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<Frank@sims.net> wrote in message
news:t8s1l053s82178e3m6b1c0940tk1qmofbi@4ax.com
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:39:10 GMT, "Steven K" <nospam@bigpond.com>
> brought the following to our attention:
>
>> <Frank@sims.net> wrote in message
>> news:esi0l052l8jm41rh3o7dks1o4di6irufh6@4ax.com
>>> Hello.. have replaced TNT2 with GF4 MX440. Not the greatest but it
>>> doubled memory to 64MB. Platform is dual 500MHz Xeon which still runs
>>> great and is very robust.. but not a speedster.
>>
>> Very slow system for today's gaming indeed...
>>
>>> So.. what's the best drivers for GF4 in the FS2002 (Flight Sim)
>>> environment? Have had a LOT of success with 44.03 driver.. and
>>> newer drivers may not help situation.
>>
>> the 61.77 are just fine for this card....
>>
>>> I seem to get `slower' frame rates.. but have noticed MORE of a
>>> scene.. and less Regen from lack of textures when switching views.
>>>
>>> Ok.. how many `frames ahead' should it be set for?
>>
>> your slow CPU most likely spoils the real fun - experiment with the
>> settings!
>>
>
> After hours of driver installation and adjusting.. have determined
> that the 64MB GF4 is `too big of an aperture' for the 500MHz Xeons..
> so I pulled it and went back to the 32MB TNT2. Here's what happened..
> with the Flight Sim.. I take off from an airport and pull up until
> speed slows to almost constant and switch to `outside active camera'
> view.. which means watching the Boeing climb out of the airport from
> 5000 ft away and 250 ft above intercept point.
>
> With the GF4.. the framerate dropped to around 8fps while looking back
> at the field. It needs to be 15-17 fps for a reasonable picture. At
> least with the TNT2 the framerate was 12-15 for takeoff.
>
> Here's my conclusion.. the 64MB card was too much LOAD on the CPU's
> for such a demanding task.. especially with hi-res terrain mesh and
> textures. It was `too much aperture' and bogged the processors.
>
> So the moral of the story is.. DONT provide such a video load
> (advanced card) such that you game suffers framerate hit. It's best to
> match equivalent hardware.
>
I was already wondering that u were able to "fly" at all! - those 64MB on
the MX440 has a 128 bit vram bus - your CPU just cant deliver. Once u have
a cpu clock >1500 Mhz things will look much betta. I am running this card
here at 1024x768 in 32bit colour and Far Cry, UT2004 etc all plays
absolutely smooth in high detail. Get a life and buy something decent and
recent!
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