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Offline Fester'

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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« on: October 08, 2001, 10:32:00 AM »
most people running in 32 bit mode now i know i was. but then i tried 16 bit color on a whim and my frame rates doubled with my old p3 550 and a gf2 mx400 im getting 40fps in 1280x1024

somthing to think about if you dont mind the color blending that isnt as good.
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Offline Mickey1992

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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2001, 10:52:00 AM »
My FR increased when I changed my GeForce2 MX400 from 16-bit to 32-bit.  I am running 800x600 though.
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Offline Fester'

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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2001, 11:06:00 AM »
cc only helps high resolutions i think
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Offline mrsid2

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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2001, 11:19:00 AM »
It's important that you run aces high exactly at the same resolution and color depth as your desktop.

I'm not exactly sure why it speeds up the operation, but it does.

So if you have DT on different res, try changing it to see the difference.
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Offline Shane

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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2001, 05:08:00 PM »
yeah, my fps got a lil boost when i went from 16 bit to 32 bit, in 1024 res (both game/desktop)(1.07 i took a 5-10 fps hit if i tried 32 bit) after 1.08 came out, maybe 1-3 fps, then i got dx8.1 from www.abitboy.com  and got a further fps raise, another 1-2 fps... so my whining about slide shows is mostly over for now.


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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2001, 05:10:00 PM »
I tried it in 1024 by 768 , with easymo's test , didn't see hardly anydiff that way , fps wise that is .

Offline , change to rooks , go to the fleet , sit in plane on the deck with the guns shooting at the drones . Good test there IMO .

22 to 23 with either 32 or 16 bit .
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for those with frame rate low? try 16 bit color and up the fps goes
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2001, 05:40:00 PM »
here is something odd that happen to me: after playing fine in 1280 x 1024 <32>for several weeks something happen and my in-game graphics just chugging.  What i mean by chuggin is my FR were 30-40 but it looked like i was taking update hits er something.  So pulled them back to 1024 x 780 and it went away, go figure.  getting good rates in 1024 x 780, avg 40.

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damn i wish i had a agp slot because i have a geforce3 that ubid accidentally shipped me in lieu of a GF2gts32meg.  :)

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