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NFS3: Some hardware issues

2 posts by 2 people · 23 Sep 1998 - 24 Sep 1998

Hi there, I have a lowend system (K6-200, 48MB RAM, Voodoo1) and I found this strange: If I set the resolution to 800x600, the game runs faster (while in broad daylight) than in 640x480... is the performance of the z-buffer very CPU dependent? At night it's another story... the game seems terribly slow no matter what I do. Is that a true drop in frame rate, or is it a visual artifact due to the fact that I see much less of the road during nighttime? I have high car detail and full view distance in both cases. Everything else set to low. I know I'll have to start turning details down, but which options will give the most benefit in framerate? (I don't really want to tradeoff viewing distance) Thanks, Mansfield p.s. if there is a "cheat" to turn on some form of frame counter, that will help immensely.
Joe McGinn 24 Sep 1998#422033
>I know I'll have to start turning details down, but which options will give >the most benefit in framerate? (I don't really want to tradeoff viewing >distance) Unfortunately viewing distance is usually the one that affects frame rate the most. Joe

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