Geforce 4

sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
in Tech Support
<div class="IPBDescription">why so low fps?</div> I read the thread on how to lower fps but it all says for graphic cards lower than GeForce 3. I got a GeForce 4 today and im getting 25-30 fps! Is this card not good or something? plz help
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  • TsungfaiTsungfai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11454Members
    Have you disabled V-Sync?
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  • ZerogreatZerogreat Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10537Members
    I have Vsync enabled...and im getting 100 fps flat. <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    and this pertains how?

    that simply meens that yuor desktop can refresh as fast as HL can... congratz
    Vsynch might fix it for you, but I don't know (I don't wory to much about tweaking HL)

    Try the suggestions in the other thread it might help

    are your drivers up to date?

    also give us ALL of your sys specs
    for all we know you could be running win 4.11 with 16 megs of ram and a 300 mhz cpu <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> (well ok, you cloudn't be running THAT bad a system <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
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  • sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
    edited July 2003
    Ive got an 80 gig hard drive, 512mb of DDR ram, and Windows XP


    Edit: whats VSynch?
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  • TsungfaiTsungfai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11454Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--sk84zer0+Jul 16 2003, 10:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sk84zer0 @ Jul 16 2003, 10:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Ive got an 80 gig hard drive, 512mb of DDR ram, and Windows XP


    Edit: whats VSynch? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    1) Right-click on your desktop
    2) Click "Properties"
    3) "Settings" tab
    4) "Advance"
    5) "GeForce 4" tab (it might have some other things next to the 4 like MX 420)
    6) OpenGL settings
    7) Change "Vertical Sync" to "Always Off"
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  • DihardDihard Join Date: 2002-12-02 Member: 10365Members, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    I don't know if this applies to you but don't expect to get a great performance increase by buying a Geforce 4 if you only have a 300 Mhz processor to begin with. As for Vsync, that couldn't be the problem because refresh rates don't go NEARLY as low as 30 Hz, the eyestrain would be so bad that he'd probably go blind.

    Also, make sure you have the newest detonator drivers, find them at nvidia.com
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  • sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->6) OpenGL settings<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I dont think I have OpenGL but im not sure(since i dont see anything that even says OpenGL)
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  • sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
    edited July 2003
    Ok guys never mind i figured out why i got such low fps, i had to set the video modes to Direct3D(shouldve tried that in the first place) but thx anyways guys <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Edit: I have 70-75 now
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  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    hmmm open gl mode is far better then D3D u sure u installed your drivers correctly?
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  • TsungfaiTsungfai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11454Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--sk84zer0+Jul 16 2003, 10:42 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sk84zer0 @ Jul 16 2003, 10:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->6) OpenGL settings<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I dont think I have OpenGL but im not sure(since i dont see anything that even says OpenGL) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I dunno if you have this, but I'll still put it here just incase cause I might've missed something. Look for "Performance and Quality Settings" click that and it might say something about OpenGL

    Between #5 and #6
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