N2003 - XP much nicer than 98SE

Ok, take this with a grain of salt as my system is the following: Dell 4100 notebook, 1.0 GHz, 256Mb, GeForce2Go 32Mb. With the N2003 demo, 1024x768x16, all graphical details to full except shadows being cast on cars, I get 25-35 fps running in the pack with Win98SE, and 35 - 55fps with XP Pro, with both running D3D, DirectX 8. The framerate dips more often with Win98SE. Just a data point on XP.

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:17:31 +0100, Stephen F. wrote:

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> Ok, take this with a grain of salt as my system is the following: > > Dell 4100 notebook, 1.0 GHz, 256Mb, GeForce2Go 32Mb. > > With the N2003 demo, 1024x768x16, all graphical details to full except > shadows being cast on cars, I get 25-35 fps running in the pack with > Win98SE, and 35 - 55fps with XP Pro, with both running D3D, DirectX 8. The > framerate dips more often with Win98SE. > > Just a data point on XP.

try upgrading to dx9, 98se will always be the fastest because of less bloat.

Bzzzt. Wrong answer. Larry "the great galooga" <"the great galooga"@home.com> wrote in message news:tST8a.384267$[email hidden]... > On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:17:31 +0100, Stephen F. wrote: > try upgrading to dx9, 98se will always be the fastest because of less > bloat.

> try upgrading to dx9, 98se will always be the fastest because of less > bloat. I take it your not counting the time looking at the BSOD. MadDAWG

On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 02:06:17 GMT, the great galooga <"the great galooga"@home.com> wrote: > >try upgrading to dx9, 98se will always be the fastest because of less >bloat. Not always! I just upgraded to WinXP Pro from Win98SE. Remarkable improvement in fps and smoothness. My fps is a good 20 to 25% faster, and no screen stuttering at all, like I used to get with Win98SE.

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