DDR vs. PC133 in N4/2002

Does using DDR RAM instead of SDRAM make a big difference in speed in N4/Nascar 2002? I know it makes a difference in benchmarks but I don't play benchmarks and I am more interested in real world gaming performance with TODAYS games. I just upgraded my Asus P2B with a Celeron 566@850 with a MSI K7T Turbo2 and Athlon XP1600+. I went with a board that uses a VIA KT133A so that I could use my PC133 and save about $160 (512mb stick DDR). I am beginning to wonder if I should have just went with DDR memory now? I used to play at 800x600 with no FSAA and now I play at 1024x768 with no FSAA. The game looks a little better, but not a whole lot. I play online only (mostly N4 and GPL). I have noticed that my framerate just sits at 37fps. It doesn't go any higher or lower. GPL is the other game I play and it played fast before but some of the newer add-on tracks would chop out slightly due to the high res textures. Now GPL stays at 36fps all the time! My system: MSI K7T Turbo2 Athlon XP1600+ 256MB Micron PC133 (2-2-2) Voodoo 5500 AGP SB Live! Value Thanks!

I'm sure DDR helps but I doubt its worth buying another Mobo and new ram. You'd probably get a better increase from a faster CPU, and spend less. Dumping the V5 would be a big step up for NR2002. As far as the 37 fps goes it sounds like you have Vsync turned on. Not sure how to disable it with a Voodoo card since I haven't had one for years. MadDAWG

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> > Does using DDR RAM instead of SDRAM make a big difference in speed in > N4/Nascar 2002? I know it makes a difference in benchmarks but I don't play > benchmarks and I am more interested in real world gaming performance with > TODAYS games. > > I just upgraded my Asus P2B with a Celeron 566@850 with a MSI K7T Turbo2 and > Athlon XP1600+. I went with a board that uses a VIA KT133A so that I could > use my PC133 and save about $160 (512mb stick DDR). I am beginning to wonder > if I should have just went with DDR memory now? I used to play at 800x600 > with no FSAA and now I play at 1024x768 with no FSAA. The game looks a > little better, but not a whole lot. I play online only (mostly N4 and GPL). > I have noticed that my framerate just sits at 37fps. It doesn't go any > higher or lower. GPL is the other game I play and it played fast before but > some of the newer add-on tracks would chop out slightly due to the high res > textures. Now GPL stays at 36fps all the time! > > My system: > > MSI K7T Turbo2 > Athlon XP1600+ > 256MB Micron PC133 (2-2-2) > Voodoo 5500 AGP > SB Live! Value

As Maddawg said, your Vid card is holding you back, I'm sticking with my V5's for the time being as I'm not playing any games that are Gfx intensive at the moment, but I know that I'll need to replace my V5's soon, I won't be buying an nVidia based card though :-) 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 had to build another computer after a mobo died several weeks ago, a friend had a Biostar DDR mobo that he gave me so I built up another system around it and installed 512MB of DDR (PC2100) RAM, my old system had 512MB of SDRAM (PC133) and to be honest with you, if the DDR has made a difference in real world performance of NR2002, I can't notice it. Rest of the system is same hardware down to the power supply since only the IDE quit working on my old mobo...this was under both Win98SE and WinXP Pro. It still smokes in Win98SE and is a little slower in WinXP Pro (as so far as FPS goes) using 21.83 drivers for both OSs on a plain GF 3 (no Ti, no MX, plain old GF 3). DDR may benchmark better, but from my experience would not be worth an upgrade to it. Bill Anderson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1KHo8.347$[email hidden]... > Does using DDR RAM instead of SDRAM make a big difference in speed in > N4/Nascar 2002? I know it makes a difference in benchmarks but I don'tplay > benchmarks and I am more interested in real world gaming performance with > TODAYS games. > > I just upgraded my Asus P2B with a Celeron 566@850 with a MSI K7T Turbo2and > Athlon XP1600+. I went with a board that uses a VIA KT133A so that I could > use my PC133 and save about $160 (512mb stick DDR). I am beginning towonder > if I should have just went with DDR memory now? I used to play at 800x600 > with no FSAA and now I play at 1024x768 with no FSAA. The game looks a > little better, but not a whole lot. I play online only (mostly N4 andGPL). > I have noticed that my framerate just sits at 37fps. It doesn't go any > higher or lower. GPL is the other game I play and it played fast beforebut > some of the newer add-on tracks would chop out slightly due to the highres

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> textures. Now GPL stays at 36fps all the time! > > My system: > > MSI K7T Turbo2 > Athlon XP1600+ > 256MB Micron PC133 (2-2-2) > Voodoo 5500 AGP > SB Live! Value > > Thanks! > >