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F1rs fps??

Mikes Design

F1rs fps??

by Mikes Design » Tue, 06 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Man I dont know, I have done all the little fixes like sound reduction.
turn off sky, no replays, set virtual memory etc. the thing is strange at
times I get great fps no chop and others for no apparent reason that dang
choppy first lap is back with nothing changed? I am on a Dell 233PII with a
STB Velocity card and 32MB Sdram. If this isn't enough then what is? Do I
need to get another 32MB of ram? I cant figure it out I even reboot to be
sure all is clear and sometimes fine others choppy. Its starting to get
real irritating on the other hand I just started driving with all aids off
and wow I should have started this way as I was fooled into thinking I was
getting pretty fast hehe. Anyway any suggestions would be much appreciated,
have any of you with similar machines been experiencing this too? Aloha,
Mike
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Iain Mackenzi

F1rs fps??

by Iain Mackenzi » Tue, 06 Jan 1998 04:00:00

This 'choppy first lap' problem seens to affect some people and not others.
I have a PII300 with 128mb and have no problems. Until recently I had a K6
233 with 64mb and had no problems there either!
Where does that leave us?


>Man I dont know, I have done all the little fixes like sound reduction.
>turn off sky, no replays, set virtual memory etc. the thing is strange at
>times I get great fps no chop and others for no apparent reason that dang
>choppy first lap is back with nothing changed? I am on a Dell 233PII with a
>STB Velocity card and 32MB Sdram. If this isn't enough then what is? Do I
>need to get another 32MB of ram? I cant figure it out I even reboot to be
>sure all is clear and sometimes fine others choppy. Its starting to get
>real irritating on the other hand I just started driving with all aids off
>and wow I should have started this way as I was fooled into thinking I was
>getting pretty fast hehe. Anyway any suggestions would be much appreciated,
>have any of you with similar machines been experiencing this too? Aloha,
>Mike
>--


Chris Co

F1rs fps??

by Chris Co » Tue, 06 Jan 1998 04:00:00

The first lap problem is memory releated. Turn off replays and it should
improve. I have noticed that if damage is turned on and you crash on the
first bend, you get major slowdown.

My sstem is P166, 80mb RAM, Orchid Righteus 3Dfx etc.

I suggest getting a 3Dfx card for max performance, D3D sucks.

Chris


>Man I dont know, I have done all the little fixes like sound reduction.
>turn off sky, no replays, set virtual memory etc. the thing is strange at
>times I get great fps no chop and others for no apparent reason that dang
>choppy first lap is back with nothing changed? I am on a Dell 233PII with a
>STB Velocity card and 32MB Sdram. If this isn't enough then what is? Do I
>need to get another 32MB of ram? I cant figure it out I even reboot to be
>sure all is clear and sometimes fine others choppy. Its starting to get
>real irritating on the other hand I just started driving with all aids off
>and wow I should have started this way as I was fooled into thinking I was
>getting pretty fast hehe. Anyway any suggestions would be much appreciated,
>have any of you with similar machines been experiencing this too? Aloha,
>Mike
>--


Byron Forbe

F1rs fps??

by Byron Forbe » Wed, 07 Jan 1998 04:00:00


> This 'choppy first lap' problem seens to affect some people and not others.
> I have a PII300 with 128mb and have no problems. Until recently I had a K6
> 233 with 64mb and had no problems there either!
> Where does that leave us?

> >Man I dont know, I have done all the little fixes like sound reduction.
> >turn off sky, no replays, set virtual memory etc. the thing is strange at
> >times I get great fps no chop and others for no apparent reason that dang
> >choppy first lap is back with nothing changed? I am on a Dell 233PII with a
> >STB Velocity card and 32MB Sdram. If this isn't enough then what is? Do I
> >need to get another 32MB of ram? I cant figure it out I even reboot to be
> >sure all is clear and sometimes fine others choppy. Its starting to get
> >real irritating on the other hand I just started driving with all aids off
> >and wow I should have started this way as I was fooled into thinking I was
> >getting pretty fast hehe. Anyway any suggestions would be much appreciated,
> >have any of you with similar machines been experiencing this too? Aloha,
> >Mike
> >--


   Seems like a min of 64 meg Ram!
Frank Koeni

F1rs fps??

by Frank Koeni » Wed, 07 Jan 1998 04:00:00


>This 'choppy first lap' problem seens to affect some people and not others.
>I have a PII300 with 128mb and have no problems. Until recently I had a K6
>233 with 64mb and had no problems there either!
>Where does that leave us?

