I have a K6-2 550, and a 64MB ATI Rage Fury MAXX and 64MB of RAM
quite frankly the frame rate sucks
I have noticed one thing though. The cause of my problems is the
hard disk. every time the light flickers on the HD, the game
starts to jump.
My friend has a PII 400 an ATI AIW and 96MB of RAM and it runs
fine!!!
Surely a mear 32MB can't account for this difference in
perfomance???
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I don't know for sure whether it makes a big difference in F1 2000, since
i've never ran it on a 64 MB machine, but 64 MB isn't really enough for a
lot of modern games.
Also the K6-2 has a poor FPU, and a K6-2 550 would still be slower than a
P2-400 for 3d games. I presume you've checked that your friend isn't
running the game with lower detail settings.
I think another 64 MB (or even 32) would be worth getting anyway.
If your hard drive is flickering, then windows is trying access the
swap file. Which means yes indeed you have run out of memory. Try
shutting down all extra programs and giving it a go...but in today's
market...128megs should be considered the MINIMUM if you want to run
newer sims properly.
dave henrie
chimp wrote:
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> > I have a K6-2 550, and a 64MB ATI Rage Fury MAXX and 64MB of RAM > > quite frankly the frame rate sucks > > I have noticed one thing though. The cause of my problems is the > hard disk. every time the light flickers on the HD, the game > starts to jump. > My friend has a PII 400 an ATI AIW and 96MB of RAM and it runs > fine!!! > > Surely a mear 32MB can't account for this difference in > perfomance??? > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!Could be the CPU.
From the System Requirements section of the reference card that comes with
the game:
"Note: Some non-Intel processors may not run equivalent to the processor
rating of Intel processors. For example, a non-Intel 233MHz processor may
only run at the equivalent of an Intel 188MHz processor and therefore may
not run F1 2000 properly"
Also:
Choppy or stuttering video or audio
"These problems may be improved by adjusting the CD ROM read ahead cache."
There are a number of hints in the booklet, may be worth a glance through
it, or as some may say RTFM ;)
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Ian Parker
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> I have a K6-2 550, and a 64MB ATI Rage Fury MAXX and 64MB of RAM
>
> quite frankly the frame rate sucks
>
> I have noticed one thing though. The cause of my problems is the
> hard disk. every time the light flickers on the HD, the game
> starts to jump.
> My friend has a PII 400 an ATI AIW and 96MB of RAM and it runs
> fine!!!
>
> Surely a mear 32MB can't account for this difference in
> perfomance???
>
> * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network
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I just re-read what I posted, I think it may have sounded a little
sarcastic. I assure you it wasn't meant that way.
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Ian Parker
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Ian P <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Could be the CPU.
> From the System Requirements section of the reference card that comes with
> the game:
> "Note: Some non-Intel processors may not run equivalent to the processor
> rating of Intel processors. For example, a non-Intel 233MHz processor may
> only run at the equivalent of an Intel 188MHz processor and therefore may
> not run F1 2000 properly"
>
> Also:
> Choppy or stuttering video or audio
> "These problems may be improved by adjusting the CD ROM read ahead cache."
>
> There are a number of hints in the booklet, may be worth a glance through
> it, or as some may say RTFM ;)
>
> --
> Ian Parker
>
> ==
> chimp <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > I have a K6-2 550, and a 64MB ATI Rage Fury MAXX and 64MB of RAM
> >
> > quite frankly the frame rate sucks
> >
> > I have noticed one thing though. The cause of my problems is the
> > hard disk. every time the light flickers on the HD, the game
> > starts to jump.
> > My friend has a PII 400 an ATI AIW and 96MB of RAM and it runs
> > fine!!!
> >
> > Surely a mear 32MB can't account for this difference in
> > perfomance???
> >
> > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion
Network
> *
> > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
> >
>
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