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FPS Display on GeForce3?

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January 10, 2002 5:53:58 AM

Anyone know if/how you can display realtime FPS on Nvidia cards while running regular app's/games? I have a new GF3-ti500 that benchmarks right where it should (7000 3DMark 2001 score / 7100+ when OC'd) but it's running choppy on some newer games. I can't believe the card with my system (1.4g T-bird, 512 DDR) can't run all today's games smoothly, even at 1024/768-32 and high detail.

Any info is appreciated.

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January 10, 2002 10:33:15 AM

Check these things and see if it might improve performance:
1. Check if the AGP Apture Size in your BIOS is set to 256MB and that your AGP speed is 4x.
2. Be sure you have a the latest drivers, but if you think use the 23.11 drivers from Nvidia see if the 21.83 drivers are better (the 23.11 are still beta).
3. Check if VSync is disabled, and that your PCI-memory apture size under OpenGL and Direct3D (in the advanced graphic setting of your drivers) are set to the highest values.

Good luck.

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January 10, 2002 10:57:13 AM

I seriously doubt it that it ain't gonna be performing well. When I was on a GF3 with a P4 1.7GHZ 256RDRAM of my uncle's PC, no game absolutly had frame skips at high details. Only some had stutters, but I found out it was purely driver related and back then it was the first GF3 drivers, who weren't the best btw!
Tell us which games are doing this. All new games have been benchmarked and they all give extremly high FPS at such res for GF3s.

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Anonymous
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January 10, 2002 8:03:30 PM

Thanks for the responses. I tried all the settings tweaks you mentioned... doesn't seem to do anything -- it runs the same at all defaults (both in the nvidia drivers & agp settings). Also tried loading the older (2183) drivers, but same deal. Do you think it could be my monitor? It's a nice but very old sony trinitron 20". Nice display but so old that it maxes at 75 refresh at 1024/768 and 60 at anything higher, 85 is max RR at lower res's.

Regarding your games question: It runs very choppy in Giants-Citizen Kabuto during certain, action-packed situations. Also in Red Faction (a pretty new, but recommended specs are only 350/400 proc & 64m RAM) it's semi-choppy in big battles.

Back to FPS display. Is there any way to display while your playing games w/ a GeForce?
January 11, 2002 2:59:55 AM

Turn off Video RAM caching in your BIOS.

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