N4 Target fram rate

What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro 256 megs PC150 memory I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with car detail set to med world detail set to 75% and RVM set to med. 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron Oh I love this game....

>"News" <[email hidden]> wrote > What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. You should always aim for 30fps at any moment, which means in the tough situations where many cars are in the frame view. I would suggest you work with the view slides in your mirror (it's not really important to have it at 100%) and also the world detail slider. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

I have a 1 Gig Athlon T-bird not OCed, V5 AGP, I think my detail slider is at 50% but may be at 100%, I'll have to check. Any case, I'm getting 60fps after doing a lot of tweaking. The biggest frame rate hit I had was from the steering wheel and the mirror details. Turn them down or off and see what you get. With the steering wheel on, and before tweaking I was getting something like 40ish and the steering seemed to be delayed some. after doing a bunch of adjustments and increasing the frame rate the steering wasn't as delayed. at 60, and without the wheel it feels almost perfect. Although I had it CPU OCed once before and got something like 140 or 177 fps and everything was absolutely fluid. So, going with this experience you want 5K fps but my current 60 should be what you should shoot for. if you find a way to get that 5K let me know ;-) News wrote in message ...

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>What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the >settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. >1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz >NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro >256 megs PC150 memory >I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with >car detail set to med >world detail set to 75% >and RVM set to med. >3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > >Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > >Oh I love this game.... > > > >

I think anything over 30 is really fine. -Larry "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]...

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> What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > 256 megs PC150 memory > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > car detail set to med > world detail set to 75% > and RVM set to med. > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > Oh I love this game.... > > > >

Change your settings to 16 bit color and your frame rates will soar. Sondog "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]...

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> What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > 256 megs PC150 memory > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > car detail set to med > world detail set to 75% > and RVM set to med. > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > Oh I love this game.... > > > >

What you should be trying to do is eliminate the huge swings in fps.. getting 45 one turn and then 22fps the next can cause inconsistant driving. I know Papy has unlocked the framerate from the rest of the physics, but I'm not sure what effect a given frame rate # has on control. I would try and get a number above 30 or 36 that is consistant. ps...you have a pretty stout system, but your numbers, seem barely above average.(they ARE above just not as much as I would have expected) I may have to rethink my next purchase.. dave henrie "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]...

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> What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > 256 megs PC150 memory > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > car detail set to med > world detail set to 75% > and RVM set to med. > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > Oh I love this game.... > > > >

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Unless you have a Radeon card. Radeon's need to be run in 32-bit. ATI's drivers, frankly, really suck at 16 bit color. All the effort has been put into 32 bit performance. Which is not really a bad thing :) -Larry "sondog" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:B2Hk6.11046$[email hidden]... > Change your settings to 16 bit color and your frame rates will soar. > > Sondog > "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]... > > What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with allthe

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> > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > > 256 megs PC150 memory > > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > > car detail set to med > > world detail set to 75% > > and RVM set to med. > > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > > > Oh I love this game.... > > > > > > > > > >

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Your frame rates seem low for that much PC. My P3 800 with first generation Ge Force is getting 50-70 FSP with all details on high at 1024X768X16 in Open GL. Are you running N4 in direct X or Open GL? Papy recommends Open GL for the Ge Force cards. **MAKE SURE** you turn off "v-sync" in your display properties, Open GL settings. If v-sync is "on" your frame rates in N4 will be cut in 1/2. To answer your question... you should always have at least 30 FPS. That's with several cars drawn in front and behind you. If you can maintain at least 30FPS with several cars drawn, then you won't see any stuttering. -Paul Western States Racing League www.wsrl.n3.net . "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]...

