Author Topic: frame rate (Read 381 times)

Panman · « **on:** January 30, 2002, 09:26:10 PM »

help i have a gateway pc with a AMD-K6-2-/400 with a built in rage pro turbo AGP 2X and my frame rate is bad.i,m getting about 12 in the sky and 4 to 6 in a dog fight. i did some upgradeing.put in a 40 gig hard drive that 72,000 rpm , and 128 mb memory along side the 64 mb for a total of 192 mb.anybody have any ideas on how i can get a better fr????

Panman

RTR · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2002, 09:18:37 AM »

Panman, I have the same vid card and unfortunately you arent going to see high frame rates with it. however yours do seem pretty low. I get FR in the high 20's. Do you have anything running in the background when you play? Use Cntrl/Alt/Delete to bting up what you have running. Shut off everything except Explorer and Systray BEFORE you launch AH. AH eats Ram but you have lots. ( I run 160mb)
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
RTR

salt · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2002, 11:31:19 AM »

Panman,
I have a simalar system...AMD 500 K-6, They are not the best processors for gaming as I've been told , something to do with the math processor.
First thing to do is buy as much ram as you can afford....It makes a Huge differance in your frame rate....256 megs at least. I picked up 128meg from Fry's for 30 bucks not long ago.
Next close every program you don't need to fly AH...I don't even run my anti-virus.
Make sure you have the lates drivers for your video card...You can download them online. Dang read your post again...AH is just not flyable on a onboard video.
You could pick-up a vodoo card for cheep now...they work the best with a k-6 board...don't do like I did and get a tnt2 card as they are not compatable (they will work but the vodoo will kick #$s)
I also set my own Virtual memory , Set the min at 150 and the max at 1.5 your ram ...For your machine 192mb x 1.5 = 288

Believe it or not I started at 4 frs....man did that suck....But now I'm running a solid 22 to 25...not great but flyable
You didn't say but any usb stick would help also.
Every one will tell you the best fix is to buy a new puter and make that one a boat anchor , but if your like me a 1000 bucks doesn't grow on trees.

Best of luck... Hope I could help Questions?
Salt

Lephturn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2002, 11:33:47 AM »

That processor is one of the worst ones you can find for running games like AH, and even the best video card you can buy won't do much with that processor. The video card doesn't help much either.

While a newer video card may help, don't spend too much on one unless you plan to upgrade your CPU/Mainboard, because your CPU will still be a limitation. My advice would be to buy a cheap GeForce 2 MX video card and see if that makes it any more playable. If you have more money to spend, you could upgrade the whole machine.... if that's the case ask here for more recommendations.

akak · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2002, 06:14:58 PM »

Read the Help FAQ about the AMD K-3 chips and it explains why it gets such crappy frame rates.