rec.autos.simulators

Thanks,

John McClaren

John

The Papyrus game engines are normally limited in FPS due to the
synchronisation it has to do between the game engine itself and how it
refreshes the graphics on the screen.  GPL is locked up at the maximum of
36fps, while Nascar Racing 3 is locked at 30fps.

In the future, the only thing video cards will do is be able to run higher
resolutions for GPL.  You will be at constant 36fps, yet have higher
resolutions.  Most of us are still pretty happy with 36fps.  It's smooth,
not extra smooth (I would had preferred a 72fps limit), but well enough I
would say ;)

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

The processor would then be the bottleneck, so adding another Voodoo
for SLI (which does increase fillrate) or a faster Voodoo won't give
you much improvement.

If the processor is the bottleneck you can either upgrade to a faster
one or off-load some of the tasks, the GeForce card off-loads much of
the graphics work to its own processor. You might also consider
getting an SB Live sound card which uses very little processor and has
a digital gameport.

If you do get max framerates at lower resolutions, but drop off when
you go to higher resolutions, then fillrate is the bottleneck. The new
Voodoo 4 and 5 cards will get you back to a solid 36/30 in that
situation.

"John McClaren" wrote

I am useing an Athlon 500 overclocked to 840Mhz, and it makes GPL fly on my
V3 (190Mhz).
Now i can run in 1024, and i get 36fps even at the starts, whit full field,
at Monaco ;-)

For even higher resolutions...you may need a 3d card, whit even higher
fillrate...but for now, i am VERY happy !

Tilus