What Kinda Framerate You Guys Gettin? Help!
Scolecite
Join Date: 2003-11-12 Member: 22690Members
Join Date: 2003-11-12 Member: 22690Members
I have a 2.53 533bus P4 with 1GB of ram and a 9800XT, running fresh install of winXP SP1, with all my mobo drivers, the latest Omega Radeon drivers, and Im getting worse framerate than with my Ti-4200. I only reinstalled windows, becuase I slapped my 9800XT in after my 4200, and HL was running worse, so I reformatted just in case there were driver residuals or conflicts left from the 4200.
I dont get it. With the 4200 It was smoother(than the 9800xt at any aa/af setting), even with 2xaa/8xaf. But I dont think its the video card, becuase when I crank the aa/af now the framerate dosent get much worse. I turn aa/af off, and turn down the texture details so it looks like crap and I still get framerate down in to the 20-30's looking at some sceens.
Sceens like the commanders chair and a modest base set up, will drop my framerate into 40-50 instantly. Ive tried differnt drivers for the 9800XT, Ive even tried running in D3D.
What the hell is going on. I always hated how HL was CPU intensive, but that was in 2000. Its 2004, I have a 2.53 and 9800XT for gods sake. I want it to run at 60 all the time.
What are you're experiences with NS. Whats you're rig spec, and what framerate are you getting?
Is there something wrong with my computer? Should I be getting a rock solid(60+) framerate at all times?
Thanks
I dont get it. With the 4200 It was smoother(than the 9800xt at any aa/af setting), even with 2xaa/8xaf. But I dont think its the video card, becuase when I crank the aa/af now the framerate dosent get much worse. I turn aa/af off, and turn down the texture details so it looks like crap and I still get framerate down in to the 20-30's looking at some sceens.
Sceens like the commanders chair and a modest base set up, will drop my framerate into 40-50 instantly. Ive tried differnt drivers for the 9800XT, Ive even tried running in D3D.
What the hell is going on. I always hated how HL was CPU intensive, but that was in 2000. Its 2004, I have a 2.53 and 9800XT for gods sake. I want it to run at 60 all the time.
What are you're experiences with NS. Whats you're rig spec, and what framerate are you getting?
Is there something wrong with my computer? Should I be getting a rock solid(60+) framerate at all times?
Thanks
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I myself have a 6800GT, but did have to run driver cleaner to get rid of the stock foreware drivers, to use the betas (seemed to conflict somehow... lol). Right now, I use vsync, because it really doesn't matter to me. I stay a constant 60 FPS @ 1600 x 1200 on my lcd. You should with the card you have be getting the same results. But I would suggest that if you can't find any help here, such forums as <a href='http://forums.guru3d.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1' target='_blank'>Guru3d</a> have many people who can help you out.
Good luck!
[edit] /me nominates this to be phased to the tech support forum[/edit]
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You should probably be getting +100 FPS. Try turning Vsynch off, and then, type this into your console in game:
developer 1
fps_max 9999
cl_showfps 1
And tell me what your average FPS are.
For both DirectX and OpenGL
AA: Off
AF: Off
TrueForm: Off
Vsync: Off
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NS Setting:
Fps_max 100
Should grant you 100 FPS 90% of the time, it does for me with a 9800 XT 256 MB
Also im running Catalsy 4.10 Drivers which are awsome for me. Gain 10-20 FPS in every game.
Turn it off like said before and everything should be fine!
BTW I have a 3.00 Ghz P4 9800 Pro and I get a rock solid 75 fps (I have an LCD) with 6xAA TAA 16xAF vsync on texture/mipmap quality: max at 1280 x 1024 32 bit color.
But thats with an Nvidia card ATI sucks for NS!
Depend on which Antivirus program you use.
No, it's an OpenGL issue. Ati's cards perform poorly under OpenGL as have seen in HL, Quake3 and other games based on the engine along with the recent Doom3.
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OGL and D3D are both just APIs, it's how you utilize them that create the effects.
Yeah right, my friend had the same card and he got less then 30 fps most of the time. I've got a 9800 pro and I got better fps then him in all games, not once did he come out in the lead. I've got all my settings on high too.
Since I tried in 1024, everything at "0", I hardly get 50 fps constant. How?
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The name of your graficcard?
And how much hz do you have set on your monitor?
I think the cvars helped, becuase they reduced the texture quality slightly and gave me back some performance.
Im not getting a rock solid framerate, but its maybe 10 fps higher at all times, which is great.
Im going to do some more research, but its looking good so far.
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Well, I've got an AX800XT OC'ed and I got constant 100FPS all the time 1600x1200 6xAA 16xaf... but that's pretty much the best video card on the market right now.