N4 Stutters Online

Offline, N4 works fine - smooth as silk. Online, the screen pauses every 2 or 3 seconds. Really annoying! Any suggestions? I've tried the obvious stuff. Has anyone actually seen this before? -- Pat Dotson

actually MOST people get better framerate Online than off. I would think you have a network connection that windows is checking for a live connection, so every several seconds it looks for your net card. This was kinda common back in the N2 days, but I haven't seen it too much lately. Good luck tracking that sucker down... ps you aren't using ME by anychance? dave henrie "Pat Dotson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Offline, N4 works fine - smooth as silk. > > Online, the screen pauses every 2 or 3 > seconds. Really annoying! > > Any suggestions? I've tried the obvious > stuff. Has anyone actually seen this before? > > -- > Pat Dotson

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> >Offline, N4 works fine - smooth as silk. > >Online, the screen pauses every 2 or 3 >seconds. Really annoying! > >Any suggestions? I've tried the obvious >stuff. Has anyone actually seen this before? >

I had the EXACT same problem. 2 things I've done:1 - added more memory. 2 - changed the FSAA from 'best performance' to 2xFSAA. It isn't perfect, but it's much better. I have a Voodoo 5, what card do you have? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Voodoo 3, but I never had a problem with it before now. After a fresh install, it really sucks. I already have 196 MB RAM. One interesting thing is, the stuttering seems to be track dependent. Rockingham is undriveable, but other tracks are OK. Also, it's worst during qualifying! That makes no sense whatsoever. It has to be something network or modem related. -- Pat Dotson EldredP wrote: > > > > >Offline, N4 works fine - smooth as silk. > >Online, the screen pauses every 2 or 3 > >seconds. Really annoying! > >Any suggestions? I've tried the obvious > >stuff. Has anyone actually seen this before? > > I had the EXACT same problem. 2 things I've done:1 - added more memory. 2 - > changed the FSAA from 'best performance' to 2xFSAA. It isn't perfect, but it's > much better. I have a Voodoo 5, what card do you have? > > Eldred

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>Voodoo 3, but I never had a problem with it before now. >After a fresh install, it really sucks. I already have >196 MB RAM. > >One interesting thing is, the stuttering seems to be >track dependent. Rockingham is undriveable, but other >tracks are OK. Also, it's worst during qualifying! >That makes no sense whatsoever. > >It has to be something network or modem related.

That's what I thought, too. But Changing the FSAA settings helped. Not sure why. Are there any similar settings for the V3? How's the framerate when you run with AI offline? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.