Slow video with NASCAR

I am wondering if anybody has any ideas about a problem I have been having with NASCAR racing. The video seems to be much choppier than it should be. I just upgraded from a 486DX2/80 with 16 meg ram and an ATI video card to a Pentium 166 with 32 megs ram and a Diamond Stealth 64 video card and it runs better, but not as much better as it should. NASCAR should be smooth as glass on my system and it just isn't. Anybody know of any problems with the Stealth 64 and NASCAR Racing? If so, please let me know. Thanks, Todd Walker

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> I am wondering if anybody has any ideas about a problem I have been > having with NASCAR racing. The video seems to be much choppier than > it should be. I just upgraded from a 486DX2/80 with 16 meg ram and an > ATI video card to a Pentium 166 with 32 megs ram and a Diamond Stealth > 64 video card and it runs better, but not as much better as it should. > NASCAR should be smooth as glass on my system and it just isn't. > Anybody know of any problems with the Stealth 64 and NASCAR Racing? > If so, please let me know. > Thanks, > Todd WalkerI'm on a Pentium 120 with 32megs and a Stealth 64 2meg...It runs fine,as

long as I reduce the cars viewed ahead to 10 or so,and kill the background,grass,stands and track surface detail(which I hate anyway). Most of that stuff is ineffectual to the game play,so I don't care. And the worst frame rate I get at any track is 18,but usually it's up around 25... On your 166,I'd expect you to have a little more oomph!,but if you are expecting to be able run it with everything maxed out...FORGET IT! You'd need a Pentium 200 for that! Don't worry about your Stealth64...it's fine for DOS,for now.(as far as I know) rgs

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>> I am wondering if anybody has any ideas about a problem I have been >> having with NASCAR racing. The video seems to be much choppier than >> it should be. I just upgraded from a 486DX2/80 with 16 meg ram and an >> ATI video card to a Pentium 166 with 32 megs ram and a Diamond Stealth >> 64 video card and it runs better, but not as much better as it should. >> NASCAR should be smooth as glass on my system and it just isn't. >> Anybody know of any problems with the Stealth 64 and NASCAR Racing? >> If so, please let me know. >> Thanks, >> Todd Walker >I'm on a Pentium 120 with 32megs and a Stealth 64 2meg...It runs fine,as >long as I reduce the cars viewed ahead to 10 or so,and kill the >background,grass,stands and track surface detail(which I hate anyway). >Most of that stuff is ineffectual to the game play,so I don't care. >And the worst frame rate I get at any track is 18,but usually it's up >around 25... >On your 166,I'd expect you to have a little more oomph!,but if you are >expecting to be able run it with everything maxed out...FORGET IT! >You'd need a Pentium 200 for that! >Don't worry about your Stealth64...it's fine for DOS,for now.(as far as >I know) >rgs

I've got a Pentium Pro 200, Intel 440 chipset motherboard, 32 megs ram, Sound Blaster 16, and a PCI Stealth 64 2 meg VRAM. With all detail turned on, I get about 15fps in SVGA. By contrast, in ICR2 DOS I get 27-30fps, same settings. I really can't wait for Nascar 2, which is supposed to use the ICR2 graphics engine (from what i've read here.) BTW, I tried using the 'fastvid' program and it didn't make a spit of difference in frame rate. Fastvid was intended for the 450 chipset, not the new 440 set I have. So don't suggest I try it. :-)