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I CANT BELIEVE IT! N2002 sucks under XP and is a blasting performer under WIN98SE

6 posts by 6 people · 23 Mar 2002 19:04 UTC - 24 Mar 2002 08:02 UTC

Wolfgang Kronthaler 23 Mar 2002 19:04 UTC#128567
Hi all! Can anybody help? My Neighbor and i have the same prob: We both installed N2002 under XP Professional and we both get worse framerates. ~ 25-30 fps being alone on track. Newest detonator drivers (tried many), half of the N02 graphic features turned off (like anisotropic filtering), nothing helped. Sidenote: We both have troubles with our wheels. I have a T2 and here the 3rd axis have a worse behavior. My neighbor have a MS FF Wheel and after he recalibrates his wheel he get slightly better framerates. And now the best: Under Win98 (or WinMe) the games rocks with framerates up to 60 fps/sec. With any graphic feature turned ON! Details System 1: Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133A) Athlon C 1.2 Ghz @ 133 MHZ FSB GF2 GTS 32 MB DDR with Detonator 27.xx Soundcard Soundblaster live player 5.1 (but hey, there are NO troubles with the sound!) where the T2 is connected. 256 MB SDRAM (Infineon) 133 Mhz Details System 2: Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133) GF3 Elsa with 64 MB SDRAM Soundcard terratec 512i Athlon B 1.2 Ghz @ 100 MHZ FSB 256 MB SDRAM 133 Mhz Any help is needed! tnx! regards, Wolfgang
What "extra" services do you have running on XP? There's a lot of junk that isn't required to be running on a gaming machine (like the server service for example). "Wolfgang Kronthaler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... : Hi all! : : Can anybody help? : : My Neighbor and i have the same prob: : : We both installed N2002 under XP Professional and we both get worse : framerates. ~ 25-30 fps being alone on track. : Newest detonator drivers (tried many), half of the N02 graphic : features turned off (like anisotropic filtering), nothing helped. : Sidenote: We both have troubles with our wheels. I have a T2 and here : the 3rd axis have a worse behavior. My neighbor have a MS FF Wheel and : after he recalibrates his wheel he get slightly better framerates. : : And now the best: Under Win98 (or WinMe) the games rocks with : framerates up to 60 fps/sec. With any graphic feature turned ON! : : Details System 1: : : Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133A) : Athlon C 1.2 Ghz @ 133 MHZ FSB : GF2 GTS 32 MB DDR with Detonator 27.xx : Soundcard Soundblaster live player 5.1 (but hey, there are NO troubles : with the sound!) where the T2 is connected. : 256 MB SDRAM (Infineon) 133 Mhz : : Details System 2: : Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133) : GF3 Elsa with 64 MB SDRAM : Soundcard terratec 512i : Athlon B 1.2 Ghz @ 100 MHZ FSB : 256 MB SDRAM 133 Mhz : : Any help is needed! tnx! : : regards, Wolfgang : :
Believe it or not, but try reducing the hardware acceleration on your sound card. Get rid of eye candy, like themes, if you're running any while attempting to play the game. On the latter, you can access that by right-clicking on the link you're using to launch the game, select Properties and on the Compatibility tab, put a check mark in "Disable visual themes." This will only disable them while you're in the game. Also check your friendly local VIA web site for downloads of the latest drivers. -- Chris H. "Wolfgang Kronthaler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi all! > > Can anybody help? > > My Neighbor and i have the same prob: > > We both installed N2002 under XP Professional and we both get worse > framerates. ~ 25-30 fps being alone on track. > Newest detonator drivers (tried many), half of the N02 graphic > features turned off (like anisotropic filtering), nothing helped. > Sidenote: We both have troubles with our wheels. I have a T2 and here > the 3rd axis have a worse behavior. My neighbor have a MS FF Wheel and > after he recalibrates his wheel he get slightly better framerates. > > And now the best: Under Win98 (or WinMe) the games rocks with > framerates up to 60 fps/sec. With any graphic feature turned ON! > > Details System 1: > > Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133A) > Athlon C 1.2 Ghz @ 133 MHZ FSB > GF2 GTS 32 MB DDR with Detonator 27.xx > Soundcard Soundblaster live player 5.1 (but hey, there are NO troubles > with the sound!) where the T2 is connected. > 256 MB SDRAM (Infineon) 133 Mhz > > Details System 2: > Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133) > GF3 Elsa with 64 MB SDRAM > Soundcard terratec 512i > Athlon B 1.2 Ghz @ 100 MHZ FSB > 256 MB SDRAM 133 Mhz > > Any help is needed! tnx! > > regards, Wolfgang > > >
[email hidden] (Wolfgang Kronthaler) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > And now the best: Under Win98 (or WinMe) the games rocks with > framerates up to 60 fps/sec. With any graphic feature turned ON! Do you have a reason for running XP? People have indicated the game will run equally well under both OS's with proper tweaking, but really, unless you need XP for some reason I'd stick with 98/98SE. Jason
Hi Wolfgang, WinXP with all the additional administrational tasks (some of the services but mainly the permanent 'sandboxing' of applications) needs more CPU time than Win98. N2002 with its complex physics also needs quite a bit. With a 1.2GHz Athlon, I could imagine that this can lead to the effect you describe. Achim "Wolfgang Kronthaler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (38 lines)> Hi all! > > Can anybody help? > > My Neighbor and i have the same prob: > > We both installed N2002 under XP Professional and we both get worse > framerates. ~ 25-30 fps being alone on track. > Newest detonator drivers (tried many), half of the N02 graphic > features turned off (like anisotropic filtering), nothing helped. > Sidenote: We both have troubles with our wheels. I have a T2 and here > the 3rd axis have a worse behavior. My neighbor have a MS FF Wheel and > after he recalibrates his wheel he get slightly better framerates. > > And now the best: Under Win98 (or WinMe) the games rocks with > framerates up to 60 fps/sec. With any graphic feature turned ON! > > Details System 1: > > Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133A) > Athlon C 1.2 Ghz @ 133 MHZ FSB > GF2 GTS 32 MB DDR with Detonator 27.xx > Soundcard Soundblaster live player 5.1 (but hey, there are NO troubles > with the sound!) where the T2 is connected. > 256 MB SDRAM (Infineon) 133 Mhz > > Details System 2: > Motherboard ASUS A7V (KT 133) > GF3 Elsa with 64 MB SDRAM > Soundcard terratec 512i > Athlon B 1.2 Ghz @ 100 MHZ FSB > 256 MB SDRAM 133 Mhz > > Any help is needed! tnx! > > regards, Wolfgang > >

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