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I've just updated my pc, my new aspect is AMD XP 2200, 512MB DDR 333, Gforce 2 400, SBLive 5.1, WIN 98. I didn't get a good perfomance, to be honest, is even worse than I had. Please someone advise me about how to improve my performance



Keep your distance

I think its your graphics car that is letting you down, there was a thread a few weeks ago where people was discussing which is the best grpahics card for the game and might be worth a look

It's not possible, there must be a way to speed up my machine, I can not accept that only because my graphic card is a Gforce 2 64MB, I don't have a good performance, please GP4 experts give a tip, I am running with 800X600X16, with no mirrow and still having PO above 100.



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drivers?

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I am using the latest drivers to Gforce 2, I know that I have to upgrade my card, but at least I wanted to use 1024X768, mirrors and staying below 100.



Keep your distance

hmm

what whas the pc before the upgrade?

to me, it sounds like the power hog again, try upgrading ure psu

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It was a AMD 1.2 and 128MB, the rest was the same.



Keep your distance

try a new psu

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Make sure anti-aliasing is OFF and try turning sound hardware acceleration OFF.



Post Edited (04-18-03 17:02)

Thank you guys, but where is anti-aliasing and what is psu, sorry to bored you I really apreciate your help



Keep your distance

For anti-aliasing, go into Windows Display Properties by right-clicking on your desktop and clicking on Properties. Click the Settings tab, Advanced button, the GeForce2MX tab, Additional Properties and you should find the Anti-aliasing tab in there. This procedure might vary slightly depending on your Windows version and graphics driver version but I think this should give you a general idea of how to get there.



Post Edited (04-18-03 21:32)

- forget the standard Gf2 drivers, use the Nvidia detonators.

- if you have a mainboard with VIA chipset install the latest VIA 4in1 drivers

- deactivate all programs in the background (screensavers, etc.)

- in Win98 open Control Panel > System > Performance and click File System. Under the Hard Disk tab, change the typical role of the computer to Network server instead of Desktop computer.

- open Control Panel > System > Performance and click Virtual Memory. Choose 'Let me specify my own virtual memory settings' and select the drive for the swap file. Ideally, it should be two-and-a-half times the amount of RAM on your system.

- run scandisk and defrag to optimize your harddisc

- in your graphic card's control panel deactivate FSAA (Full Screen Anti-Aliasing)

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have u changed your mother board.

I changed my mother board so i could use ddr ram and did not notice any performance gain until i ran the windows XP fix which reinstalls windows and sorts out the regestry.

I have an xp2000+
512 DDR 4
Nvidia gforce4 TI

I get FPS 31 PO 80 at the start of a race with graphics set to full.
When i used a Gforce 2 400 i got 25 FPS.

U also need to reinstall GP4, remove it from the registry as well then reinstall it.

I could not believe this.

I had set my mother board to run my XP2000+ at a clock speed of 100

I changed it today to 133 which it should be and gained 15 fps, so i can now run GP4 at FPS of 50 with a PO of 80 .

Just goes to show how much difference the CPU makes to this game.

Just out of interest... how do you check your clock speed?

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U check your clock speed in your BIOS.

When u buy a new motherboard like i did its set up for default i.e. bottom speck so i had to change the jumpers on the board.

It tells u how hot the CPU is as well

Try to have a look for third party graphics tweakers etc As Vader suggested.

I recently got the Geforce4 mx600 and in the software was the supplied overclock programme and i use it, it has an auto overclock feature whereas the software just safely overclocks the card, which is clever. But I have also the newest drivers from the nvidea site. hope this helps.