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#2907209 - 11/24/09 03:45 PM What are the system specs for 1.28C?  
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There is really not much in the readme on this topic.

The reason I ask is that my older rig struggles a bit with 1.28C.

P4 2.6Ghz
Gforce 6800GT 256M
2G RAM.
Win XP SP2

I also have a dual boot to Win98 with a 16M Voodoo3 card. In that configuration I have to reduce my RAM to 512M to accomodate Win98.

I will admit I have not done a lot of experimentation with INI parms, etc. Nor have I done a real comparison between native Glide, D3D and Glide wrapper performance.

Thanks for any info.


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#2907285 - 11/24/09 05:14 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Colonel Kern]  
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You don't need to reduce your 98box memory. You need to optimize you system for 98. That means using 'highmen.sys'and putting together a 'config.sys and autoexec.bat that allows you to use memory above the 1 gig level. my 98box has at least twice the memory you are using. 98SE has a 2 gig upper limit.

#2907301 - 11/24/09 05:41 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: iron mike]  
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Originally Posted By: iron mike
You don't need to reduce your 98box memory. You need to optimize you system for 98. That means using 'highmen.sys'and putting together a 'config.sys and autoexec.bat that allows you to use memory above the 1 gig level. my 98box has at least twice the memory you are using. 98SE has a 2 gig upper limit.


Would you mind posting some examples?

I did this due to errors while attempting to start up my win98 partition and was following MS's advice to limit my memory to 512M.


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#2907334 - 11/24/09 06:30 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Colonel Kern]  
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It won't be before 9PM EST. I'm at work and I'll have to looks at my system's config and autoexec.bat first. Win98 is dos 5 & 6 so the highmem memory manager should be there. It is just that I haven't even looked at the commands for 8 years.

#2907359 - 11/24/09 07:06 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: iron mike]  
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NP. I'm looking through some tech-support type threads here and there. Just to know I may have some options is helpful.

Thanks.


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#2907369 - 11/24/09 07:20 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Colonel Kern]  
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Rgr that. Part of what you need to do is create/modify your autoexec.bat. That instructs you machine how and where to load in memory the drivers and commands need to run the system. You should end up with 600mb then jump into the 1-23 gig range.

#2907576 - 11/25/09 03:32 AM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: iron mike]  
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You should try the Glide wrapper, but using Win98 with another driver may work also.
It is likely you suffer the problem of some newer cards with some drivers when using D3D mode get the massive slow-down bug. According to what I read that Knegel has posted, the Glide Wrapper fixes the issue.


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#2907820 - 11/25/09 02:45 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: RAF_Roy]  
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I really need to do some exhaustive testing at this point because I have an ideal situation to test Glide vs. D3D on my rig.

As I said, my Win98 partition is configured with a Voodoo3 card so I am running native Glide over there. My testing last night with a SPAW quick mission maintained a pretty consistant 50+ FPS rate. (This was after I managed to get 1+ Gig of RAM allocated to the Win98 system.

I need to run a similar mission on my XP/6800GT/D3D partition and see what kind of results I get.


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#2907884 - 11/25/09 04:10 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Colonel Kern]  
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Hi,

if the 6800GT work at all, you should be dissapointed in 3d mode.

EAW + WinXP and rather modern graphiccards very often have trouble with bad slowdowns in 3d mode.

This is most probably driver related. The same sytem in glide mode(with help of Zeckensack´s glidewrapper) perform with up to 150 fps(depending to the settings).

Greetings,

Knegel


If you think `thats close enough´, go closer, until the plane fill up the windscreen, then a short burst is enough!
#2908026 - 11/25/09 07:47 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Knegel]  
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Hi,

I am using a geforce 6800 and get d3d framerates in the high 50's most of the time.. I am using the old 61.41 driver set though...


cheers,



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#2908373 - 11/26/09 10:02 AM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Pobs]  
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Whats about closing in to 4-mots??

With more modern systems the fps in 3d mode vary often extreme downward as soon as planes(specialy 4-mots) get in sight.


If you think `thats close enough´, go closer, until the plane fill up the windscreen, then a short burst is enough!
#2908581 - 11/26/09 04:43 PM Re: What are the system specs for 1.28C? [Re: Knegel]  
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Hi Ralf,

with normal settings it stays around 25 or so, but it can drop to 20 with the 'big squads' ini setting in ..., but only really close to a big formation with full tracer and contrails up...


cheers,


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