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hmmm, running a 300a in a bx6 mobo at 374 with a thriller 8 meg video at 800-600
and with a full field of ai and  graphics set as yours I get 25 on the grid and
36 from the first turn on.  from what I've read at 400 your voodoo's should be
faster. dx6 btw.
perhaps you should post this at the apex
Gman

John McClaren wrote:

> I have a Celeron 266 overclocked to 400. I am running an ABIT BX6
> motherboard, 64 megs of PC100 ram, UDMA harddrive, and 2 voodoo 2's. My
> system does not seem to be able to run GPL at the framerate others say they
> do. At 800X600 at the south africa track my framerate is 18 at start and
> only sometimes reaches 36 but mostly around 28 to 30. I am only running with
> 14 other AI and have just track and cars in mirrors. The detail slider is in
> the middle and number of sounds is 4. All other graphics are on. My question
> is how are you other celeron overclocking duds and dudets getting solid 36
> FPS?  Any special SET commands for voodoo 2's?  I have the latest drivers
> for voodoos from diamonds site.
>
> Just asking
> John



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hmmm, running a 300a in a bx6 mobo at 374 with a thriller 8 meg video at
800-600 and with a full field of ai and&nbsp; graphics set as yours I get
25 on the grid and 36 from the first turn on.&nbsp; from what I've read
at 400 your voodoo's should be faster. dx6 btw.
<BR>perhaps you should post this at <A HREF="http://gpl.gamestats.com/">the
apex</A>
<BR>Gman

<P>John McClaren wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I have a Celeron 266 overclocked to 400. I am running
an ABIT BX6
<BR>motherboard, 64 megs of PC100 ram, UDMA harddrive, and 2 voodoo 2's.
My
<BR>system does not seem to be able to run GPL at the framerate others
say they
<BR>do. At 800X600 at the south africa track my framerate is 18 at start
and
<BR>only sometimes reaches 36 but mostly around 28 to 30. I am only running
with
<BR>14 other AI and have just track and cars in mirrors. The detail slider
is in
<BR>the middle and number of sounds is 4. All other graphics are on. My
question
<BR>is how are you other celeron overclocking duds and dudets getting solid
36
<BR>FPS?&nbsp; Any special SET commands for voodoo 2's?&nbsp; I have the
latest drivers
<BR>for voodoos from diamonds site.

<P>Just asking
<BR>John</BLOCKQUOTE>
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