Is This Normal...?

XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
in Tech Support
I've been playing NS on Win98SE for quite a while, but when I got WinXPHome my FPS on any HL mods went WAY down. From 100+ to 60-. Is this normal for a system like this?:

Windows XP Home Edition
Intel Pentium 4 2.0GhZ
512 MB DDRAM
NVidia GeForce4 Ti4600
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 MP3+
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 2002-06-12 Member: 759Members
    Its just that WinXP caps your FPS at 60 so you have little room to drop a few FPS in the heat of battle or whereever... you just need to checkout one of the tweaking FPS topics on the top.
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  • sk84zer0sk84zer0 Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17478Members
    Try turning off vsync, i used to get 60 fps until i turned vsync off then i got 100fps
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  • ElvenThiefElvenThief aka Elven Thief (ex. NS Programmer) Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8754Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited September 2003
    Read Roob's Vsync guide, stickied at the top of this forum
    <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=18&t=34027' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...ST&f=18&t=34027</a>
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  • XiileXiile Join Date: 2003-02-22 Member: 13818Members
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  • ElvenThiefElvenThief aka Elven Thief (ex. NS Programmer) Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8754Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    To uncap your card 60 fps limitation (won't fix low monitor refresh, but will give you 100fps if you've got the power), right click on your desktop, go to settings, click the advanced button
    Find nVidia's OpenGl menu/tab/setting (don't remember specific and i'm running ATI right now). Turn of vertical sync in that menu.
    If you don't have any menus like this, update your drivers for the card first.
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