What else to increase frame rate?

I'm trying to get my frame rate up. I have a 100MHz Gateway, 2MB STB Trio 64V+ (S3 chipset) video, and originally, 16MB RAM. I added 16 MB more RAM, but can't really say it helped a lot. I can run smooth with the textured road and cars on, (and most everything else off) but it gets a little choppy with lots of traffic (or any other graphic turned on.) Comments on what's next? Better drivers (video, not human), video card (thinking about the Sierra deal), or what? #28 RYR #88 -Tom

You didn't say for which sim...? If you are talking about Nascar 2... Adding more ram will actually make it worse. You are now using 8bit cars instead of the 4bit cars. (this is supposed to be changeable in the upcoming patch) A Verite based card will help. I have the Intergraph. Try turning the road texture off. Buy a new computer. (I know this is not an option for most of us, but it is inevitable). -- http://www.netins.net/showcase/mpete/nascar.html Mike's Nascar World Stop on by, what can it hurt?

A voodoo patch!!!! :)

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>> I'm trying to get my frame rate up. >> I have a 100MHz Gateway, 2MB STB Trio 64V+ (S3 chipset) video, and >> originally, 16MB RAM. I added 16 MB more RAM, but can't really say it >> helped a lot. I can run smooth with the textured road and cars on, (and >> most everything else off) but it gets a little choppy with lots of >Adding more ram will actually make it worse. You are now using 8bit cars >instead of the 4bit cars. (this is supposed to be changeable in the >upcoming patch)

That is true only for the Rendition executable. "Normal" video cards use the same car set regardless of RAM available. Yes it will (a surprising amount) This and grass off will generally improve the frame rate quite a bit (and I personally don't miss them) The other thing is to ensure that you've loaded VESA 2.0 drivers for your video card (either from a driver from the card manufacturer, or by using UniVBE (run UVCONFIG.EXE in your NASCAR2 directory)) ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

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> I'm trying to get my frame rate up. > I have a 100MHz Gateway, 2MB STB Trio 64V+ (S3 chipset) video, and > originally, 16MB RAM. I added 16 MB more RAM, but can't really say it > helped a lot. I can run smooth with the textured road and cars on, (and > most everything else off) but it gets a little choppy with lots of traffic > (or any other graphic turned on.) > Comments on what's next? Better drivers (video, not human), video card > (thinking about the Sierra deal), or what? > #28 RYR #88 > -Tom

If you're trying to run through win95 on your machine, don't. Get a good clean DOS boot and run from there, until you can pick up a faster processor. You'll see a noticeable improvement. God Bless, Steve

Another option would be to use the newest version of the SciTech Display Doctor (use only the uvconfig.exe in the N2 dir)...This utility supports most of the cards made (including Rendition, ATI Mach, etc), and is perhaps the best $35 bucks you could spend on your system. You can download it at: http://www.scitechsoft.com/sdddown.html Best Regards, Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing News - USA http://members.aol.com/simracing

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> >> I'm trying to get my frame rate up. > >> I have a 100MHz Gateway, 2MB STB Trio 64V+ (S3 chipset) video, and > >> originally, 16MB RAM. I added 16 MB more RAM, but can't really say it > >> helped a lot. I can run smooth with the textured road and cars on, (and > >> most everything else off) but it gets a little choppy with lots of > >Adding more ram will actually make it worse. You are now using 8bit cars > >instead of the 4bit cars. (this is supposed to be changeable in the > >upcoming patch) > That is true only for the Rendition executable. "Normal" video cards > use the same car set regardless of RAM available. > >A Verite based card will help. > Yes it will (a surprising amount) > >Try turning the road texture off. > This and grass off will generally improve the frame rate quite a bit > (and I personally don't miss them) > The other thing is to ensure that you've loaded VESA 2.0 drivers for > your video card (either from a driver from the card manufacturer, or > by using UniVBE (run UVCONFIG.EXE in your NASCAR2 directory)) > ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

I just got a Screamin 3d, and it's working great, I love i, but I was wondering: Do I now have the equivalent of a VESA 2.0 driver, and should I use UniVBE? I tried it in DOS and it said I had and Oak video card and Sir Tech didn't have a compatible driver so no changes were made. Are you familiar with this? I'm normally not to bad at figuring out tech issues, but somehow the video drivers thing gets me totally lost ;). -- Ed "A friend of mine suggested I try America Online, I said 'But I already have a computer...'"

The Rendition cards have on-board VESA 2.0, so UniVBE is no longer needed. --