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Offline Ghosth

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« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2004, 04:01:51 PM »
I do think he's right about 98SE being good for gaming.

Takes far less ram to run smoothly from what I've seen.

Everyone is talking about 1gig of ram yet I'm still running everything on 128mb ddr.

Silats also right about the SE.

Thats the lowest & slowest of the cheap cards.

Can you take it back for a Pro? or a 9200?
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Offline Mugzeee

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« Reply #31 on: May 24, 2004, 05:23:53 PM »
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I do think he's right about 98SE being good for gaming.

Takes far less ram to run smoothly from what I've seen.
Prolly true. But im not eager to change OS for the 10th time!  LOL.. I been back and forth from 98SE to XP so many times i HATE em BOTH!  hehe

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Everyone is talking about 1gig of ram yet I'm still running everything on 128mb ddr.
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Hmm

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Silats also right about the SE.


Thats the lowest & slowest of the cheap cards..

Silat :confused: lol...oh dear

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Can you take it back for a Pro? or a 9200?

No.
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« Reply #32 on: May 24, 2004, 05:54:09 PM »
guttboy

my sliders are set a midpoint.

With a 19in SONY 420GS monitor

Refresh rate set to 85 (runs at 91.2)
1280X1024 32 bit resolution
FSAA set all the way right to 6X
Anisotropic filtering I have off.......it works great on the graphics, very well matter of fact....but it shades the text in the text buffer.
So....you can use it......try it all the was up....then can tune it down if you wish.
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« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2004, 05:57:31 PM »
About win98SE.

I upgraded to win2K pro from 98SE.

I understand that win98SE can see no more then 512RAM.

This is what I've been led to believe.....you can have more but the 98SE OS won't use above that.  

Anyone with more expertise on that subject confirm or deny that?
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« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2004, 07:37:06 PM »
I upgraded yesterday from 98 SE to 2000 Pro. 2000 runs games better with SP4 installed. Thats my opinon though. Graphics seem to be smoother than 98. Plus the stability is much better. As for 98 seeing more than 512 megs of ram the answer is yes and no. Rosco gave me link to a website that has an unofficial service pack for 98. It changes and fixes somethings plus allows more than 512 megs of ram to be installed. On a fresh install it won't see more than that. I have the service pack on one machine and it seems stable. Its only for Windows 98 SE English edition though.

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html
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« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2004, 08:12:23 PM »
WinXP Pro
Athlon FX-51
1 Gig ram
ATI 9800 XT
SB Audigy2ZS

FPS is not an issue, but I still get screen freezes.
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« Reply #36 on: May 25, 2004, 07:31:47 AM »
the micro freezes came back a beta or two ago
not a fps issue
Im sure they are working on it

ati9800
2600 amd w a gig of ram
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« Reply #37 on: May 25, 2004, 08:57:18 AM »
I had one hitch in an hour and a half of flyin Monday night. Chaintech 5900 nvidia card.
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« Reply #38 on: May 25, 2004, 11:50:08 AM »
XP or 2000 are far better choices for a modern pc make no mistake about that.

The 98SE was just a free solution to his lack of resources, a plaster so to speak. It's the best performance boost he can get without spending a dime.

I tried installing 98SE to my sons gaming rig and I fell apart immediately. I had forgot how crappy OS it was.

It's fast, but pretty unstable using the nforce1 I had lying down.
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« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2004, 04:33:59 PM »
I seem to only get screen freeze and stutters when a skinned plane is near, haven't noticed it under any other condition.
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« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2004, 10:52:10 PM »
Downloaded beta 36 , frame rates still  at 100 + , but now get screen freezes and stutters .

 Also the sun glare sucks ! "need welders goggles to look at screen after about 15 minutes ............":inthe game
« Last Edit: May 25, 2004, 11:02:43 PM by AWCHKRS »
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« Reply #41 on: May 26, 2004, 05:35:28 AM »
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I seem to only get screen freeze and stutters when a skinned plane is near, haven't noticed it under any other condition.


Please help me make an observation. Your help is Much needed here. And much appreciated. I have used nothing but ATI for the last 7 years. May have to go with nvidia for AH2 this time.
1. Your Vid Card is? ATI or G-Force?
2. Screen freezing/ Stuttering?
Thanks.
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« Reply #42 on: May 26, 2004, 05:54:12 AM »
My vid card is ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 Mb.    My CPU is P4 2.8GHz, and I have 512 Mb Ram and run Win XP Home.

My fps is 75, but I get frequently occurring screen freezes (1/2 - 1 sec in duration) during a furball.   AH2 is basically unplayable for me because of this.     I'm trying to figure out what it could be related to - I didn't notice any skin update messages or anything like that.
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« Reply #43 on: May 26, 2004, 08:52:36 AM »
oboe: Where is your textures to load per frame slider set?

HiTech
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« Reply #44 on: May 26, 2004, 09:43:16 AM »
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Originally posted by Mugzeee
Please help me make an observation. Your help is Much needed here. And much appreciated. I have used nothing but ATI for the last 7 years. May have to go with nvidia for AH2 this time.
1. Your Vid Card is? ATI or G-Force?
2. Screen freezing/ Stuttering?
Thanks.


Settings Below, Stuttering only when skinned planes are near.

Range between 50 fps in furball to 130 fps @12k

Nvidia GeForce Ti4400 128mb driver 56.64 official Nvidia.

« Last Edit: May 26, 2004, 09:46:19 AM by JustJim »
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