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Frame Rate Drops All Games

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DADSGETNDOWN
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Frame Rate Drops All Games

Post by DADSGETNDOWN »

Hi there all...this problem didn't used to happen, I am wondering if it's my vid , sound or MB, gone bad or maybe since they are older if it's directx9 non compatible..not sure at all...anyway..while playing Unreal AND  Quake3 arena..it's worse with Unreal by far though..alot of times when there is some real action, or alot firing and even on maps like dmcrdm2 (old map)can't move at all... my frame rate will drop to 3, 2,,1 and even 0...but yet it gets up to 125 in the cell (no stress) and even when playing other maps running around it will get 35 40 most of the time , then when some battles occur drops very very low and being that low it like freezes for second or 2...I tried disabling the sound card which at one time it did give me about 10 more fps ,, but it's not making a difference now, I have all the latest drivers and stuff..fresh install new hard drive... HELP  ME...:D
my  system is OLD..but still..:P

windows98se
epox mvp3c2 mother board( via)
Sound Blaster Live Mp3+
Voodoo3,3000 pci...:(
amd k6-2@500
256 megs pc100

I know it's time to upgrade..:D
I have alot of children they get ALL our  money  heh!...
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Shambler
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Re: Frame Rate Drops All Games

Post by Shambler »

Hey Dads :)
I don't really play Unreal anymore but I think you should try finding a *cough* free version of Windows 2000 somewhere ;) (plenty of special program for getting that kind of stuff)

It will requite lots of driver updates from 98 but it's REALLY worth it because 2000 is so much more stable than 98. (and I would nearly bet you can get Unreal working properly with 2000)
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Hyper
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Re: Frame Rate Drops All Games

Post by Hyper »

Windows 2000 would really be nice, but are there good drivers for the VooDoo 3 on Win2000/XP? 3DFX is dead for quite a long time.
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DADSGETNDOWN
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Re: Frame Rate Drops All Games

Post by DADSGETNDOWN »

Heh! yea...and I'm still wondering why it is really bad in Unreal!, and, why it didn't used to do it...I want to relate it to directX 8 or there about is when I remember it starting to happen..but since that;s what I am thinking it's probably the mother board..but I have no idea how to tell.....
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Hyper
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Re: Frame Rate Drops All Games

Post by Hyper »

Unreal should still run quite nice on a system with the specs above. Be sure you disable features like anti-aliasing and aniso filtering. Run in Glide, 16 bit color and not a high resolution. (640x480 or maybe 800x600)

Remember, When Unreal was released, the top specs were voodoo 1 and Pentium 2, and you have specs far above it.
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