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« Reply #120 on: November 03, 2007, 10:59:04 PM +0000 » |
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82 under normal conditions 18 when online racing
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« Reply #121 on: November 04, 2007, 03:05:44 AM +0000 » |
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Pentium 4 3.0GHz HT 1024MB DDR SDRAM Sapphire X1600PRO 256MB 8x AGP Running GTR2 as DirectX8
Those specs are better than my old machine, something doesn't smell right here..... Scan your PC with AdAware and Spybot S&D - google and install them - they are good for checking adware and spyware infections. Or use Window's defender, they all do the same thing. If it's clean, always disable Norten completely. Ctrl-alt-del and turn off any processes for norten or systemac i think it is. It's a big resource hog and runs in the background (which is why I love McAfee sooo much). When u start GTR2, ctrl-alt-del and right click the gtr2 process, set this to high priority. U shud be fine to run GTR2 on DX9. DX8 is very old now and your X1600 should easily cope with it. I'm not an expert on this.....but if that doesn't work I'm stumped. Re-format?
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« Reply #122 on: November 04, 2007, 10:44:49 AM +0000 » |
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Pentium 4 3.0GHz HT 1024MB DDR SDRAM Sapphire X1600PRO 256MB 8x AGP Running GTR2 as DirectX8
Scan your PC with AdAware and Spybot S&D - google and install them - they are good for checking adware and spyware infections. Or use Window's defender, they all do the same thing. I ran a scan with norton, so I know that the only adware on the PC is BF2142
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« Reply #123 on: November 04, 2007, 11:29:07 AM +0000 » |
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Disabling norton doesn't help, (it's running the only firewall), but I'll try setting GTR2 to high priority.
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« Reply #124 on: November 04, 2007, 11:40:02 AM +0000 » |
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Another thing to try is to turn down the force feedback. Just as a test, try turning it right off and see if it affects the frame rate. I found that running with med FF improved the frame rate by quite a bit.
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« Reply #125 on: November 04, 2007, 11:43:19 AM +0000 » |
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Another thing to try is to turn down the force feedback. Just as a test, try turning it right off and see if it affects the frame rate. I found that running with med FF improved the frame rate by quite a bit.
That could be it, the game always slows down when I'm in the gravel or on the rumble strip, or when I'm spinning. All of which use FF. I'll give that a try.
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« Reply #126 on: November 04, 2007, 11:53:46 AM +0000 » |
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An extra 5-15 FPS by turning FF off. Good enough to actually race! I'll set it to Medium next time I race.
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« Reply #127 on: November 04, 2007, 01:50:14 PM +0000 » |
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when was the last time you did disk defragmentation and why aren't you doing it on a weekly basis?
as per swap (page) file goes: set it to 150% of your RAM size, both minimal and maximum value (i.e. custom size, not system controlled).
btw, it's a VERY good idea not to have page file on your system partition (c: )
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« Reply #128 on: November 04, 2007, 03:30:23 PM +0000 » |
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when was the last time you did disk defragmentation and why aren't you doing it on a weekly basis?
as per swap (page) file goes: set it to 150% of your RAM size, both minimal and maximum value (i.e. custom size, not system controlled).
btw, it's a VERY good idea not to have page file on your system partition (c: )
I did a defrag a few weeks ago, XP says it doesn't need defrag-ing. The page file is on the main drive because I've only got one hard drive.
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« Reply #129 on: February 22, 2010, 04:18:22 PM +0000 » |
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I recently tried this small program out: http://majorgeeks.com/Game_Booster_d6148.htmlIt works fine, turns off everything you don't need for the actual game with a single click. Free and no spyware - I like it Stig / Hotkeys
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« Reply #130 on: February 22, 2010, 04:25:44 PM +0000 » |
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Does it work with Win7? I used to shut down some processes on XP but I'm not that familiar with Win 7.
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« Reply #131 on: February 23, 2010, 05:28:36 PM +0000 » |
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Dunno if it works with W7 ... I'm still running XP :-))
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« Reply #132 on: February 23, 2010, 05:31:55 PM +0000 » |
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« Reply #133 on: February 23, 2010, 06:53:36 PM +0000 » |
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Thanks, seems a helpful stuff.
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