Nascar4 and Radeon 8500

Someone asked me to try out N4 on the R8500 but I can't find the thread anymore and forgot who it was that asked. Anyway, if you read this, the R8500 runs N4 great. I thought it looked better in D3D than OpenGL, but that is probably because I set the desktop properties for OpenGL to be speed instead of quality while running IL-2 Sturmovik. The mirror in OpenGL would flicker on occasion and the car textures was not as sharp as D3D. Smoothvision works fine in N4 too. -- Steve

Hi STP, thanks for the info. It was me who had asked, and here is what I'd asked in detail. Maybe if you find the time... ;-) ************************************* Could I politely ask an owner of a Radeon8500, preferrably on an AthlonXP 1800+ or similar system, to run the following test under OpenGL for me: Nascar 4 (by Papyrus) run in OpenGL Resolution 1280 x 960 (16 bit colours) All graphics detail and quality settings ON and set to maximum, except - Specular Highlights OFF - Mirror viewing distance only 50% (but front 100%) 16 sounds heard 3D sound and EAX both ON 4xFSAA (please _not_ Smoothvision) Anisotrophy = 4 (32 tap) Multitexture forced ON VSync forced OFF If you wish to overclock your system, please do so, but tell me what speeds you had it overclocked to. Could I ask you to please go to Watkins Glen, the pits, hit the brake as soon as your car gets placed on the track, and see what fps you get there while standing still? Then, drive out of the pits, keep a speed of around 80mph, and see the fps you get when you enter the first righthander (the first of the Esses). Then continue to the inner loop and see what fps you have at the 500 yards sign (on the left of the track), then continue through the outer loop and check which is the lowest fps you get after leaving the outer loop (happens within 200 yards from the outer loop), and then again tell me which fps you get as you enter and leave T11 (the final righthander)? I don't want to be impertinent by asking this, I know I'm asking quite a lot. But I'd be very grateful if someone could do this test run. I'm sure there'd be others interested, too. From all the messages it's really difficult to find out which of the two cards (GF3Ti500 and Radeon8500) is the better card for me. Thanks in advance! Achim ***************************************** Thanks! Achim

"Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9u362d$5sqjf$[email hidden]... > Hi STP, > > thanks for the info. It was me who had asked, and here is what I'd askedin > detail. Maybe if you find the time... ;-) > > ************************************* > Could I politely ask an owner of a Radeon8500, preferrably on an AthlonXP > 1800+ or similar system, to run the following test under OpenGL for me: Awww...man, that's a lot of stuff you are asking me to do. 1800+? That's 1.5ghz, right? The most I have had my 1.33c up to is 1.46ghz. I'll think about it.

Hi STP, thanks for considering it. I don't want to sound un-modest, but I think it's a 5 minute affair, actually. It sounds like more than it really is :-) Achim "STP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QveN7.389$[email hidden]...

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> > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9u362d$5sqjf$[email hidden]... > > Hi STP, > > > > thanks for the info. It was me who had asked, and here is what I'd asked > in > > detail. Maybe if you find the time... ;-) > > > > ************************************* > > Could I politely ask an owner of a Radeon8500, preferrably on an

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> > 1800+ or similar system, to run the following test under OpenGL for me: > > Awww...man, that's a lot of stuff you are asking me to do. 1800+? That's > 1.5ghz, right? The most I have had my 1.33c up to is 1.46ghz. I'll think > about it. > >

"Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9u5pg3$69mhd$[email hidden]... > Hi STP, > > thanks for considering it. I don't want to sound un-modest, but I thinkit's > a 5 minute affair, actually. It sounds like more than it really is :-) > > Achim Still thinking. :-) But, I did save your post with the user settings to my harddrive.

Thanks! :-) "STP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kzzN7.555$[email hidden]...

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> > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9u5pg3$69mhd$[email hidden]... > > Hi STP, > > > > thanks for considering it. I don't want to sound un-modest, but I think > it's > > a 5 minute affair, actually. It sounds like more than it really is :-) > > > > Achim > > Still thinking. :-) But, I did save your post with the user settings to my > harddrive. > >