N2002, WinXP and V5

Hi guys I never ran N4 much as I pretty much thought it sucked on the road courses and I'm no big oval fan, but with the release of N2002 I figured I'd give it a shot I run WinXP and a V5 card on an Athlon 1.4, does anyone know which drivers would be preferable to use for N2002, or just in general for Gfx intensive gaming ? I've downloaded 4 different drivers, Cairy,'s, Dozer's, Amigarmerlin's and X3dfx's driver sets, however I thought I'd save myself a bit of hassle and time consuming fiddling and see if anyone else has tried some of these, I'm currently running with Cairy's driver set and I'm fairly happy with it, but since the V5 is on it's last legs, I'd love squeeze some more power out of it if possible, and yes, I've already OC'ed it :-) I haven't messed around with racing sims for a while so I haven't been paying attention to stuff like this lately Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life" --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

I ran Amigamerlin's without much trouble. Except for the smudging that appears on the N2002 walls and the track borders...in fact...that was reason I finally switched. I never saw much difference in performance between drivers. The individual settings make probably as much difference as anything. LOD is a big fps killer...find a compromise setting that looks good but still moves the picture along. dave henrie "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Hi guys > > I never ran N4 much as I pretty much thought it sucked on the road > courses and I'm no big oval fan, but with the release of N2002 I figured > I'd give it a shot > > I run WinXP and a V5 card on an Athlon 1.4, does anyone know which > drivers would be preferable to use for N2002, or just in general for Gfx > intensive gaming ? > > I've downloaded 4 different drivers, Cairy,'s, Dozer's, Amigarmerlin's > and X3dfx's driver sets, however I thought I'd save myself a bit of > hassle and time consuming fiddling and see if anyone else has tried some > of these, I'm currently running with Cairy's driver set and I'm fairly > happy with it, but since the V5 is on it's last legs, I'd love squeeze > some more power out of it if possible, and yes, I've already OC'ed it > :-) > > I haven't messed around with racing sims for a while so I haven't been > paying attention to stuff like this lately > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > http://www.theuspits.com > http://www.teammirage.com > > "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life" > --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > I ran Amigamerlin's without much trouble. Except for the smudging that > appears on the N2002 walls and the track borders...in fact...that was reason > I finally switched. I never saw much difference in performance between > drivers. The individual settings make probably as much difference as > anything. LOD is a big fps killer...find a compromise setting that looks > good but still moves the picture along. > dave henrie

Ok, thx for your input Dave, saves me the hassle of switching between a number of drivers, I have like 85 MB's worth of V5 drivers here now :-) And yes, I know my V5 is dire need of replacement, I just can't seem to find any Radeon 8500 cards around here right now Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com http://www.teammirage.com "Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life" --Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--