GP4 with new video card hmmmm

Well today a supplier gave me a MSI FX5200 to try. This has that Geforce fx5200 with 128MB memory. I am not too impressed. It seems GP4 still only wants 9fps when allowed to auto set the fps. If I try & manual set it even with most things low or off & the frame set at 15-20 I am at 200 PO does anyone out there actually run GP4 at a good clip with the graphics on? Just curious ;-) Thanks PS 2.05 gigahertz Intel Celeron 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: TYAN Computer S2099 Bus Clock: 102 megahertz 256 Megabytes Installed Memory 41.16 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

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> Well today a supplier gave me a MSI FX5200 to try. > This has that Geforce fx5200 with 128MB memory. > I am not too impressed. It seems GP4 still only wants 9fps when > allowed to auto set the fps. > If I try & manual set it even with most things low or off & the frame > set at 15-20 I am at 200 PO > does anyone out there actually run GP4 at a good clip with the > graphics on? > Just curious ;-) > > Thanks > > PS 2.05 gigahertz Intel Celeron > 8 kilobyte primary memory cache > 128 kilobyte secondary memory cache > Board: TYAN Computer S2099 > Bus Clock: 102 megahertz > 256 Megabytes Installed Memory > 41.16 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

First off, that Celeron isn't helping things. But still, you'll have to tweak your brains out to get acceptable frames in GP4. And the whole process, menuing and and whatnot, is counter-intuitive in GP4. The game's not worth the trouble, particularly when you have F1C. Alanb

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> Well today a supplier gave me a MSI FX5200 to try. > This has that Geforce fx5200 with 128MB memory. > I am not too impressed. It seems GP4 still only wants 9fps when > allowed to auto set the fps. > If I try & manual set it even with most things low or off & the frame > set at 15-20 I am at 200 PO > does anyone out there actually run GP4 at a good clip with the > graphics on? > Just curious ;-)

go to the forum at grandprixgames.org and ask for a graphics config file... it will make a huge difference. KK

Not played in a while, but runs 1280x1024 4xFSAA no problem. At race start mid pack, get ~80-100PO Tried dropping your resolution? -- Pete H Abit NF7-S @ 2.2GHz 512Mb DDR RAM Radeon 9700 128Mb "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Well today a supplier gave me a MSI FX5200 to try. > This has that Geforce fx5200 with 128MB memory. > I am not too impressed. It seems GP4 still only wants 9fps when > allowed to auto set the fps. > If I try & manual set it even with most things low or off & the frame > set at 15-20 I am at 200 PO > does anyone out there actually run GP4 at a good clip with the > graphics on? > Just curious ;-) > > Thanks > > PS 2.05 gigahertz Intel Celeron > 8 kilobyte primary memory cache > 128 kilobyte secondary memory cache > Board: TYAN Computer S2099 > Bus Clock: 102 megahertz > 256 Megabytes Installed Memory > 41.16 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<wsWEb.597636$HS4.4387826@attbi_s01>... > First off, that Celeron isn't helping things. But still, you'll have to > tweak your brains out to get acceptable frames in GP4. And the whole > process, menuing and and whatnot, is counter-intuitive in GP4. The game's > not worth the trouble, particularly when you have F1C. > > Alanb Thanks for the reply, I have two demos the EA F1 championship season 2000 & the EA F1 2002 work in progress demo. The 1st one is very dark with no real adjustment the second seems very arcade like in the drive model. Although the second one has great graphics the the feel is lacking IMO.I will play with the setup more. Is F1c one of these?

"Kasper Kowalski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<1071925494.144274@teuthos>... > > go to the forum at grandprixgames.org and ask for a graphics config file... > it will make a huge difference. > > KK Thanks very much! I went & got this from the site you suggested. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roache/files/f1graphics.cfg Very nice & a PO under 100 Also this helped too.... 0 ; [MAIN VIEW] Enable static environment reflections (0=>off 1=>on) v3 change that 0 into a 1 Thanks again Mike

F1C is F1 Challenge, the last and by far the best of the EA F1 games. "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Thanks for the reply, > I have two demos the EA F1 championship season 2000 & the EA F1 2002 > work in progress demo. The 1st one is very dark with no real > adjustment the second seems very arcade like in the drive model. > Although the second one has great graphics the the feel is lacking > IMO.I will play with the setup more. > Is F1c one of these?

Does that mean it is neither of the demo's I have? Thanks "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> F1C is F1 Challenge, the last and by far the best of the EA F1 games. > > "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > Thanks for the reply, > > I have two demos the EA F1 championship season 2000 & the EA F1 2002 > > work in progress demo. The 1st one is very dark with no real > > adjustment the second seems very arcade like in the drive model. > > Although the second one has great graphics the the feel is lacking > > IMO.I will play with the setup more. > > Is F1c one of these?

Yes. And I don't think there is a demo of F1C. The physics model in F1C is a lot different from the previous versions. In particular the downforce level in F1C is more realistic. "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Does that mean it is neither of the demo's I have? > Thanks >