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> What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all the > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > 256 megs PC150 memory > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > car detail set to med > world detail set to 75% > and RVM set to med. > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > Oh I love this game.... > > > >

Thanks everyone for the information! God I love news groups. Paul what is your Winmark score? If you do not know what I am talking about please check out www.madonion.com. Your PC is screaming for the hardware and I am curious what you score will be. Thanks Ron "Paul E" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Your frame rates seem low for that much PC. My P3 800 with firstgeneration > Ge Force is getting 50-70 FSP with all details on high at 1024X768X16 in > Open GL. > > Are you running N4 in direct X or Open GL? Papy recommends Open GL forthe > Ge Force cards. **MAKE SURE** you turn off "v-sync" in your display > properties, Open GL settings. If v-sync is "on" your frame rates in N4will

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> be cut in 1/2. > > To answer your question... you should always have at least 30 FPS. That's > with several cars drawn in front and behind you. If you can maintain at > least 30FPS with several cars drawn, then you won't see any stuttering. > > -Paul > Western States Racing League > www.wsrl.n3.net > > . > > "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]... > > What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all

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> > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > > 256 megs PC150 memory > > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > > car detail set to med > > world detail set to 75% > > and RVM set to med. > > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > > > Oh I love this game.... > > > > > > > > > >

Problem is that's a site that wants all your information and *then* a payment to get the data. RFuschillo wrote:

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> Thanks everyone for the information! God I love news groups. Paul what is > your Winmark score? If you do not know what I am talking about please check > out www.madonion.com. Your PC is screaming for the hardware and I am > curious what you score will be. > > Thanks > Ron > > "Paul E" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Your frame rates seem low for that much PC. My P3 800 with first > generation > > Ge Force is getting 50-70 FSP with all details on high at 1024X768X16 in > > Open GL. > > > > Are you running N4 in direct X or Open GL? Papy recommends Open GL for > the > > Ge Force cards. **MAKE SURE** you turn off "v-sync" in your display > > properties, Open GL settings. If v-sync is "on" your frame rates in N4 > will > > be cut in 1/2. > > > > To answer your question... you should always have at least 30 FPS. That's > > with several cars drawn in front and behind you. If you can maintain at > > least 30FPS with several cars drawn, then you won't see any stuttering. > > > > -Paul > > Western States Racing League > > www.wsrl.n3.net > > > > . > > > > "News" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:YdFk6.193568$[email hidden]... > > > What is a good target frame rate for Nascar 4? I am playing with all > the > > > settings and am not sure at what point to decrees the graphics. > > > 1 GHz over clocked to 1250 GHz > > > NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS/Pro > > > 256 megs PC150 memory > > > I am running at 28 - 34 FPS with 800x600 32 bit with > > > car detail set to med > > > world detail set to 75% > > > and RVM set to med. > > > 3d sound on (not to sure of the performance hit) > > > > > > Your thoughts.... Thanks Ron > > > > > > Oh I love this game.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Er..... No? 3DMark2000 is a relatively well-known benchmarking utility that you can download and run yourself. Sure you can post your info if you want and you can pay them for their 'Pro' version if you want, but both are optional. The benchmark program is freely available... -John On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:40:40 GMT, Mike Donnelly Jr <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Problem is that's a site that wants all your information and *then* a payment to >get the data. > > >RFuschillo wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for the information! God I love news groups. Paul what is >> your Winmark score? If you do not know what I am talking about please check >> out www.madonion.com. Your PC is screaming for the hardware and I am >> curious what you score will be.

Okay, I'll buy that. Looks like I jumped the gun. John Harwood wrote:

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> Er..... No? > > 3DMark2000 is a relatively well-known benchmarking utility that you > can download and run yourself. Sure you can post your info if you > want and you can pay them for their 'Pro' version if you want, but > both are optional. The benchmark program is freely available... > > -John > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:40:40 GMT, Mike Donnelly Jr > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Problem is that's a site that wants all your information and *then* a payment to > >get the data. > > > > > >RFuschillo wrote: > > > >> Thanks everyone for the information! God I love news groups. Paul what is > >> your Winmark score? If you do not know what I am talking about please check > >> out www.madonion.com. Your PC is screaming for the hardware and I am > >> curious what you score will be.