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N4: Screen-"stuttering" online..

5 posts by 5 people · 03 Jul 2001 22:09 UTC - 04 Jul 2001 23:46 UTC

Ed Solheim 03 Jul 2001 22:09 UTC#175489
Hi chaps, I've recently upgraded to an AMD system and sometimes i experience screen stuttering online at Sierra.com. This never happened before on my old [Intel] system. There could be a framerate drop happening while this goes on - but I cannot spot it - as im getting good FPS when it occurs (40+)) Does anyone know how to fix this? Or what causes it? I've never tried to swtay on track for a long time to see if it goes away, as it's so damn irritating to watch / listen too I've also experiensed looooooong loading times when i hit some of hte buttons in N4 (20-25 seconds load time when i try to load "opponents manager" ??) Except for a re-install of Win98 most of my system is the same as i had before the upgrade. My system specs: AMD Athlon 1,33ghx 266mhz CPU MSI KT7 Turbo-R M/B with internal soundcard/chip 384 mb PC133 ram 32mb Voodoo 4500 w/latest beta-drivers Win98SE and DX 8.0a (I think!) Hard disks: IBM HDD and Western Digital Modem: Dynalink PCI ISDN adapter w/latest "WDM" drivers CDRW + DVD
In your N4 folder open the file rend_d3d.ini and change the "TextureSetSize" line to read: TextureSetSize=12582912 This has something to do with highres texturing, all I know it works on my V5500. Don Merpaw Team CTD "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fnr07.2630$[email hidden]... > Hi chaps, > > I've recently upgraded to an AMD system and sometimes i experience screen > stuttering online at Sierra.com. This never happened before on my old > [Intel] system. > There could be a framerate drop happening while this goes on - but Icannot
Quoted text (26 lines)> spot it - as im getting good FPS when it occurs (40+)) > Does anyone know how to fix this? Or what causes it? > > I've never tried to swtay on track for a long time to see if it goes away, > as it's so damn irritating to watch / listen too > > I've also experiensed looooooong loading times when i hit some of hte > buttons in N4 (20-25 seconds load time when i try to load "opponents > manager" ??) > > Except for a re-install of Win98 most of my system is the same as i had > before the upgrade. > > My system specs: > AMD Athlon 1,33ghx 266mhz CPU > MSI KT7 Turbo-R M/B with internal soundcard/chip > 384 mb PC133 ram > 32mb Voodoo 4500 w/latest beta-drivers > Win98SE and DX 8.0a (I think!) > Hard disks: IBM HDD and Western Digital > Modem: Dynalink PCI ISDN adapter w/latest "WDM" drivers > CDRW + DVD > > > >
Make sure you have the lastest VIA Drivers. The problem is most likely sound chip related. Try playing with the acceleration for the sound chip. Not sure what you will find it under I have a setting for my sound blaster live that allows me to change it. Pete "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fnr07.2630$[email hidden]... > Hi chaps, > > I've recently upgraded to an AMD system and sometimes i experience screen > stuttering online at Sierra.com. This never happened before on my old > [Intel] system. > There could be a framerate drop happening while this goes on - but Icannot
Quoted text (26 lines)> spot it - as im getting good FPS when it occurs (40+)) > Does anyone know how to fix this? Or what causes it? > > I've never tried to swtay on track for a long time to see if it goes away, > as it's so damn irritating to watch / listen too > > I've also experiensed looooooong loading times when i hit some of hte > buttons in N4 (20-25 seconds load time when i try to load "opponents > manager" ??) > > Except for a re-install of Win98 most of my system is the same as i had > before the upgrade. > > My system specs: > AMD Athlon 1,33ghx 266mhz CPU > MSI KT7 Turbo-R M/B with internal soundcard/chip > 384 mb PC133 ram > 32mb Voodoo 4500 w/latest beta-drivers > Win98SE and DX 8.0a (I think!) > Hard disks: IBM HDD and Western Digital > Modem: Dynalink PCI ISDN adapter w/latest "WDM" drivers > CDRW + DVD > > > >
i have switched back and forth this past month from an Intel to AMD to Intel and with all the various extra drivers etc needed, I would strongly suggest you back up your needed windows data and deltree C"\windows. Then re-install windows and all your various programs...your system will thank you. dave henrie "Pete" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Mrr07.6410$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (12 lines)> Make sure you have the lastest VIA Drivers. The problem > is most likely sound chip related. Try playing with the acceleration > for the sound chip. Not sure what you will find it under I have > a setting for my sound blaster live that allows me to change it. > > Pete > > "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Fnr07.2630$[email hidden]... > > Hi chaps, > > > > I've recently upgraded to an AMD system and sometimes i experience
screen
Quoted text (8 lines)> > stuttering online at Sierra.com. This never happened before on my old > > [Intel] system. > > There could be a framerate drop happening while this goes on - but I > cannot > > spot it - as im getting good FPS when it occurs (40+)) > > Does anyone know how to fix this? Or what causes it? > > > > I've never tried to swtay on track for a long time to see if it goes
away,
Quoted text (24 lines)> > as it's so damn irritating to watch / listen too > > > > I've also experiensed looooooong loading times when i hit some of hte > > buttons in N4 (20-25 seconds load time when i try to load "opponents > > manager" ??) > > > > Except for a re-install of Win98 most of my system is the same as i had > > before the upgrade. > > > > My system specs: > > AMD Athlon 1,33ghx 266mhz CPU > > MSI KT7 Turbo-R M/B with internal soundcard/chip > > 384 mb PC133 ram > > 32mb Voodoo 4500 w/latest beta-drivers > > Win98SE and DX 8.0a (I think!) > > Hard disks: IBM HDD and Western Digital > > Modem: Dynalink PCI ISDN adapter w/latest "WDM" drivers > > CDRW + DVD > > > > > > > > > >
I believe this will solve the problem. I had the same thing and this fixed it. [Task] max_grabs_per_update_w_track_view=2 ; Max frames/update with track view Go to your core.ini and find near the bottom what I printed above. the original is set to 4. Switch to 2. Dave Ciemny Mookytc Ed Solheim <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Fnr07.2630$[email hidden]... > Hi chaps, > > I've recently upgraded to an AMD system and sometimes i experience screen > stuttering online at Sierra.com. This never happened before on my old > [Intel] system. > There could be a framerate drop happening while this goes on - but Icannot
Quoted text (26 lines)> spot it - as im getting good FPS when it occurs (40+)) > Does anyone know how to fix this? Or what causes it? > > I've never tried to swtay on track for a long time to see if it goes away, > as it's so damn irritating to watch / listen too > > I've also experiensed looooooong loading times when i hit some of hte > buttons in N4 (20-25 seconds load time when i try to load "opponents > manager" ??) > > Except for a re-install of Win98 most of my system is the same as i had > before the upgrade. > > My system specs: > AMD Athlon 1,33ghx 266mhz CPU > MSI KT7 Turbo-R M/B with internal soundcard/chip > 384 mb PC133 ram > 32mb Voodoo 4500 w/latest beta-drivers > Win98SE and DX 8.0a (I think!) > Hard disks: IBM HDD and Western Digital > Modem: Dynalink PCI ISDN adapter w/latest "WDM" drivers > CDRW + DVD > > > >

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