GP2 : Frame rate problem

Hi ! I just myself a new dream machine , P200 MMX . and rushed home to play GP2. everythings working fine , all graphics turned on and still running 24+ frames. Then things start to get Weird !!, every now and then the game allmost completely stops for 2 seconds or so, the frames getting VERY jerky, then continues like nothing happened (except I usually ends up in the gravel) Has any one experienced the same kind of problem ....??? Help needed Nick Jensen, Danmark

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> Hi ! > I just myself a new dream machine , P200 MMX . and rushed home > to play GP2. everythings working fine , all graphics turned on and still > running 24+ frames. Then things start to get Weird !!, every now and then > the game allmost completely stops for 2 seconds or so, the frames getting > VERY jerky, then continues like nothing happened (except I usually ends up > in > the gravel) > Has any one experienced the same kind of problem ....??? > Help needed > Nick Jensen, Danmark

I get the same situation with IndycarII for windows 95, and a little bit with Nascar1 under windows 95. With GP2, I always shutdown windows and start dos. I don't have that trouble when I do this. My computer is a P100 w/32meg SDRAM and the 4meg ATI Graphics Xpression +PC2TV. I haven't tried the TV feature yet. Steve

> = > Hi ! > = > I just myself a new dream machine , P200 MMX . and rushed home > to play GP2. everythings working fine , all graphics turned on and stil= l > running 24+ frames. Then things start to get Weird !!, every now and th= en > the game allmost completely stops for 2 seconds or so, the frames getti= ng > VERY jerky, then continues like nothing happened (except I usually ends= up

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> in > the gravel) > = > Has any one experienced the same kind of problem ....??? > = > Help needed > Nick Jensen, Danmark

My guess is you're running GP2 under Windoze 95, am I right? If you've got DOS, run it from there. If you want to start it from Windoze, try this : (Some of the namings I use for menu's, buttons, etc, might be slightly different from the correct ones, but I'm using the Dutch W95-version, so I don't have the English namings.) 1- right-click on the task-bar 2- choose the tab "Startmenu programs" (it might be called a bit different in English, I'm using the Dutch version) 3- choose "Advanced" 4- In the left frame, go to the folder that has the GP2-link in it (this will then show in the right frame). 5- Right-click on the GP2-link and select "properties". 6- Select the tab "Program" and then the button "Advanced". 7- Select the checkbox "MSDOS mode" (third from top). Deselect the checkbox "Warn before swapping to DOS-mode". (otherwise y= ou will get a Warning-window before GP2 is started) Select the radiobutton "Use current MS-DOS configuration". 8- Select the OK buttons you encounter and close the Explorer (if you wonder about how you got to the explorer, almost everything gets you there : "Startmenu programs", "My/this Computer", "Trashcan"= , etc. but only in slightly different modes.) =46rom now on Windoze will be ended as soon as you start GP2, so it won't= be in the way of PC-performance. When you quit GP2, Windoze will start itself a= gain. Oh, and BTW : This has nothing to do with GP2 as is. It's purely a Windoze 95 thing. This Win95 timing-shit happ= ens to any program. Hope this helps, -- = Ren=E9 van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1846/index.html

snip....<>< Wow...P200, P100, you guys are lucky/rich.....I am still humping a P60. Why 'spoil' your potencial performance with GP2/Nascar etc. by dragging an anchor...W95. Go DOS. Improve your power to weight ratio, have fun. Jammer (UK ;-)

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> Hi ! > I just myself a new dream machine , P200 MMX . and rushed home > to play GP2. everythings working fine , all graphics turned on and still > running 24+ frames. Then things start to get Weird !!, every now and then > the game allmost completely stops for 2 seconds or so, the frames getting > VERY jerky, then continues like nothing happened (except I usually ends up > in > the gravel) > Has any one experienced the same kind of problem ....??? > Help needed > Nick Jensen, Danmark

Nick, Its not a system problem, its a software problem and its happened to everybody. Sounds like you got your hope up like all the rest of us! I feel sorry for ya' but Microprose dosent! ":>) -David Gary-

Whoa! 24+fps What graphics card is this? My 200MMX with 3D Blaster is comfortable at about 18-19 fps with some stuff off in the mirrors at most circuits. I thought that maybe graphics cards wouldn't make a difference in GP2. Could any P200 users kindly inform what kind of fps you're getting. I am using the f22 vesa fix utility for the Verite chips as well. Regards Stanley Chan

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> Hi ! > I just myself a new dream machine , P200 MMX . and rushed home > to play GP2. everythings working fine , all graphics turned on and still > running 24+ frames. Then things start to get Weird !!, every now and then > the game allmost completely stops for 2 seconds or so, the frames getting > VERY jerky, then continues like nothing happened (except I usually ends up > in > the gravel) > Has any one experienced the same kind of problem ....??? > Help needed > Nick Jensen, Danmark

Stanley, I'm getting 25.6+ with everything turned on but clouds on mine! I'm using and STB 128 Lightspeed and have the MB over-clocked to 75mhz on the bus to end up with 225 mhz. I haven't bothered to try going faster with the bus. Pete

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> Whoa! 24+fps What graphics card is this? My 200MMX with 3D Blaster is > comfortable at about 18-19 fps with some stuff off in the mirrors at > most circuits. I thought that maybe graphics cards wouldn't make a > difference in GP2. Could any P200 users kindly inform what kind of fps > you're getting. I am using the f22 vesa fix utility for the Verite chips > as well. > Regards > Stanley Chan

Suggestion: are you running under Win95? In that case it might be that your screensaver gets into action or something... JOH =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

If you in a "graphics' hungry enviroment, i.e. Monico w/ full detail on and cars in front of you even a p200 will ***easily with GP2. Make sure what ever the estimated frame rate the menu tells you, that you take it down manually 2 or 3 notches. If estimated framerate tells you 25, manually click down to 22 or 23. This makes a difference in the framerate speed. Hope that helps. -David Gary- ":>}

> I have a simular setup to yours and enjoy lots of textures, though Sky is > still a killer even on a P200 MMX. My problem is that when we play link up > (Cable) with my P166, the frame rate drops through the floor. its utter > crap. I have to remove all textures, to a simular level I use on the > office P90 !! why is this !??? Its called incompetent programming. -DG-