N4: I gained 3 - 10 fps by upgrading from DX7.0a to 8.0a

I am very surprised, but I gained 3 - 10 fps in N4 after upgrading DX 7.0a to 8.0a. A couple of days ago, I gained an equal amount by installing the Detonator 3 drivers (I had Detonator 2 series before that). N4 is running quite nicely now compared to the initial install period. Hopefully a substantial patch will be out soon for the AI mess and player damage. PIII-800, 256 MB RAM, GeForce2 GTS 32 MB video Marc. -- **************************************************************************** Marc Collins [email hidden] Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? ****************************************************************************

Question for all............... I have a 3D Prophet II MX (GeForce 2 MX) dual display. Should I be running DX7 or DX8? I did NOT install DX8 during N4 install. Rest of system........... 1ghz Tbird 256 pc133 ram Asus A7V mobo Thanks, Todd On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 02:24:29 GMT, "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I am very surprised, but I gained 3 - 10 fps in N4 after upgrading DX 7.0a >to 8.0a. A couple of days ago, I gained an equal amount by installing the >Detonator 3 drivers (I had Detonator 2 series before that). N4 is running >quite nicely now compared to the initial install period. Hopefully a >substantial patch will be out soon for the AI mess and player damage. > >PIII-800, 256 MB RAM, GeForce2 GTS 32 MB video > >Marc.

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 02:17:35 -0800, Glockenspiel <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Question for all............... > >I have a 3D Prophet II MX (GeForce 2 MX) dual display. Should I be >running DX7 or DX8? I did NOT install DX8 during N4 install. Rest of >system........... > >1ghz Tbird >256 pc133 ram >Asus A7V mobo > >Thanks, > >Todd >

Um........Sorry, forgot to add that the vid card is a 32mb. Todd

Don't install the DX8 from the game. Go to microsoft.com and install the DX8a update from there. I have heard the this is the way to go. I am running DX8a on Windows 2000 with no problem. /TomH "Glockenspiel" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 02:17:35 -0800, Glockenspiel <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Question for all............... > > > >I have a 3D Prophet II MX (GeForce 2 MX) dual display. Should I be > >running DX7 or DX8? I did NOT install DX8 during N4 install. Rest of > >system........... > > > >1ghz Tbird > >256 pc133 ram > >Asus A7V mobo > > > >Thanks, > > > >Todd > > > > Um........Sorry, forgot to add that the vid card is a 32mb. > > Todd