#3929678 - 03/25/14 11:14 AM
compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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Hello , i upgraded my pc recently from core2duo to i5 4670 and installed again my old cfs3 which now runs super smooth and i feel like playing it this time  i'm running win 8.1 and the intro doesnt play if i dont enable compatibility mode for win 7 or xp etc.. thinking buying WOFF and my only concern is my gfx card which is old but runs ok most games : ati 4850 512mb i dont know if anyone posted this tip again but i noticed with Fraps that if you set compatibility mode for windows 98 the frame rate almost doubles! without compatibility win98 i have 60fps and with 120 ,anyone confirm this with WOFF or cfs3? (i can see the difference in intense scenes and the speed up works) ps. i'm running cfs 3.1 with latest AnKor's DX9 shadowing mod
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#3929690 - 03/25/14 12:05 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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How do I select that mode in Windows 7 - do you know this?
Your card is really a bit old, but it should still give you a good looking sim.
You just lower the "terrain detail" and "scenery detail" (which still looks
good on 3 from 5).
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#3929695 - 03/25/14 12:50 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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if you right click the cfs3 icon on desktop select properties>compatibility mode>windows98/me and apply , i think its the same on 7
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#3929699 - 03/25/14 12:55 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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i set it to cfs3 exe cause i dont have WOFF right now but if i had it i would set and WOFF exe and see if there is any difference in fps , but if you have a powerful gfx card i dont know if you notice any difference in fps , by the way AnKor's mod is really something very nice
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#3929704 - 03/25/14 01:10 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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Hello , i upgraded my pc recently from core2duo to i5 4670 and installed again my old cfs3 which now runs super smooth and i feel like playing it this time i'm running win 8.1 and the intro doesnt play if i dont enable compatibility mode for win 7 or xp etc.. thinking buying WOFF and my only concern is my gfx card which is old but runs ok most games : ati 4850 512mb i dont know if anyone posted this tip again but i noticed with Fraps that if you set compatibility mode for windows 98 the frame rate almost doubles! without compatibility win98 i have 60fps and with 120 ,anyone confirm this with WOFF or cfs3? (i can see the difference in intense scenes and the speed up works) ps. i'm running cfs 3.1 with latest AnKor's DX9 shadowing mod Hello psy, The fact that you get 120 fps when you put CFS3 into Win 98 compatibility mode means that you have vsync(vertical synchronization) disabled, which can cause "tearing" of the picture on your monitor. It bothers some people, but not everyone. If you enable vsync, the drawing on the screen will match the refresh rate of your monitor's screen. Most monitors are still 60 Hz, while some new ones have a 120 Hz refresh rate. You've got yourself a nice CPU there, and now the video card is the bottleneck. OBD recommends a 2 GB video card, so if you are going to try to play WOFF with 512 MB, your experience may not be so good.
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#3929718 - 03/25/14 02:04 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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hi, maybe thats the case but even if i disable vsync (always off) from catalyst control panel i get the same results , seems that vsync is hardcoded always enabled in cfs3 except if you turn on win98 compatibility?, the good thing is i dont have any tearing in cfs3 and i dont like tearing at all, anyway i will probably upgrade my gfx in the near future , if i buy WOFF first i'll share my experience with 4850 ps. monitor running 60hz
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#3929725 - 03/25/14 02:16 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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[quote=psy]If you enable vsync, the drawing on the screen will match the refresh rate
of your monitor's screen. Most monitors are still 60 Hz, while some new ones have a 120 Hz refresh rate.
Aaaahhh - yeah, I forgot about that - this explains, why I get 60 frps. I have v-sync set to "always on".
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#3929764 - 03/25/14 03:58 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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[quote=psy]If you enable vsync, the drawing on the screen will match the refresh rate
of your monitor's screen. Most monitors are still 60 Hz, while some new ones have a 120 Hz refresh rate.
Aaaahhh - yeah, I forgot about that - this explains, why I get 60 frps. I have v-sync set to "always on". Yep, so if you're always pegged at 60 fps, then life is good!
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#3929977 - 03/25/14 11:20 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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I tried Win98 mode...game fatal error'd on startup..back to XP..all good
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#3931511 - 03/28/14 10:15 PM
Re: compatibility mode win98 doubles my fps
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alright thank you for the info all, i'm downloading now... hope WOFF will be playable even with low settings cause the gfx upgrade is getting delayed for now
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by RedOneAlpha. 04/18/24 05:46 PM
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) well er yeah maybe try XP compat if you have problems, but not Win98.