Geforce MX Basic FPS Prob? (F1 2001)

Hey folks- I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1 2K1 using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make I still get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at least 6 different drivers, FRAPS 1.4a and 1.5, the Gforce Tweak utility, Detonator Destroyer and reinstalled Direct X a few times. No matter what, full screen or windowed the changes in performance is small or nonexistent. Tonight I loaded up the Rally Trophy demo. I am getting only low 20s on this game. This leads me to believe that I have a basic problem on the card or MoBo. Is there some hidden setting in Windows or the BIOS that I might be missing? Any help is greatly appreciated. All this tweaking is out of my league. My System: Athalon 1.0 Thunderbird ASUS A7V MoBo 256 MB SDRAM Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 MX 32MB SoundBlaster Live Value Nokia 445Xi 21" monitor I know this isn't a really hot machine any more but I hoped it would last more than 10 months without major upgrades. If I really have to, I'll get a new card but I won't be happy. TIA Tom

"Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio news:[email hidden]... > Hey folks- > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1 2K1 > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make I still > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > least 6 different drivers drivers 8.05 and older can solve your problems!

It could be that you need to install or re-install your VIA 4-in-1 drivers. This can have a huge impact if not correctly installed. "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hey folks- > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1 2K1 > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make I still > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > least 6 different drivers, FRAPS 1.4a and 1.5, the Gforce Tweak utility, > Detonator Destroyer and reinstalled Direct X a few times. No matter what, > full screen or windowed the changes in performance is small or

nonexistent. > > Tonight I loaded up the Rally Trophy demo. I am getting only low 20s on > this game. This leads me to believe that I have a basic problem on thecard

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> or MoBo. Is there some hidden setting in Windows or the BIOS that I might > be missing? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. All this tweaking is out of my league. > > My System: > > Athalon 1.0 Thunderbird > ASUS A7V MoBo > 256 MB SDRAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 MX 32MB > SoundBlaster Live Value > Nokia 445Xi 21" monitor > > I know this isn't a really hot machine any more but I hoped it would last > more than 10 months without major upgrades. If I really have to, I'll get

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> new card but I won't be happy. > > TIA > > Tom > >

Tried 650 and 759 with no luck. That is assuming I installed them correctly. I'm kinda new at this tweaking stuff so that is no sure thing. Is there a guide online that could help me confirm my procedure? Thanks- Tom "giammy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4QaA7.56522$[email hidden]... > > "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> ha scritto nel messaggio > news:[email hidden]... > > Hey folks- > > > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F12K1 > > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make Istill > > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > > least 6 different drivers > > drivers 8.05 and older can solve your problems! > >

I'll give that a shot. The last 4 in 1 update was done at the builders shop last February when I had a CDRW installed. That is another reason I would rather not get a new card. All of this stuff I could do myself has to be done by the builder, who is a two hour round trip away, to preserve my warrantee. They normally will do work while I wait but even the one trip up is a pain. Next time I am thinking of building my own machine so I can tinker at will. On the plus side I have saved money on all of the upgrades I haven't bought because of the installation issue. Cheers- Tom "Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3bd14d95$[email hidden]... > It could be that you need to install or re-install your VIA 4-in-1drivers.

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> This can have a huge impact if not correctly installed. > > "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hey folks- > > > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1

2K1 > > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make Istill > > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > > least 6 different drivers, FRAPS 1.4a and 1.5, the Gforce Tweak utility, > > Detonator Destroyer and reinstalled Direct X a few times. No matterwhat,

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> > full screen or windowed the changes in performance is small or > nonexistent. > > > > Tonight I loaded up the Rally Trophy demo. I am getting only low 20s on > > this game. This leads me to believe that I have a basic problem on the > card > > or MoBo. Is there some hidden setting in Windows or the BIOS that I

might

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> > be missing? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. All this tweaking is out of my league. > > > > My System: > > > > Athalon 1.0 Thunderbird > > ASUS A7V MoBo > > 256 MB SDRAM > > Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 MX 32MB > > SoundBlaster Live Value > > Nokia 445Xi 21" monitor > > > > I know this isn't a really hot machine any more but I hoped it would

last > > more than 10 months without major upgrades. If I really have to, I'llget

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> a > > new card but I won't be happy. > > > > TIA > > > > Tom > > > > > >

Tom, Yeah, there are various BIOS and Win tweaks that might have an effect (AGP & Vsynch settings, etc.), but nothing I can think of that would cure a problem as dire as yours sounds--I have a similar system and it runs 3X as fast as yours. You might try: nvnews.net tweakasylum.com guru3d.com fixwindows.com winplanet.com winguides.com Or it might be a h/w problem. Let me know how it turns out (orif there's anything more I can do). --Steve Smith "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hey folks- > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1 2K1 > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make I still > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > least 6 different drivers, FRAPS 1.4a and 1.5, the Gforce Tweak utility, > Detonator Destroyer and reinstalled Direct X a few times. No matter what, > full screen or windowed the changes in performance is small or

nonexistent. > > Tonight I loaded up the Rally Trophy demo. I am getting only low 20s on > this game. This leads me to believe that I have a basic problem on thecard

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> or MoBo. Is there some hidden setting in Windows or the BIOS that I might > be missing? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. All this tweaking is out of my league. > > My System: > > Athalon 1.0 Thunderbird > ASUS A7V MoBo > 256 MB SDRAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 MX 32MB > SoundBlaster Live Value > Nokia 445Xi 21" monitor > > I know this isn't a really hot machine any more but I hoped it would last > more than 10 months without major upgrades. If I really have to, I'll get

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> new card but I won't be happy. > > TIA > > Tom > >

Went with the latest AGP driver and saw a great improvement. I now get 30 FPS on the Indy back straight. There are only two problems. Number 1: I can't get my mirrors back, no matter what driver I run. (12.41 seem to be the most stable for me) Number 2: I am now a frame rate whore. This game really need FSAA so I am now in the market for a new video card. Geforce 3 Ti 200 or Radeon 8500. Any ideas for any of these issues? Thx- Tom "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hey folks- > > I am having a great deal of difficulty getting good frame rates on F1 2K1 > using my Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX. No matter what changes I make I still > get 12 FPS on the back straight at Indy (my benchmark). I have used at > least 6 different drivers, FRAPS 1.4a and 1.5, the Gforce Tweak utility, > Detonator Destroyer and reinstalled Direct X a few times. No matter what, > full screen or windowed the changes in performance is small or

nonexistent. > > Tonight I loaded up the Rally Trophy demo. I am getting only low 20s on > this game. This leads me to believe that I have a basic problem on thecard

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> or MoBo. Is there some hidden setting in Windows or the BIOS that I might > be missing? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. All this tweaking is out of my league. > > My System: > > Athalon 1.0 Thunderbird > ASUS A7V MoBo > 256 MB SDRAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 MX 32MB > SoundBlaster Live Value > Nokia 445Xi 21" monitor > > I know this isn't a really hot machine any more but I hoped it would last > more than 10 months without major upgrades. If I really have to, I'll get

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> new card but I won't be happy. > > TIA > > Tom > >

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