N4 loses lots of fps with XP

This is true for me, 1 ghz, 512 ram, gforce2 ultra. I use WINme. I run MSCONFIG, then Selective Startup, then Process System.ini. This shuts down all non-essential things in the background and I get 40+ fps with N4. This is with 50 percent world detail, 43 cars, 12 look ahead and 3 in back. But I installed XP and found that if I ran MSCONFIG, etc., then I ended up with no sound and no controller. So I had to run in a normal XP environment and I got 20-25 fps. Enditall didn't make that much of a difference, either. I wish I could use XP, but it just totally wrecks N4. Same is true for GPL. Sincerely, James

James Larson wrote:

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> > This is true for me, 1 ghz, 512 ram, gforce2 ultra. > I use WINme. I run MSCONFIG, then Selective Startup, then Process System.ini. > This shuts down all non-essential things in the background and I get 40+ fps > with N4. This is with 50 percent world detail, 43 cars, 12 look ahead and 3 in > back. > But I installed XP and found that if I ran MSCONFIG, etc., then I ended up with > no sound and no controller. So I had to run in a normal XP environment and I > got 20-25 fps. Enditall didn't make that much of a difference, either. > I wish I could use XP, but it just totally wrecks N4. Same is true for GPL. > > Sincerely, James

What drivers you using for your GeForce? I'm using 12.90's & I've seen an framerate increase going from 98SE to XP. The default drivers for nVidia suck in XP. :-) -- Fester

>What drivers you using for your GeForce? I was using 21.83 for XP from Nvidia. Sincerely, James

I have run 21.83, 21.85, and now 21.88 on a GeForce3 and XP. It's faster for me too. It seems to me on my PC that OpenGL is faster than DirectX. "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >What drivers you using for your GeForce? > > I was using 21.83 for XP from Nvidia. > Sincerely, James

No problems here... AthlonXP 1800+, GeForce Ti500. Pulling close to 100fps at 1280X1024 with everything maxed out. -Larry "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > This is true for me, 1 ghz, 512 ram, gforce2 ultra. > I use WINme. I run MSCONFIG, then Selective Startup, then ProcessSystem.ini. > This shuts down all non-essential things in the background and I get 40+fps > with N4. This is with 50 percent world detail, 43 cars, 12 look ahead and3 in > back. > But I installed XP and found that if I ran MSCONFIG, etc., then I ended upwith > no sound and no controller. So I had to run in a normal XP environmentand I > got 20-25 fps. Enditall didn't make that much of a difference, either. > I wish I could use XP, but it just totally wrecks N4. Same is true forGPL. > > > Sincerely, James

Do you close down your background applications or are you running straight after a reboot? James

I don't reboot or close any stuff down that always runs (Norton Anti virus, some small utilities that run on the task bar). "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Do you close down your background applications or are you running straight > after a reboot? > > James

It's always a good idea to kill off background tasks before playing games. I don't bother with the Task Manager stuff, I just kill what's in the System Tray. That's been enough for me for the last year or so as the computers have become so powerfull it's hard to notice the difference with them on or off. Except my Scanner extension. That one HAS to go due to the polling it does (Visioneer). I right-click it and close it before playing any fps sensitive games (or watching DVD's) or it causes 'jerks' in the playback. -Larry "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Do you close down your background applications or are you running straight > after a reboot? > > James