > > Anistropic off
> > > Sound: 10Max 3D enabled



> > > > I would like someone to post their framerates and settings. I feel
> like
> > > I'm
> > > > not getting enough out of my video card. I have a Geforce 2 GTS
32megs
> > > with
> > > > an Athlon 800 and 512 mb ram. I'm thinking of getting the Gainward
> Ti200
> > > > card, would I see an increase in performance or would my cpu hold me
> > back?
> > > > Anybody with a Geoforce 2 and similiar cpu please post your FPSfor
> > > > comparison.

> > > > Thanks
> > > > Bill

Blak

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by Blak » Fri, 22 Feb 2002 05:33:40

Not sure havent been in the bios in a while.... Only thing there would be
the AGP X# I get 3400 on Benchmark


> Mostly it was the drivers, I had 21.83.
> Also what are your setings in the bios as far as video goes. I think I can
> get more. I tried 3dMark2201 and compared to a similiar system I am still
> behind. I get 2700 and the other systems get 3500-4300.

> Bill


> > did you do hose both at the same time or one at a time? Just wondering
if
> it
> > was one or the other or the combo..



> > > I increased my FPS drastically, by updating via drivers to 4.37 and
> > nvidias
> > > to 23.12. I saw my FPS increase 100%. I am now getting b/w 35-70. I am
> > > running the same setting as Blake except I am in 1280x780 res. Much
> > happier
> > > now. Thanks
> > > Bill


> > > > I have the exact same system except only 156 in ram
> > > > I get 30s to 60s but I run in 800X600 16 bit D3D right now.. rather
> have
> > > > frame rate that looks...as the saying goes.. if it donr go fast
chrome
> > > > it....well I aint gonna chrome it just yet LOL
> > > > SBlive sound card
> > > > Car-high
> > > > Mirror-Med
> > > > Trackside-Some
> > > > World Medium
> > > > Drawing Dist 44%
> > > > 20 ahead
> > > > 3 behind
> > > > Anistropic off
> > > > Sound: 10Max 3D enabled



> > > > > I would like someone to post their framerates and settings. I feel
> > like
> > > > I'm
> > > > > not getting enough out of my video card. I have a Geforce 2 GTS
> 32megs
> > > > with
> > > > > an Athlon 800 and 512 mb ram. I'm thinking of getting the Gainward
> > Ti200
> > > > > card, would I see an increase in performance or would my cpu hold
me
> > > back?
> > > > > Anybody with a Geoforce 2 and similiar cpu please post your FPSfor
> > > > > comparison.

> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Bill

George Lewi

Nascar 2K2 FPS

by George Lewi » Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:55:40

GeForce 2 Ultra using 2.3.1.1 Nvidia drivers for XP.  Running
1024x768x32 and OpenGL is the fastest of the frame rates.  At Daytona
with 42 cars and high graphics I'm lucky if I see 20s while in
traffic.  CPU is a P4 1.7 Mhz on an Abit TH7II-RAID motherboard with
512MB RAM.  In N4 I get MUCH BETTER frame rates.  I'm waiting and
getting the VisionTek GF4 Ti600 setup as soon as it releases.  The GF2
Ultra pushes 31 million pixels per seconds, the GF4 MX400 series
pushes I think 38 million.  The Ti600 should do 138 million I believe.

That and a CPU upgrade of course, and I should have a better
experience.  I can always remember when I do PC upgrades - whenever a
new Papyrus sim comes out!




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