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Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: MugZ on July 03, 2002, 02:13:30 PM

New terrain dictates i need a Video Card.  A Good one. Before 110.   when i went to the Light colored terrains in the CT My Frame Rate was very LOW. About 10 to 17 fps.   110's New desert terrain is giving me a whoping 3 to 12 ROFL.  Well not really laughing. :(............New Video card or cancle HTC membership??  Well cancelation is free and new card is $100 for a good one.  And funds say no new card. :(...So i will prolly stick around for a short bit just to get a good look at 110. Then i will have to cancle my membership for a while till i can afford a Real Good Vid Card.  Nice work HTC  looks like a lota nice stuff yous got going.

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: CptTrips on July 03, 2002, 02:29:25 PM

I'm having a little trouble trying to understand what the hue of the terrain has to do with you frame rate.   Can you explain a little more?

Wab

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Puck on July 03, 2002, 02:38:55 PM

Probably more the level of detail than the RGB values of the pixels, eh?

Have you tried bringing back the clipping plane some?  It will reduce the eye-candy appeal of the new terrians ( AKs for a magnificent job on that) but may bring your frame rate back up.

Unless, of course, this is an excuse to do something you were thinking of doing anyway, in which case best of luck and hope to see you again some time.  

:D

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Kratzer on July 03, 2002, 02:45:54 PM

What is your system spec?

Will your board take an AGP card?

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: MugZ on July 03, 2002, 02:54:07 PM

SYS is the same one ive been using for AH since signing up about 9 months ago i think.  Tried the different view modes.  doesnt help more than 4 fps. AKwabbit, i can't explain it either. But i always hated the Tunisia terrain in the CT for the same reason. I just Porks my FR. Not sure why. :(   NP though.  I have plenty of things to keep me bzy this summer.  :)  Thanks for trying to help though. < S >      MugZ

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: BGBMAW on July 03, 2002, 02:59:51 PM

I recommend u start recylcing...or pick up pennies...I dont like to see peopl leave cause there comps canyt handle it:(


good luck....if you live near Nor Cal..ill give you some money....got anything to sell???? guns??? Skateboards or women..ill buy all/....

Love BiGB.
xoxo good luk

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: BGBMAW on July 03, 2002, 03:05:50 PM

hey i read the whole thing now...There was aproblem in the Tunsia terrain..the clouds were to compact or somthen and they werte screwn up almost every1......

I have a p4 1.6 with a ATI 8500 vid card.....I was getting 7-15 FPS in Tunsia,!!!  un playable ,argghhhh   But in MA i get 30-80fps

Hang in there...

Love BiGB
xoxoxo

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: MugZ on July 03, 2002, 03:10:24 PM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm   interesting.  Thanks BigB

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Yippee38 on July 03, 2002, 03:21:39 PM

Find a resale shop and sell some old junk.  Have a garage sale.  You should be able to raise $100.  It'd be a shame to leave this sim because of hardware limitations.

Good luck.

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: rabbit on July 03, 2002, 04:01:26 PM

my frame rate seems to be fine so far.

20 to 60 fps

cerleron 566mhz
128 ram
ati 32meg card
SB live

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Turbot on July 03, 2002, 04:07:17 PM

I am seeing roughly the same frames as before - but it is hard to tell with the warping right now.    Hope guys finish downloading soon

You can get a decent  geforce2 mx400 for less than 50 bucks. geforce2 mx400 (not geforce4 mx400 they are not so good)

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: MugZ on July 03, 2002, 04:08:21 PM

Good Deal Rabbit.   < S > MugZ

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: MugZ on July 03, 2002, 04:10:40 PM

Im runing a Celeron 300 with 512 Meg Ram and a 16 Meg TNT Vid.

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: rabbit on July 03, 2002, 04:29:15 PM

i know i am in need  up a new computer big time. i  am just happy to see that ill squeak through one more new version :)

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Turbot on July 03, 2002, 04:29:22 PM

ouch - the 300 mhz of course is the bottleneck, plus its a celeron.  A geforce mx400 64 meg of vid ram is way plenty of card for that machine (overkill actually).  Then load up those detonator drivers, will be playable for you then.

I suggest http://www.newegg.com for price, service, and delivery speed.

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: midnight Target on July 03, 2002, 04:58:14 PM

Flying on the edge myself. P3 550, 8meg nvidia, 192meg ram.

I am going to upgrade vid card, but I was wondering if 32meg was enough? In other words will my processor be able to take advantage of more than 32meg say with a G2MX400?

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Eagler on July 03, 2002, 05:02:08 PM

fps is always in the crapper after a new release

let htc tweak it once or twice before you do anything

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Kratzer on July 03, 2002, 05:38:37 PM

Quote

Originally posted by midnight Target
Flying on the edge myself. P3 550, 8meg nvidia, 192meg ram.

I am going to upgrade vid card, but I was wondering if 32meg was enough? In other words will my processor be able to take advantage of more than 32meg say with a G2MX400?

Well... upgrade to a 64MB GF3 or similar, you certainly aren't going to hurt anything. Then, when you upgrade the CPU, you already have the video card taken care of.  Might as well avoid a potential future bottleneck if you can afford to.

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Pongo on July 03, 2002, 05:45:55 PM

Quote

Originally posted by rabbit
my frame rate seems to be fine so far.

20 to 60 fps

cerleron 566mhz
128 ram
ati 32meg card
SB live

wow I was lucky to get 15fps from my 566 with a Gforce1 ddr...

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Wlfgng on July 03, 2002, 05:47:32 PM

reminds me of when I used to (try to) fly with 8kps.

if you get decent at that, when you get a new card you'll be hot!

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: rabbit on July 03, 2002, 05:53:27 PM

got everything overclocked to the max so im pretty much  in grenade mode :)

Title: Im Screwed.
Post by: Durr on July 03, 2002, 06:12:55 PM

still getting 75 fps all the way

1.4 Ghz Pentium IV
1 GB RAM
GeForce 3, 64MB
Windows ME