GPL + MSFF = ARRRRGHHHH

Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad.

Also, on the Control Panel, it says Error initiaing Force Feedback. I'm guessing its a USB problem. I have an AMD based computer. Tyler Eaves wrote in message ... >Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 >FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop >down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel >is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > >

Tyler Eaves wrote: > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. Remove "return to neutral force" from your control panel. It's more realistic and better for your fps ;-) Th. Simonnet

> I'm guessing its a USB problem. I have an AMD based computer. If a via chipset, install the 4n1 drivers, if amd750, amd.com has a usb driver also rms [email hidden]

Thierry SIMONNET <[email hidden]> writes:

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> Tyler Eaves wrote: > > > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop > > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel > > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > > Remove "return to neutral force" from your control panel. It's more realistic > and better for your fps ;-)

Wrong :) GPL disables the return to neutral force anyway, so it doesn't really matter :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

The original wheel WAS supposed to be a cpu hog...but even back then your results would have been outside the norm. I guess make sure you have the latest drivers for the wheel. And if you are running a wheel profiler, try disabling that before starting gpl. good luck. dave henrie "Tyler Eaves" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xSal6.794$[email hidden]... > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting.Hop > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > >

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>Thierry SIMONNET <[email hidden]> writes: > >> Tyler Eaves wrote: >> >> > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 >> > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop >> > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel >> > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad.

Their FF2 joystick isn't much better. I returned it because I was losing about 10fps in European Air War with FFB enabled on that stick.

I found that using the glide patch that's available out there really helped my FPS when using the MSFF wheel. Not sure where I got it from but the filename is Glide2x.zip ... I'm sure it's easily available out there. Mikey "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:E8ul6.462321$[email hidden]... > The original wheel WAS supposed to be a cpu hog...but even back thenyour > results would have been outside the norm. I guess make sure you have the > latest drivers for the wheel. And if you are running a wheel profiler,try

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> disabling that before starting gpl. > good luck. > dave henrie > "Tyler Eaves" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:xSal6.794$[email hidden]... > > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. > Hop > > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS

wheel > > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > > > > >

found it http://www.kotr.de/org/tools/tools.htm Mikey "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:E8ul6.462321$[email hidden]... > The original wheel WAS supposed to be a cpu hog...but even back thenyour > results would have been outside the norm. I guess make sure you have the > latest drivers for the wheel. And if you are running a wheel profiler,try

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> disabling that before starting gpl. > good luck. > dave henrie > "Tyler Eaves" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:xSal6.794$[email hidden]... > > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. > Hop > > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS

wheel > > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > > > > >

"Olav K. Malmin" wrote:

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> Thierry SIMONNET <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Tyler Eaves wrote: > > > > > Just got a new MSFF wheel. Eabled FFB in GPL. Hop on to Monza....get 0.5 > > > FPS. This is on a machine with NO problems doing 36FPS at that setting. Hop > > > down to 640 x 480, still no joy...getting about 1 FPS. I know the MS wheel > > > is supposed to be CPU intensive, but it can't be THAT bad. > > > > Remove "return to neutral force" from your control panel. It's more realistic > > and better for your fps ;-) > > Wrong :) GPL disables the return to neutral force anyway, so it > doesn't really matter :) > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying

It matters for CPU and fps. I'll try it !! Th. Simonnet