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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: discod on September 22, 2001, 01:22:00 PM
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I am running a PIII 500mhz with 384MB RAM and I have a eVGA GeForce2 33MB DDR vid card. I am running DX8 on Win 98. I average about 24-32 frame rate in 1024x768 16bit mode, looking out the front window in a fighter.
It seems like I should get a higher frame rate. Any tweaks or ideas (besides a new computer) that you could offer would be good.
Or if you are getting really high frame rates post what your specs/hardware and what resolution you run in so I can compare notes.
:cool:
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u need a new cpu, thats ur fps bottle neck.
look below at my specs, in 1280 32bit res i
avg 50 fps, with highs of 100 and lows in
hvy smoke 25 to 30s.
Whels
Originally posted by discod:
I am running a PIII 500mhz with 384MB RAM and I have a eVGA GeForce2 33MB DDR vid card. I am running DX8 on Win 98. I average about 24-32 frame rate in 1024x768 16bit mode, looking out the front window in a fighter.
It seems like I should get a higher frame rate. Any tweaks or ideas (besides a new computer) that you could offer would be good.
Or if you are getting really high frame rates post what your specs/hardware and what resolution you run in so I can compare notes.
:cool:
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I average about 70 - 80 fps (1024x768 32 bit color) with:
Tbird 1.3 @ 1314 Mhz
GF2 GTS with 12.41 drivers
win2k sp2
384 mb pc 133 cas 2
My monitor refreshes at 85 Hz, so I can't get any high fps then that.
I've written several performance guides in the hardware forum that you can probably find by searching. (I think I named it "optimal performance settings" and there were 2 parts.)
You probably won't be able to get too much more out of a p3 500 though. :(
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Discod, if you have $300, go to www.mwave.com (http://www.mwave.com) or another vendor and get a motherboard bundle. Epox EP-8K7A with 1.4 GHz Athlon and 256 MB PC2100 seems to work well for AH. Your graphics card is fine.
[ 09-22-2001: Message edited by: funkedup ]
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I average mid 60s, drops to mid 40s in big cv furball.
equipment:
P-IV
1.3ghz
128 rd800 ram
32meg vid card
40. gig hd
win me os, dx8 driver
dsl connex (so I lose all collisions)
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Thanks.
I guess I had better bite the bullet and upgrade my MB and proccessor. So now where's the best place to get a good MB like Asus or Abit and where can I get a real good deal on a processor? :D
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I get 45 fps average :(
ASUS A7M266 FSB mobo
512 Crucial 2100 RAM
7200rmp HDD
ASUS GEFORCE 3 Deluxe 64Megs
SBLIVE X-Gamer 5.1
12.81 det 4 drivers
NO AntiAliasing on
90% resources free
Only MS FF2 J-stick and temp checking (vid card/cpu) programs running in background.
Running AH
1280X1024 res
32 bit
mip mapping on and the other thing checked
I have tried a lot of things, I cant get it to go above 45-50 fps :(
Maybe AH is not optimized for the GF3?
Suggestions?
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I get about 55fps on my system, which is about 10 more than I did on the same system with a GeForce2 GTS instead of the GeForce3.
Athlon Clasic at 700 Mhz
512 Mb PC133 RAM
GeForce3 64 Mb using the 21.81 drivers
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
18 Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm Ultra SCSI3 hard drive
12x Pioneer SCSI3 DVD drive
Windows 98SE
DirectX 8a
Aces High running in 1280x1024 in 32 bit.
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Originally posted by Karnak:
GeForce3 64 Mb using the 21.81 drivers
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1
D
i have GF3 are the 12.81 drivers better then the 14.10 that they have out ??
sounder blaster live iv not updated its drivers scents i put it in does this make a difference ??
and where do you get the 21.81 drivers ??
just a few questions i had :)
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Discod,
Go to www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com) and check it out. Check out various Tech webpages for the latest systems specs. like www.tomshardware.com, (http://www.tomshardware.com,) www.anandtech.com, (http://www.anandtech.com,) so on and so on, there must be over 100 tech websites, just look at their links.
Drill,
Go to www.nvidia.com. (http://www.nvidia.com.) click on support, then drivers.
Thorns ;)
P.S. I tried the hyperlinks to Tomshardware.com and Anandtech.com, and they don't work(I have no idea), so just type them in your browser, because they are valid websites. :confused:
[ 09-22-2001: Message edited by: Thorns ]
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In the 80's hear P4 1.5, Nivida Gforce 2 Ultra.
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PIII 800
256MB PC133
32MB Elsa GeForce2 MX
I get avg. 40 at 1600x1200, 16 bit.
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Kratzer 1600x1200 is pushing that card real hard....
Try 1280, or even 1024 and 32bit colour +)
SKurj
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avarage is 60-70 in 1280-1024 32bits
flying high in beta 14 avrage is 90
athlon 1200 100mhz
abit K7a motherboard
gforce2 gts/pro 64mb (with 21.90 nvidia drivers)
256mb sdram
sony g42019inch
monitor refresh rate is set to 97mhz
winme
airguard
[ 09-24-2001: Message edited by: air_guard ]
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um... but I get 40fps at that resolution - I'm going to push the card as hard as I can! It is standing up to it just fine.
And actually, since I posted that, I started trying the new Dx8 version of AH, (I'd kept forgetting before) and my framerate at the same resolution and color depth is averaging between 55 and 60!
I was happy before, now I'm just giddy. :)
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Discod....what MB do you have?
I used to average in the 40's with a Celeron 533...32meg Asus Gforce II Mx vidcard and 128meg of ram...Asus MB.
I just popped in a Celeron 800 (100mhz fsb) and now average in the mid to upper 50's.
I think you should average in the 40's and suspect your motherboard may be old?
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hehe P3 500 Mhz 256 ram , KYRO 2, propet 4500.. and im happy on the ground about 35-40 in the air 40-60
:D
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I got the same clock speed aas you and got a TNT 2 and 256 ram No Overclocking
I run about 45-60 fps on average
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I have a P4 1.5GHz, 400 MHz bus, 256MB PC133 RAM
Nvidia Gerforce 2 GTS 32MB Card
I get 65-85FPS @ 32bit color 1024x768
FR drops to 30-40 over furball field with much smoke!
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i got a Athlon 750MHz with 256 MB Ram
get an average of 35 fps @1280x1024 16bit
dropping to 14 fps in smoke(clouds
i think my Matrox G400 32MB is the bottle neck, right??
would a KYRO 2 Graph board make 40fps @1280x1014 32 bit possible, and keep the fps above 25 in smoke/clouds?
and can my old MSI 6167 (hope designation # is right) Mainborad handle that new graph card??
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I average around the 40-50fps mark with stuff happening but clear sky at alt it goes way higher, and in smoke it drops as low as 24fps
Abit KA7a-RAID mobo (latest via 4in1)
Athlon 900MHz T-bird
512MB 100MHz RAM
Geforce 2 MX (12.41)
40 gig 5200rpm Ultra UDMA HD
WIN98se
sounblaster live
AH at 1200x768 32bit colour no anti-aliasing is a lot higher but i prefer to use the effects i bought the card for :)
[ 09-27-2001: Message edited by: hazed- ]
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I remember when I had TNT2, it had some 40 fps otherwise and even as low as 5 fps when flying through smoke.
Bought ATI Radeon 64mb VIVO and FPS was at 40 FPS when going through smoke ;)
otherwise 60-70fps range.
Even with tens of smokes, FPS was at lowest at 14 fps when I flew through one of the smokes.. for less than split second, then jumped back to over 24.
oh.. with 850mhz, overclocked celeron 566.