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Offline Serapis

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so, what IS a good framerate ??
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2001, 03:59:00 PM »
System:
Pentium 3 800E
256 mb PC133 RAM
Soyo mb based on the Via Apollo pro chipset
Geforce 3 Gainward (sp?)

Latest det. drivers for vid card (stripped and reinstalled), latest MB drivers for AGP.

I probably average in the 40s, but it seems like this might be a bit low looking at some of the other systems. FPS seems to get better over time, with non smoke lows over an airfield in the upper 30s, smoke rates in the 20s to upper teens, and some high alt rates occasionally in the 60s. Going from a Geforce 1 ddr to the geforce 3 only seemed to net me about 7-10 fps. I can assume that my system is more CPU limited at 800mhz.

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Offline iceydee

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« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2001, 10:01:00 PM »
After I dl'ed the newest Detonator XP drivers
I get 70-85fps...

once, in a huuuge low furball over an
all smoking field, the framerate dropped to 15fps.   :eek:   :mad:
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Offline iceydee

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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2001, 10:03:00 PM »
btw... I'm running a:
AMD XP 1600+ w. KT266-A Chipset
512Mb DDR Ram
Hercules GeForce II Ti
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Offline iceydee

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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2001, 10:04:00 PM »
.......on WindowsXP...   ;)
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Offline Nifty

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« Reply #19 on: December 07, 2001, 08:59:00 AM »
*shrugs*  I went from the 7.xx drivers to some 12.xx drivers and got nothing but performance gains (in AH, I don't really look at FPS in Civ III  ;))  I used to only use the Hercules drivers (it's a Herc Prophet II), then tried out newer detonators (at the time they were new) and framerates increased significantly in AH, and I didn't have any problems (instability, crashes, etc.)
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« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2001, 09:21:00 AM »
I get between 46 and 68 depending upon surroundings.  About 27 thru smoke.

Athlon 1.33 G
Expo 8KHA+
512 MB PC-2100 DDR RAM
MSI (8831) GeForce2 Pro 64M
Hercules GTXP
Windows 98SE
Stock drivers for GeForce Pro

No overclock yet, but Im running under load 41 degess C, so I room dealing with temps. Got love that Taisol HS and fan!!!  The 5 case fans dont hurt either!     :)

Whoops!  Forgot to explain.  Im running 1600x1200 at 16 bit.  I understand 32 bit did not enhance display much but going to 16 bit increased FR.  

The visual display for me did not seem to change going from 32 bit to 16 bit.

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Offline mrsid2

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« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2001, 11:53:00 AM »


This is.. With a cheap lowly Ti200 that is no good compared to Gf3 original  :)
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« Reply #22 on: December 07, 2001, 11:57:00 AM »
Urgh double post

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« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2001, 01:14:00 PM »
AMD Athlon 900Mhz (o/cled to 1080Mhz)
FSB O/cled 216Mhz
512MB PC133 SDRAM (o/cled to 144mhz)
SB Live!
Voodoo5 5500 with last official drivers (o/cled to 180Mhz)
AH running at 1024x768x32bit
Desktop at 1024x768x16bit (actually increased fps)

System tends to get very unstable when CPU temp climbs above 44Deg Celcius- solved that by leaving my window open during these cold winter months (will find better solution when it's neccessary)..

I average 60frames per second, it gets down to mid 20s in over a large airfield with everything smoking and lots of people flying around vulching/taking off/crashing/bombing/shooting.

Swager, there is a definite visual quality difference between 16 and 32 bit. It's more washed out and bigger variations in terrain/plane/lighting coloring.
-SW
ps: by cold winter months, I mean 60s- it hasn't actually gotten cold around Washington, DC yet.

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Offline JimBear

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« Reply #24 on: December 07, 2001, 03:50:00 PM »
1600x1200 32  res I stay pegged at 60fps (older 21"monitor)in all conditions.

Abit TH7II mobo
P4 1.8Ghz
512 PC800 RDRAM
GeForce 3  23.11 drivers
SoundBlaster Live
3COM905Btx NIC
Adaptec 2940UW
Quantum Viking 10k HD
Plextor Ultraplex and Plexwriter

Saitek X36 HOTAS
CH ProPedals USB
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Offline Eagle009

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« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2001, 08:12:00 PM »
I'm getting 60-80 frames constant, never drops below 50 while running at 1024x768x32
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Compaq Presario
PIII 1.2GHz
128MB RAM
Voodoo 5 5500 PCI 64M
Windows Millenium Edition
x3dfx 3rd Party Drivers for win32 OS's
(The reason I get great performance is because the 3rd Party Drivers for the Voodoo 5 5500 has a Force Triple Buffer in when using DirectX. I don't use Anti-Aliasing either. AA Doesn't help much at that resolution anyways.)

I recommend everybody to find a tweak for their video card that will force Triple Buffering in DirectX and OpenGL modes. Triple Buffering uses more of the video card's DDR RAM (i.e. Voodoo 5's is 64MB) to dramatically increase performance, and the memory saved in the video card will delete when your computer is shut down. The best place to find tweaks for video cards is Voodoo Files   ;)
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Offline mrsid2

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« Reply #26 on: December 08, 2001, 02:09:00 AM »
I really don't understand how you can watch a flickering 21" screen at 60hz!

I get a headache from 5 minutes.

Have you tried lowering res to 1280x1024 and setting refresh to 85? Might be much more pleasant to play.
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