Re: N3 and FPS with Glide & D3D ???

Wow how are you guys doin this ? I have a Guillmont xentor 32 installed in my agp slot. I bought this card to upgrade from my voodoo 3 pci I would love to be able to have em both in and be able to flip flop but since there both "primary" cards I dont have a clue as to how to go about this. Extractor wrote:

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> There is a good utility called Powerstrip which lets you control which > card is responsible for Direct-3-D. It also allows you to tweak your > video cards. I have a Voodoo II 12M and an ATi Rage Fury 128 16M, and > this game runs faster, smoother, visually better using my Voodoo II > with glide and anti-aliasing, then using the ATi in D3D. Though to be > honest I am a little surprised by your Voodoo I results. What is your > frame rate on the pace lap with a full field on the back stretch at > Talladega. Some how I doubt it is (30) 31, though it might be > possible at 640x480. > > Ex > > On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:20:05 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > >Hi all, I have just got Nascar 3 and I have been getting it > >set up for smooth game play before I start to race with > >it, ok my rig is below > > > >P2 366 O/C to 458 Mhz > >Asus P2B-f > >64 Meg SDRAM 100mhz > >Voodoo 1 8 Meg > >Asus 3800 TNT 2 Ultra (not overclocked) > > > >Ok on testing FPS at Tally in 640x480 mode only for nascar > >my graphic settings are below > > > >Cars ahead = 25 > >Cars behind = 4 > >Track Draw = 4 > >Skid Buffer = Low > >Full feild of cars > >Graphics options to full on all > > > >Right now If I select Glide and go out on the track, the FPS counter > >once I get out of the pits and in the groove never drops below (30)31 > >even when i have mass pile ups ahead with lots of smoke, its just rock > >steady. > > > >Ok onto D3D mode I get out on the track and get in the groove FPS sit > >at (28)28 but as I get down the track by the pits the FPS go to 18 > >sometimes lower if there is a crash or there are lots of cars ahead. > > > >Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 > >Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my > >TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, > >I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card.

You may want to adjust the refresh rates of the cards and monitor, or turn of the vsync lock. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi all, I have just got Nascar 3 and I have been getting it > set up for smooth game play before I start to race with > it, ok my rig is below > > P2 366 O/C to 458 Mhz > Asus P2B-f > 64 Meg SDRAM 100mhz > Voodoo 1 8 Meg > Asus 3800 TNT 2 Ultra (not overclocked) > > Ok on testing FPS at Tally in 640x480 mode only for nascar > my graphic settings are below > > Cars ahead = 25 > Cars behind = 4 > Track Draw = 4 > Skid Buffer = Low > Full feild of cars > Graphics options to full on all > > Right now If I select Glide and go out on the track, the FPS counter > once I get out of the pits and in the groove never drops below (30)31 > even when i have mass pile ups ahead with lots of smoke, its just rock > steady. > > Ok onto D3D mode I get out on the track and get in the groove FPS sit > at (28)28 but as I get down the track by the pits the FPS go to 18 > sometimes lower if there is a crash or there are lots of cars ahead. > > Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 > Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my > TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, > I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card.

There is a good utility called Powerstrip which lets you control which card is responsible for Direct-3-D. It also allows you to tweak your video cards. I have a Voodoo II 12M and an ATi Rage Fury 128 16M, and this game runs faster, smoother, visually better using my Voodoo II with glide and anti-aliasing, then using the ATi in D3D. Though to be honest I am a little surprised by your Voodoo I results. What is your frame rate on the pace lap with a full field on the back stretch at Talladega. Some how I doubt it is (30) 31, though it might be possible at 640x480. Ex On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:20:05 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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>Hi all, I have just got Nascar 3 and I have been getting it >set up for smooth game play before I start to race with >it, ok my rig is below > >P2 366 O/C to 458 Mhz >Asus P2B-f >64 Meg SDRAM 100mhz >Voodoo 1 8 Meg >Asus 3800 TNT 2 Ultra (not overclocked) > >Ok on testing FPS at Tally in 640x480 mode only for nascar >my graphic settings are below > >Cars ahead = 25 >Cars behind = 4 >Track Draw = 4 >Skid Buffer = Low >Full feild of cars >Graphics options to full on all > >Right now If I select Glide and go out on the track, the FPS counter >once I get out of the pits and in the groove never drops below (30)31 >even when i have mass pile ups ahead with lots of smoke, its just rock >steady. > >Ok onto D3D mode I get out on the track and get in the groove FPS sit >at (28)28 but as I get down the track by the pits the FPS go to 18 >sometimes lower if there is a crash or there are lots of cars ahead. > >Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 >Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my >TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, >I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card.

