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N99 and Rendition card

8 posts by 5 people · 24 Dec 1998 - 03 Jan 1999

EDavid4108 24 Dec 1998#441593
Hello My hard drive went belly up this past week :-(... After getting another one, and installing NASCAR 99 from Sierra, does anyone know what that line of code was to improve the framerate for people using the Sierra Screamin 3D card? Thanks!! Ed
Wingman 01 Jan 1999#442784
Never heard anything about this... -- Dream High, Aim High, Fly High--U.S. Air Force -- *****The WINGMAN*****
J Huggin 01 Jan 1999#442785
After the rendition executable put -4 -dma for 4bit textures and DMA memory. -jh-
Quoted text (10 lines)> >After getting another one, and installing NASCAR 99 from Sierra, does anyone > >know what that line of code was to improve the framerate for people using the > >Sierra Screamin 3D card? Thanks!! > Never heard anything about this... > -- > Dream High, Aim High, Fly High--U.S. Air Force > -- > *****The WINGMAN*****
Wingman 02 Jan 1999#442965
It actually defaults to using DMA mode unless you specify it in the .prf file. -- Dream High, Aim High, Fly High--U.S. Air Force -- *****The WINGMAN*****
J Huggin 02 Jan 1999#442966
Actually some people have found that using the .prf file for the -dma and -4 commands does absolutely nothing. If I specify -4 or 4bit in the .prf it does not work, I have to manually add it after the nr1999r.exe file in order to get 4bit textures. -JH-
Quoted text (10 lines)> >After the rendition executable put -4 -dma for 4bit textures and DMA > >memory. > >-jh- > It actually defaults to using DMA mode unless you specify it in the .prf file. > -- > Dream High, Aim High, Fly High--U.S. Air Force > -- > *****The WINGMAN*****
Actually the default in N1999 is 16bit graphics I believe. Maybe it is 8 bit. To get the 4bit switch to work you need to open the nr1999.prf file in your N1999 directory and scroll down to Rendition preferences and remove the "rem" from the line "rem 4 bit". I don't think you need to add the switch to the command line either. There is a framerate counter and other goodies in there to play with as well. Hope this helps. Steve Kaminski WCfan3 EDavid4108 says... |>After getting another one, and installing NASCAR 99 from Sierra, does anyone |>know what that line of code was to improve the framerate for people using the
Quoted text (9 lines)|>Sierra Screamin 3D card? Thanks!! | |Never heard anything about this... | |-- |Dream High, Aim High, Fly High--U.S. Air Force |-- |*****The WINGMAN***** |
Actually the default in N1999 is 16bit graphics I believe. Maybe it is 8 bit. To get the 4bit switch to work you need to open the nr1999.prf file in your N1999 directory and scroll down to Rendition preferences and remove the "rem" from the line "rem 4 bit". I don't think you need to add the switch to the command line either. There is a framerate counter and other goodies in there to play with as well. Hope this helps. Steve Kaminski WCfan3
Dave Henrie 03 Jan 1999#443126
If you mess with your bios settings you may not have to use the 4 bit textures. If you can find a setting called PCI Latency Timer, increase the value til it is 32 or higher. (up to 255 max) This setting greatly improves the performance of Rendition boards. But... if you have pci soundcards, it may still some performance from them test it and decide which settings help you the most. dave henrie >Hello >My hard drive went belly up this past week :-(... >After getting another one, and installing NASCAR 99 from Sierra, does anyone >know what that line of code was to improve the framerate for people using the >Sierra Screamin 3D card? Thanks!! >Ed

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