I run smartdrv when my computer boots up will this improve my GP2
video speed?
> I run smartdrv when my computer boots up will this improve my GP2
> video speed?
No.
>I run smartdrv when my computer boots up will this improve my GP2
>video speed?
No. Also, do NOT enable write-behind caching on the drive where
GP2 is installed, as this makes the game lock up every so often.
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No it won't. Smartdrv is a disk caching utility for DOS programs. GP2 does
not access disk during simulation so there is no use for any caching. In
fact doing so (ie. accessing disk at all) would be catastrophic to the
simulation rate :-).
Pekka
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:
: > I run smartdrv when my computer boots up will this improve my GP2
: > video speed?
: >
:
: No it won't. Smartdrv is a disk caching utility for DOS programs. GP2 does
: not access disk during simulation so there is no use for any caching. In
: fact doing so (ie. accessing disk at all) would be catastrophic to the
: simulation rate :-).
:
: Pekka
gp2 usually dumps its lap data to disk at the end of each lap...
the following is from gp2's readme file
Hard Drive Swap File Option
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Grand Prix II will always try to keep all data it needs in RAM.
If there is not enough RAM available, the program will move some
data into a temporary file on your hard drive (F1GPTEMP.TMP).
When this happens, you may notice a very slight pause, as the
car crosses the start/finish line.
If the hard drive swap file option is set to "No," then this file
will not be created and so when all available RAM has been used,
you will lose the ability to store further performance
information or hot laps.
Note: For any changes in this option to take effect, you must save
the game state and rerun the program.
Note that exiting the pitlane will flush available RAM for
re-use but be sure that you have saved any hot lap or
performance data that you wish to keep before doing this.