Hi all, I have just got Nascar 3 and I have been getting it set up for smooth game play before I start to race with it, ok my rig is below P2 366 O/C to 458 Mhz Asus P2B-f 64 Meg SDRAM 100mhz Voodoo 1 8 Meg Asus 3800 TNT 2 Ultra (not overclocked) Ok on testing FPS at Tally in 640x480 mode only for nascar my graphic settings are below Cars ahead = 25 Cars behind = 4 Track Draw = 4 Skid Buffer = Low Full feild of cars Graphics options to full on all Right now If I select Glide and go out on the track, the FPS counter once I get out of the pits and in the groove never drops below (30)31 even when i have mass pile ups ahead with lots of smoke, its just rock steady. Ok onto D3D mode I get out on the track and get in the groove FPS sit at (28)28 but as I get down the track by the pits the FPS go to 18 sometimes lower if there is a crash or there are lots of cars ahead. Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card.

On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 22:10:53 GMT, [email hidden] (Extractor) wrote:

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>There is a good utility called Powerstrip which lets you control which >card is responsible for Direct-3-D. It also allows you to tweak your >video cards. I have a Voodoo II 12M and an ATi Rage Fury 128 16M, and >this game runs faster, smoother, visually better using my Voodoo II >with glide and anti-aliasing, then using the ATi in D3D. Though to be >honest I am a little surprised by your Voodoo I results. What is your >frame rate on the pace lap with a full field on the back stretch at >Talladega. Some how I doubt it is (30) 31, though it might be >possible at 640x480. > >Ex > >On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:20:05 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > >>Hi all, I have just got Nascar 3 and I have been getting it >>set up for smooth game play before I start to race with >>it, ok my rig is below >> >>P2 366 O/C to 458 Mhz >>Asus P2B-f >>64 Meg SDRAM 100mhz >>Voodoo 1 8 Meg >>Asus 3800 TNT 2 Ultra (not overclocked) >> >>Ok on testing FPS at Tally in 640x480 mode only for nascar >>my graphic settings are below >> >>Cars ahead = 25 >>Cars behind = 4 >>Track Draw = 4 >>Skid Buffer = Low >>Full feild of cars >>Graphics options to full on all >> >>Right now If I select Glide and go out on the track, the FPS counter >>once I get out of the pits and in the groove never drops below (30)31 >>even when i have mass pile ups ahead with lots of smoke, its just rock >>steady. >> >>Ok onto D3D mode I get out on the track and get in the groove FPS sit >>at (28)28 but as I get down the track by the pits the FPS go to 18 >>sometimes lower if there is a crash or there are lots of cars ahead. >> >>Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 >>Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my >>TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, >>I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card. >

Ok I just did a race from the back with starting Pace lap using the config in my above post, race was at Tally, FPS on the back straight using my V1 was (23)23.

> Now what I need to know is, how do I know if Nacsar 3 is using my TNT2 > Ultra for doing D3D mode or will i be using the V1 ??, if its using my > TNT2 card for D3D why is D3D so much slower than my V1 using Glide ??, > I would have thought the TNT 2 would have blown away my old V1 card. It's probably picking the Voodoo2 for D3D. Check the debug.txt file in the N3 directory and there should be some lines listing what D3D devices the game spotted, and which one it chose to use. If it picked the wrong one you can add a line to n3.ini to choose which D3D device you want: RAST_DEVICE=0 (or =1, or whatever)