help improve my fr

[ViZeen]

OK I went to Belarc here is some of what it said
OS Win XP SP2 (build 2600)
Processor
1.25 gigahertx AMD Athlon, 128 kb primary men cache, 256kb secondary
SYS Model MSI MS-6380E ver 1.0, bus clock 100 megehertx, BIOS American Megetrends inc. 7.00T 04/02/01
Memory 768 mb slot0 256mb, slot1 mty, slot2 512mb
Display radeon x1600 series, compaq 7550 monitor
Multi, CMI 8738/c3dx PCI audio device

[DREDIOCK]

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) , MMX, 3DNow, ~1.3GHz

Id say therin lies your problem

I my last CPU ran at 1.7 and got only an OK framerate (forget large furballs though)

I can only look with horror at what yours must get

[ViZeen]

I tried to install the omega driver...it would not install. Wond up reinstalling the driver that came on the disk.

[Roscoroo]

you can step the cpu up to a 2400+ tbred no problem .

you still need  to get the 4.12's installed to run ah the best though .

[ViZeen]

Ok I went and looked it up.
AMD Sempron 2400+ Tbred
333mhz FSB 256kb L2
Socket A
Model# sda2400dut3d
op freq 1.667 ghz  .13um

I am asumming this is the correct one (its been a long day getting myself all geeked up on this stuff...head still hurts)
Okay next question is do yall think this is going to get my fr up to a good level or are they still gonna suck just not as bad as they do now?

[CAP1]

you guys are talking about the CPU running at 1 or 2 percent while the game is running???   i alt/tab to the task manager, and looked at it, and mine is running at 98-99 percent according to that...........could explain the 35 looking up, and 17 fps down on the deck in furball?



help then?

1.9gig processor, 40 gig hd, 512 sdram, 128 vid ram athelon procesor


thanks!!!!
1LTCAP

[Roscoroo]

Originally posted by ViZeen
Ok I went and looked it up.
AMD Sempron 2400+ Tbred
333mhz FSB 256kb L2
Socket A
Model# sda2400dut3d
op freq 1.667 ghz  .13um

I am asumming this is the correct one (its been a long day getting myself all geeked up on this stuff...head still hurts)
Okay next question is do yall think this is going to get my fr up to a good level or are they still gonna suck just not as bad as they do now?

the "sempron" isnt a true 2400+ tbred ... a 2400+tbred (or athlon as its called) is 2.0 ghz   I dont think your msi mb will support a sempron correctly .
(i looked thru the bios updates and didnt see it , I did see alot of 2400+ combo's though )
it will have a AXDA2400DKV3C  part number . or similar Starting with  A

[Skuzzy]

Originally posted by CAP1
you guys are talking about the CPU running at 1 or 2 percent while the game is running???   i alt/tab to the task manager, and looked at it, and mine is running at 98-99 percent according to that...........could explain the 35 looking up, and 17 fps down on the deck in furball?



help then?

1.9gig processor, 40 gig hd, 512 sdram, 128 vid ram athelon procesor


thanks!!!!
1LTCAP

The game should be running 99%.  DirectX is designed to make use of all available CPU cycles.  We are talking about when nothing is running at all, the CPU usage should be bouncing between 0 and 1 or 2%.

[CAP1]

skuzzy....thanks....that makes me fel better...thought i had serious problems besides my flying and choice of rides(p38). now with the frame rates then........my vid is a radeon 9600se with 128mb of ram.......is this gonna turn out to be my whole problem with the low frame rates?


thanks!!
1LTCAP