I just purchased a brand new Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 card. This is a
64mb card. Even with htis new card I cannot get good FPS during starts
in F1CS2k. The FPS is absolutely awful, and does not pick up until 2 or
3 laps into a race. Even then it could be better. I've tried different
settings and such, but I can't get the FPS up. I have the latest
drivers, and my old 16mb Nvidia card is completely off my registry.
What can I do? Anyone else out there have this same card? What do you
do to get the best performance out of it?
Thanks in advance,
Nick
BTW, starts in SCGT are pretty poor too, but not as bad.
"Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It would be nice to know your computer specs. Put any graphics card in a
p400 and you'll always get poor fps with these high-end racing games.
Alanb
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> I just purchased a brand new Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 card. This is a > 64mb card. Even with htis new card I cannot get good FPS during starts > in F1CS2k. The FPS is absolutely awful, and does not pick up until 2 or > 3 laps into a race. Even then it could be better. I've tried different > settings and such, but I can't get the FPS up. I have the latest > drivers, and my old 16mb Nvidia card is completely off my registry. > What can I do? Anyone else out there have this same card? What do you > do to get the best performance out of it?Quoted text (15 lines)
> >I just purchased a brand new Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 card. This is a >64mb card. Even with htis new card I cannot get good FPS during starts >in F1CS2k. The FPS is absolutely awful, and does not pick up until 2 or >3 laps into a race. Even then it could be better. I've tried different >settings and such, but I can't get the FPS up. I have the latest >drivers, and my old 16mb Nvidia card is completely off my registry. >What can I do? Anyone else out there have this same card? What do you >do to get the best performance out of it? > >Thanks in advance, > >Nick > >BTW, starts in SCGT are pretty poor too, but not as bad.Oops, knew I forgot something. :)
Athlon AMD 750mhz
64megs of RAM (someone just told me this may be the problem, I need more)
Nick
Alan Bernardo wrote:
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> "Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just purchased a brand new Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 card. This is a > > 64mb card. Even with htis new card I cannot get good FPS during starts > > in F1CS2k. The FPS is absolutely awful, and does not pick up until 2 or > > 3 laps into a race. Even then it could be better. I've tried different > > settings and such, but I can't get the FPS up. I have the latest > > drivers, and my old 16mb Nvidia card is completely off my registry. > > What can I do? Anyone else out there have this same card? What do you > > do to get the best performance out of it? > > It would be nice to know your computer specs. Put any graphics card in a > p400 and you'll always get poor fps with these high-end racing games. > > Alanb use the R key,,(i hope it's the R key) to turn off the mirrors until the
framerate comes back up. Somebody suggested preloading all the sounds but i
haven't seen how to do that so i can't comment on whether it works or not.
dave henrie
make sure you use enditall to kill as many tsr programs as possible.
"Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I just purchased a brand new Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 card. This is a > 64mb card. Even with htis new card I cannot get good FPS during starts > in F1CS2k. The FPS is absolutely awful, and does not pick up until 2 or > 3 laps into a race. Even then it could be better. I've tried different > settings and such, but I can't get the FPS up. I have the latest > drivers, and my old 16mb Nvidia card is completely off my registry. > What can I do? Anyone else out there have this same card? What do you > do to get the best performance out of it? > > Thanks in advance, > > Nick > > BTW, starts in SCGT are pretty poor too, but not as bad. >
"Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Oops, knew I forgot something. :)
>
> Athlon AMD 750mhz
> 64megs of RAM (someone just told me this may be the problem, I need more)
>
> Nick
I don't know exactly how much more RAM will help matters, but it will
assuredly help some. IMO, if you're going to partake of the latest racing
and flying sims you need 128megs minimum, quickly heading to 256. OTOH,
things are a little slow on my machine at the start of races in F1CS2K as
well, and it has 256mb RAM and a Geforce3. Even if you upgrade memory,
you'll have to decide on a tradeoff. If you want extremely smooth starts
you'll have to back off on the graphics options somewhere. And like has
already been mentioned, always run that formation lap.
Or you could try GP3, which I have graphically maxed out at 1280x on my
system, and if there's a slowdown at the start or anywhere else, I sure
can't detect it.
Jerry Morelock
I would definently take GP3 over F1CS2k, but GP3 does not work with the Kyro II
chipset.
Nick
chainbreaker wrote:
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> "Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Oops, knew I forgot something. :) > > > > Athlon AMD 750mhz > > 64megs of RAM (someone just told me this may be the problem, I need more) > > > > Nick > > I don't know exactly how much more RAM will help matters, but it will > assuredly help some. IMO, if you're going to partake of the latest racing > and flying sims you need 128megs minimum, quickly heading to 256. OTOH, > things are a little slow on my machine at the start of races in F1CS2K as > well, and it has 256mb RAM and a Geforce3. Even if you upgrade memory, > you'll have to decide on a tradeoff. If you want extremely smooth starts > you'll have to back off on the graphics options somewhere. And like has > already been mentioned, always run that formation lap. > > Or you could try GP3, which I have graphically maxed out at 1280x on my > system, and if there's a slowdown at the start or anywhere else, I sure > can't detect it. > > Jerry Morelock
"Careful with that axe, Nick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I would definently take GP3 over F1CS2k, but GP3 does not work with theKyro II
> chipset.
>
> Nick
>
A shame. And I see I forgot to mention my machine is a P3/800.
Jerry Morelock