I have a PII 266 w/ 64 MB ram and also experience the choppiness. I think
the problem is more apparent in the DirectX version of the game than the
3dfx flavor.
David Marshal

F1rs fps??

by David Marshal » Sun, 11 Jan 1998 04:00:00






lap frame jumping , but I think it is a result of the minimal amount of ram
i'm using after the first lap it hoon's along.
Tragi

F1rs fps??

by Tragi » Sun, 11 Jan 1998 04:00:00

A PII 300 with 128 MB RAM, hey no problems, eh? (schmuck)

Mikes Design

F1rs fps??

by Mikes Design » Mon, 12 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Hi, I have a 233MMX PII with32MB and STB Velocity AGP  up till today I had
to turn off sky and replay plus do the sound reduction deal. But since I
added 32MB more Sdram I can leave it all on so far no chop in first lap of
races.



mike turne

F1rs fps??

by mike turne » Mon, 12 Jan 1998 04:00:00



> Hi, I have a 233MMX PII with32MB and STB Velocity AGP  up till today I

  > had to turn off sky and replay plus do the sound reduction deal. But
  > since I added 32MB more Sdram I can leave it all on so far no chop
in  > first lap of races.

I was running a K6 233 o/c to 250mhz with 32meg sdram, i fitted 64meg of
edo which wouldnt run at 83meg bus (himem errors) so i clocked it at
3.5x75 262mhz and any slow downs i did have have all gone (still not
running sky, my choice). I dont think the 262mhz did the trick but the
ram sure did, before the 64meg at game end when returning to w95 desktop
the h/d cach would empty out for a few secs, dont get that at all now.

Mike.

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Mikes Design

F1rs fps??

by Mikes Design » Mon, 12 Jan 1998 04:00:00

Yes- you just reminded me that the HD grinding at the end /exit of game is
now gone too! Also races load faster than the song thats played for each
region/track. I used to also have a problem with the desk-top not returning
to my 800x600 res after exiting the game but now all is fine., Mike





> > Hi, I have a 233MMX PII with32MB and STB Velocity AGP  up till today I
>   > had to turn off sky and replay plus do the sound reduction deal. But
>   > since I added 32MB more Sdram I can leave it all on so far no chop
> in  > first lap of races.

> I was running a K6 233 o/c to 250mhz with 32meg sdram, i fitted 64meg of
> edo which wouldnt run at 83meg bus (himem errors) so i clocked it at
> 3.5x75 262mhz and any slow downs i did have have all gone (still not
> running sky, my choice). I dont think the 262mhz did the trick but the
> ram sure did, before the 64meg at game end when returning to w95 desktop
> the h/d cach would empty out for a few secs, dont get that at all now.

> Mike.

> --

>    10:35  on  01/11/98
>    From sunny Herne Bay, Kent.UK.
>    mailable also at

>    remove NO-SPAM to mail me.

Byron Forbe

F1rs fps??

by Byron Forbe » Tue, 13 Jan 1998 04:00:00




> > Hi, I have a 233MMX PII with32MB and STB Velocity AGP  up till today I
>   > had to turn off sky and replay plus do the sound reduction deal. But
>   > since I added 32MB more Sdram I can leave it all on so far no chop
> in  > first lap of races.

> I was running a K6 233 o/c to 250mhz with 32meg sdram, i fitted 64meg of
> edo which wouldnt run at 83meg bus (himem errors) so i clocked it at
> 3.5x75 262mhz and any slow downs i did have have all gone (still not
> running sky, my choice). I dont think the 262mhz did the trick but the
> ram sure did, before the 64meg at game end when returning to w95 desktop
> the h/d cach would empty out for a few secs, dont get that at all now.

> Mike.

    I have a 64 meg system and I get the HD accessing at the start of
all races. Of course, the simple fix is to let the 1st lap run and then
restart. From memory (in my head :))) this fixes it. I need to reinstall
Win 95 though to clean up old graphic drivers so maybe thats my problem
- performance is a bit iffy at the moment with i233mmx and Viper 330.

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