Author Topic: Frame rate jump (Read 372 times)

GtoRA2 · « **on:** December 13, 2001, 11:01:00 AM »

Guys
I know this should be in another forum, but I wanted to post it here to see if it helps anyone else out.

I have a P3 1gig with 512 megs of DDR and Gforce 3.

I was getting about max 40 FPS. sometimes as low as 26, granted this is at 1280by1924, but it was the same at every resalution.

I figured that cant be right but nothing helped much to fix it.

My buddy who is an everyquest freak heard about a system INI tweak you can do, and people with EQ where raving how it improved frame rates so I figured why not try it.

it upped me to 60fps almost all the time and a low of 39 at a big field with everything on fire.

the change is:

open the system.ini (back it up first)
go to the [386enh] section and add to the end
"ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1"

it helped me. Use at your own risk, but it should be easy to change back if it doesnt help.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:05:00 AM »

Which OS do you use? Win98? ME?

Thks!, will try this tonight.

[ 12-13-2001: Message edited by: Ripsnort ]

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:07:00 AM »

ooops lol 98SE, it spose to work with 98/ME

Kieran · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:12:00 AM »

It works in all versions of Windows AFAIK. Right under that line put "LoadLocalHigh=1" and save.

You also want to set your virtual memory to double the amount of RAM. Set both min and max to same.

Remove everything but "systray" from your startup menu. You can access that in 98 and XP by typing "msconfig" from "Run".

Kieran · « **Reply #4 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:14:00 AM »

One more thing, turn off anti-aliasing in the card settings and any game you are playing. This alone is a big fr killer.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #5 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:25:00 AM »

Kieren, is Anti-aliasing related to V-sync in any form?

Sox62 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:32:00 AM »

No,anti-aliasing just smooths out the jaggies,and isn't really noticable at higher resolutions.
It will kill your framerate,although maybe not as much with a Geforce III.(I have a Geforce II)

Vector · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2001, 11:37:00 AM »

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Originally posted by GTORA2:
"ConservativeSwapFileUsage=1"

This doesn't bring any difference to Windows 2000 Professional.
Or should I do something more than just add the line?

P3 933Mhz 512MB

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mrsid2 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2001, 12:24:00 PM »

That command forces windows to use more ram instead of swapping. It shouldn't affect framerates at all unless your computer is out of available ram and has to use swapfile.

Why it gave fr gains to a user with 512Mb ram beats me.

Windows2000 users definately should not need to do that, it handles memory far more efficiently than 98. 512MB ram in W98 is more than 98 needs / handles. Upgrade OS.

Kieran · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2001, 12:58:00 PM »

I just know it does, don't ask me why. Of course the differences may vary between applications.