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GPL hardware problems

2 posts by 2 people · 06 Mar 2000 - 06 Mar 2000 19:14 UTC

(unknown) 06 Mar 2000#288145
I've been a GPL addict for the past three weeks. Since I bought this game at a used bookstore, I've bought a new VooDoo3 Video card, Logitech FF wheel and I've re-formatted my harddrive to give it a fresh start. I have a K6-2 350 mHz Windows98 128 MBs RAM Installed GPL 1.2 & latest VooDoo3 drivers. I have no problem with frame rates. My problem is while I'm driving in the game, the game seems to pause for less than a tenth of a second every couple of minutes. The front wheels sort of flick for an instant and then return to their original position. Most of the time, this doesn't cause a problem, but if I'm braking heavily into a corner, I'll lose control of the car. Has anyone experienced this problem or has a solution? I've tweaked a few Win98 items, like using a perm swap file and more virtual memory. I'm pretty sure the problem is buried in the WinOS someplace. Thanks. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Don Scurlock 06 Mar 2000 19:14 UTC#288108
Dialup networking may be a factor, in that for those systems which have dial-up networking setup, even if you are not connected to a service, dial-up networking will poll your system every several minutes which will cause a slight delay in game play. [email hidden] wrote in <8a0j53$rvg$[email hidden]>:
Quoted text (30 lines)>I've been a GPL addict for the past three weeks. Since I bought this >game at a used bookstore, I've bought a new VooDoo3 Video card, >Logitech FF wheel and I've re-formatted my harddrive to give it a >fresh start. > >I have a K6-2 350 mHz >Windows98 >128 MBs RAM > >Installed GPL 1.2 & latest VooDoo3 drivers. I have no problem with >frame rates. > >My problem is while I'm driving in the game, the game seems to pause >for less than a tenth of a second every couple of minutes. The front >wheels sort of flick for an instant and then return to their >original position. Most of the time, this doesn't cause a problem, >but if I'm braking heavily into a corner, I'll lose control of the >car. > >Has anyone experienced this problem or has a solution? > >I've tweaked a few Win98 items, like using a perm swap file and more >virtual memory. >I'm pretty sure the problem is buried in the WinOS someplace. >Thanks. > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy. >
-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

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