N2 Performance DOS vs Win95

Nascar2 seems to run for me under DOS or Win95. Wondering if performance is better under DOS or Win95. I can't see a difference but I have not done any testing on frame rates. Any opinions??

In my case I have set up an icon to drop me (reboot) me into DOS to run N2. For me N2 runs 100% better in DOS mode. In Win95 even with all graphics turned off it is to skippy to handle. I'm not up to the Pentium (yet) so I'm sure that has much to do with it. I'm running a 100mhz/486, 16meg ram, stealth 1meg video, T2, SB16. Not a super system but it's better than nuthin! Xducer sends Mark Martin in 97!

It is 100% better in DOS. In fact I am unable to control my car well in Win95 (action is not smooth). I can do much better in DOS. > Nascar2 seems to run for me under DOS or Win95. Wondering if > performance is better under DOS or Win95. I can't see a difference > but I have not done any testing on frame rates. > Any opinions??

If you are running a fast machine there is no big difference between running in Win95 or in a DOS only session. When in Win95 - you will occasionally see a skip caused by Windows 95 pinging a device such as the CD-ROM drive - typically checking for a new CD installed so it can perform auto-run (by the way - auto-run can be disabled to prevent this). Also, Win95 with networking will occasionally service from network traffic causing a slight pause. If you have a network device that is not correctly configured - Windows 95 will sometimes take really long pauses to do retries and such. In general, I run under Win95 when testing and doing unimportant stuff. I run in a DOS only session for actual racing. /THansen > Nascar2 seems to run for me under DOS or Win95. Wondering if > performance is better under DOS or Win95. I can't see a difference > but I have not done any testing on frame rates. > Any opinions??

The only thing I've noticed is that if you run from Win95, make sure you shut off findfast. It's a MS Office program that can eat up memory and cause frame freezing. Now if Only my Pentium 133 could run N2 faster!! Richard Scott Visit the IGN http://www.applink.net/rscott/ign/welcome.htm

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>If you are running a fast machine there is no big difference between >running in Win95 or in a DOS only session. When in Win95 - you will >occasionally see a skip caused by Windows 95 pinging a device such as the >CD-ROM drive - typically checking for a new CD installed so it can perform >auto-run (by the way - auto-run can be disabled to prevent this). Also, >Win95 with networking will occasionally service from network traffic >causing a slight pause. If you have a network device that is not correctly >configured - Windows 95 will sometimes take really long pauses to do >retries and such. In general, I run under Win95 when testing and doing >unimportant stuff. I run in a DOS only session for actual racing. >/THansen >> Nascar2 seems to run for me under DOS or Win95. Wondering if >> performance is better under DOS or Win95. I can't see a difference >> but I have not done any testing on frame rates. >> Any opinions??