ICR2 = No Big Deal...

> >If you are having problems with the SVGA speed, make sure that you tried > >choosing in the setup to install the univbe.drv it makes a big difference.

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> > > >I was so surprised with the improvement that I went and FTP'ed the full > >UNIVBE51 product to see if it would do the same for Nascar. No it didn't > >improve it much and the FTP'ed univbe51 version was actually slower with > >ICR2.0 than the univbe.drv that papyrus includes with the demo, so maybe > >they really tweaked out the SVGA modes in their version, but whatever > >papyrus did, it is the fastest SVGA performance on my system of any game

I > >have seen so far. > > Could someone please explain just what UNIVBE is? (I do understand that > it's got something to do with a fast video driver.) What's UNIVB51? > Does this stuff require a particular type of hardware? It seems critically > important to those of us who are, uh, "hardware-challenged" :-) > > Brian Wong Systems Engineering Group (Servers) > Hey Brian, good question. I have no idea what Univibe is execpt that is included with the ICR2 demo and it works. I'm guessing it's a universal driver implemented for speed. It works with your video card. Not all cards are supported but my old S3 803(?) was. I tried with ICR2 demo and it did improve the graphic performance. (i'm guessing 15 to 25%) Still couldn't go full graphics but got the stands and cars and track paint,(not texture) with fairly good smoothness. I think I reduced the field to 26 cars so next I'll start adding cars to see how much difference they make. Dave Henrie * JABBER v1.1 * "I shall eat your heart and Spit it out Terran!"--WC]I[ -- | Fidonet: Dave Henrie 1:346/25 | Fido -> Internet/Usenet via Net 346 Services

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> > > I have tried the demo on my Pentium 90 2MB Diamond Stealth (DRAM) and > 8 MB RAM. In NASCAR I have to turn off most of the graphics - grass, > asphalt, wall texture, horizon, grandstand detail and crowd. The > IndyCar Demo had all these on - including grass and asphalt and it > just flowed. Have Papyrus 'cleaned up' the program to make it more > efficient? I did not count the number of cars. Could this be the > answer? > > It took me 2.5 hours to download the demo (14.4 kbs) but it was well > worth it. I have the money...get the game in the shops...please. > > Cheers, > > Craig >

If your dloading with a bbs and zmodem, at 14.4 it should only take about 70-75 minutes if you have the v42.biz fully configured. Dave Henrie(ps I have no clue what the transfer rate of FTP is so the net dloads may be waaaay differnt. In fact I had so much trouble with Netscape's downloading I have almost dropped the net entirely. Dave Henrie * JABBER v1.1 * "Die! You Furless Freak!"--WC]I[ -- | Fidonet: Dave Henrie 1:346/25 | Fido -> Internet/Usenet via Net 346 Services