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GPL, K6-3 and V3/3000 framerates

5 posts by 5 people · 22 Jan 2000 - 27 Jan 2000

si.. 22 Jan 2000#515753
I recently upgraded to a K6-3/450 and V3/3000 specifically for GPL but am a little disappointed with the framerates. I am running on an Epox MVP3E-m motherboard and at The Glen am only getting 15-17 fps at the start and rising to about 30fps during the race. I thought I should get more than this? I have 19AI and all graphics on. I am using glide2x 2.61, I tried replacing this with ver 2.53 but GPL won't accept 3dfx as the 3D accelerator with this versiion of Glide? Any help would be appreciated.
Tony Graham 23 Jan 2000#515963
Reduce the detail slider, this is the biggest frame rate killer. Then try mirrors to cars & tracks. I have the detail slider set one notch off min and everything looks fine.
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:34:50 -0000, "Tony Graham" >Reduce the detail slider, this is the biggest frame rate killer. Then try >mirrors to cars & tracks. I have the detail slider set one notch off min and >everything looks fine. Also, add a fan to the V3 (if it doesn't already) and overclock both the CPU and V3. Use powerstrip if the drivers don't allow overclocking. The main problem is that the FPU in the K6 chips is poor, that's what is the problem. I also set up a system purely for GPL, but to get a good frame rate, you really can't have the detail slider at full. Not much difference anyway. Rafe Mc
Stewar 24 Jan 2000#516175
I recently upgraded to a K6-2 450 and V3/3000 and, like you, was disappointed by the poor performance. I, at that time, was running GPL 1.1 so with nothing to loose I tried 1.2 and the framerates improved dramatically to a steady 36 most places (other that the race starts). Sorry I can't come with a more technical answer, but what the hell, it worked for me! Cheers Stewart
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Quoted text (8 lines)> I recently upgraded to a K6-3/450 and V3/3000 specifically for GPL but > am a little disappointed with the framerates. I am running on an Epox > MVP3E-m motherboard and at The Glen am only getting 15-17 fps at the > start and rising to about 30fps during the race. I thought I should > get more than this? I have 19AI and all graphics on. > I am using glide2x 2.61, I tried replacing this with ver 2.53 but GPL > won't accept 3dfx as the 3D accelerator with this versiion of Glide? > Any help would be appreciated.
Ugrade to the latest 3dfx drivers,and download DX7a. I run a K6-2/450 with a Voodoo3 3000 AGP and get a solid 36fps everywhere,and I'm using a MSFF wheel. Joel Willstein [email hidden]

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