GP2 severe slowdown in W95

I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every few laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running bios settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this? Thanks, Eric Fesler

?I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every ?few ?laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't ?happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have ?recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running ?bios ?settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug ?this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the ?same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this? I am running GP2 in dos and in WIN95 with a Matrox 2Mb Millenium, but I don't notice any slowdown. I do have problems saving hotlaps when in WIN95; GP2 crashes when I try saving a hotlap. Try setting your framerate at 11 or 12 fps... And have a look at the game then... Looks much faster than when using the ultimate (+20 fps) settings.... Bye, Erik. Erik van 't Woud

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> : > : > : ?I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every > : ?few > : ?laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't > : ?happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have > : ?recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running > : ?bios > : ?settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug > : ?this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the > : ?same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this?

IT WAS ME !!! NOBODY SEEMED TO BELIEVE ME AT THE TIME !!! I run the game under DOS 6.2 and have that exact same problem. The fenomenon also includes the car "floating" slowly to the left. When any key is pressed, the game returns to normal. This has resulted in the situation, where I play with one hand on CTRL button in order not to drive to walls when the fenomenon happens. I think it is time to see in which kind of configuration this happens. Here is what I've got : Intel P100,16Mb, Triton Chipset Trident 9440 TVGA , 1Mb Gravis Ultrasound MAX Matshushita (Panasonic Comp.)CD-ROM 2X Dos 6.2, WIN95 (Boot in DOS 6.2) Wingman Ex. PLEASE!!! Anyone with similar experiences, write immediatly to R.A.S.!! I'm my last week at my summer job, so please notice the reply address!! (Or use R.A.S., so we can see how common this problem is) /Harri Vainio /Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

On Wed, 28 Aug 1996 16:02:27 +0300, Harri Vainio

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>IT WAS ME !!! NOBODY SEEMED TO BELIEVE ME AT THE TIME !!! >I run the game under DOS 6.2 and have that exact same problem. The >fenomenon also includes the car "floating" slowly to the left. When any >key is pressed, the game returns to normal. >This has resulted in the situation, where I play with one hand on CTRL >button in order not to drive to walls when the fenomenon happens. >I think it is time to see in which kind of configuration this happens. >Here is what I've got : > Intel P100,16Mb, Triton Chipset > Trident 9440 TVGA , 1Mb > Gravis Ultrasound MAX > Matshushita (Panasonic Comp.)CD-ROM 2X > Dos 6.2, WIN95 (Boot in DOS 6.2) > Wingman Ex.

I'm not really sure I understand the problem your having. Is the car drifting in some way that causes you to run into walls etc? It might be a long shot but if your car is drifting then I'd point the finger at your GUS. I also have a GUS and some games are unplayable if I use it. It cause's drifting in games such as EF2000, TIE Fighter, GP2 and lots of others that I have. With games like these I'm forced to use my Vibra16 and then everything is fine. As an experiment, try running GP2 for a little while without sound. If it works normaly then you know it's the GUS. Lastly, I know of others who have the drift problem that I have, but also know of others that dont. So it may be a GUS/motherboard thing. Tony

: : : ?I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every : ?few : ?laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't : ?happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have : ?recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running : ?bios : ?settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug : ?this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the : ?same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this? : : I am running GP2 in dos and in WIN95 with a Matrox 2Mb Millenium, but : I don't notice any slowdown. : I do have problems saving hotlaps when in WIN95; GP2 crashes when I : try saving a hotlap. : : Try setting your framerate at 11 or 12 fps... And have a look at the : game then... Looks much faster than when using the ultimate (+20 fps) : settings.... : : Bye, : Erik. : : : Erik van 't Woud : Why don't you try to play the game under DOS? DOS games should be played under DOS and not in some buggy win-***ing-95. As I remember manual says something about problems in w95. So use DOS and have fun! -Janic

Run it in dos!!!!!! Any game wil ALWAYS be slower in win95....Don't give a damn what Bill says'

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> >I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every few > >laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't > >happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have > >recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running bios > >settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug > >this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the > >same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this?

I get the same both under Win95 and in DOS mode. Four times in succession on every lap the PC crawls for about two seconds then speeds up again. I've tried reloading the game from CD and still get the problem. Even stranger this has only started occuring over the last week or so. For the first month or so since purchase it worked fine..... Terry Stacy

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> >I am getting a really strange phenomenon running under W95. Every few > >laps my frame rate drops to maybe 2fps for 3-4 seconds. It doesn't > >happen under DOS and it didn't use to happen under W95. I have > >recently purchased a PPro 200 and Matrox Millenium. I am running bios > >settings that are equivalent to FastVid. I am still trying to debug > >this problem but I remember reading a post from somone who had the > >same problem. Any advice? Anyone seen this? > >Thanks, > >Eric Fesler > Run it in dos!!!!!! > Any game wil ALWAYS be slower in win95....Don't give a damn what Bill

says' Sounds like your screen saver is starting up. Turn it off. This happens if I run GP1 under win95, so I set the time before the screen saver starts up to 60 min, which gives me enough time to pley before it starts up.