GP2: Bug or my PC??

This has happened to me twice!!! I drive around Monza track and suddenly the fps rate drops somewhere near 0.5!!! PRETTY ANNOYING!!! When I press 'o' for CPU occupancy fps returns to normal (crappy) 16. It is not fun to drive the car with left hand on the o button. Could this be the result of UniVBE 5.2? I have Trident 9440 (also crappy, video speed 94) which is supported by UniVBE 5.2. Am I just imaging, or does UniVBE really have any effect on fps? Anyone with similar experiences? ---------------------------- Harri Vainio ----------------------------

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> This has happened to me twice!!! > I drive around Monza track and suddenly the fps rate drops somewhere > near 0.5!!! PRETTY ANNOYING!!! When I press 'o' for CPU occupancy fps > returns to normal (crappy) 16. It is not fun to drive the car with left > hand on the o button. > Could this be the result of UniVBE 5.2? I have Trident 9440 (also > crappy, video speed 94) which is supported by UniVBE 5.2. > Am I just imaging, or does UniVBE really have any effect on fps? > Anyone with similar experiences? > ---------------------------- > Harri Vainio > ----------------------------Harri-

I have UniVBE 5.2 and same trident 9440 video (2meg Ram) running on P133. I run at a constant (pleasant enough) 16 fps and DO NOT have the prob you describe. Sorry I havn't a clue why.

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> This has happened to me twice!!! > I drive around Monza track and suddenly the fps rate drops somewhere > near 0.5!!! PRETTY ANNOYING!!! When I press 'o' for CPU occupancy fps > returns to normal (crappy) 16. It is not fun to drive the car with left > hand on the o button. > Could this be the result of UniVBE 5.2? I have Trident 9440 (also > crappy, video speed 94) which is supported by UniVBE 5.2. > Am I just imaging, or does UniVBE really have any effect on fps? > Anyone with similar experiences?

I run with UniVBE, but I can't really tell any difference in performance. But, just in case... ;) Julian _____________________________________________________________________ University of Oxford

> > Am I just imaging, or does UniVBE really have any effect on fps? > > Anyone with similar experiences? > I run with UniVBE, but I can't really tell any difference in performance. > But, just in case... ;) UniVBE does make a difference. On my P150 I have found a good gfx setup for decent FR in SVGA. The game suggests 21 fps, but I set it to 19. This works great on most tracks, but when I started to practice on Pacific the FPS dropped way down in at least 2 of the turns. I had to disable yet another thing in the gfx setup. Later I tried using UniVBE (with my 968 based Stealth 64) and quickly found out that I could go back to my original gfx setup. No lag at all on Pacific with that wonderful driver resident! -- /Vegard

... Which UNIVBE? 2.0 or 1.x?