Frame rate question

[Guest]

Does anyone have a system where MP NEVER drops below 30fps?????

Even on the most powerful Geforce3 based rigs MP drops below 30fps when there is gun fire.....

Does anyone have a system that this never happens

If so what drivers are used etc etc..

thanks

[Racerprose]

Nope. Never 30fps. I am always in the 70+ area.

My specs:

PIII 1Ghz
384mb RAM
ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3
ASUS Detonator 12.90
ASUS CUV4X Motherboard (BIOS 1007)
Windows 98 SE
DirectX 8.0a
VIA 4in1 4.32 FINAL Drivers
LG 52x CD-ROM

I am using the 1.01 patch for Max Payne as well.

[ 09-02-2001: Message edited by: Racerprose ]

[biXen]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by bob46:
Even on the most powerful Geforce3 based rigs MP drops below 30fps when there is gun fire.....

Does anyone have a system that this never happens

If so what drivers are used etc etc..

thanks<hr></blockquote>

I can't remember seeing it below 25 at least... Usually stays around 70...

ASUS A7V133 KT133A Main Board
AMD 1,2GHz TBird processor (266)
256MB RAM
ASUS GeForce 2 GTS 32MB
using latest official ASUS drivers (12.90 I assume) atm
98 SE with DirectX 8.0a
VIA 4in1 v. 4.31 I think

[Bushido]

40-50....whatever....i don't keep checking, but it cooks.....it never chops.......me likey Max Payne!

[Theseus314]

Never less than 50. I'm running off a Geforce2 Ultra and an Athlon 1.2gig

[Guest]

Wow never under 50fps........... are you serious........... something has to be terribly wrong here...... what 3dmark2001 score do you get hmmmmmmmmm

[Crosma]

Never drops below 40fps, generally stays around 70fps. This is on an Athlon 550MHz with 256MB of Ram, GeForce2MX.

Something is seriously wrong if you don't get something like this.

[Racerprose]

I can't remember my 3DMark2001 score exactly, but it was over 5000.

[biXen]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by bob46:
Wow never under 50fps........... are you serious........... something has to be terribly wrong here...... what 3dmark2001 score do you get hmmmmmmmmm<hr></blockquote>

3400 I think... can't quite remember...

[Hole]

Ok for me too...system specs:
AMD 1Ghz
128MB RAM
nVidia TNT2 32MB
DirectX 8
WinME
DVDX8

[Knemeses]

Well in order to get an idea of there system you have to ask what settings do they have turned on. I mean anyone can have a constant 70fps if they are running at like 640 by 480 with 16bit color and everything on low.

With that said, looking at the systems listed I am sure that this isn't the case. But there has to be some kind of standard so everyone could test it out.

[ 09-03-2001: Message edited by: Knemeses ]

[Hole]

Oh, I think I use 640X480 with 32 bit, althought my screen resolution is 800X600 and the game is full screen.

[Lint Ninja]

Running a 1.4(ish)Gig athlon (145mhz fsb)
256mb ram
Geforce 2 GTS
Det 12.90
ALL MP settings at highest levels.
Get constant 60-70ish FPS - get over 30ish FPS on the final helicopter crash sequence.
images/icons/grin.gif

[asabour]

how do i know my fps while playing MP?

[Guest]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Crosma:
Never drops below 40fps, generally stays around 70fps. This is on an Athlon 550MHz with 256MB of Ram, GeForce2MX.

Something is seriously wrong if you don't get something like this.<hr></blockquote>

You play at 640x480 low detail, right?

[Crosma]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by dede:
You play at 640x480 low detail, right?<hr></blockquote>Nope, 800x600 in 32-bit with medium detail. Note: when I say it "generally stays around 70fps" that when there're no enemies on screen. I have around 40fps during fights.

[Guest]

Works great on mine!
1.4ghz Athlon
Asus GeForce 3 Deluxe
512mb DDR memory
Epox 8k7a+ mobo.
Sb Live 1024!

no probs at all.

[Predator911]

P4 1.7Ghz
Abit TH7-Raid Motherboard
512MB PC-800 RDRAM
Visiontek Geforce3
Dual Boot WinXP/98SE (run MP on 98)
12.90 video drivers
DirectX 8.0a
6692 best 3DMark score without overclocking

I run Max Payne at 1280x1024x32 with all details maxed out. I played 3 levels with the FPS gauge on and never saw it drop below 50, it stayed in the 70-100 area most of the time with only quick jumps below 60.

[Guest]

the real treat of max is when ou turn on the FSAA for those with a geforce3 manually set your anitaliasing to Quincunx max never looked so pretty. and you 3dmark 2001 score predator what setting do you have it on?
i have a 1.33g athlon mobo Asus a7v133 with Raid-0,512 pc133,2 40gig maxtor hardrive on Raid-0,geforce 3 (vision tek) on 12.41 detonators .SBlive 5.1. i play max like predator on 1280x1024x32 anisotropic filtering,everything on high i average 85 to 90 in that range. with Quincunx antialiasing on i get 45 FPS but my god it looks beyond this world

[ 09-03-2001: Message edited by: TD ]

[FullMetalJacket]

I'm usually in the seventies for FPS.
I have:
AMD Athlon 1.35 GHz
256 MB DDR RAM (so it's actually 512 MB RAM)
40X CD ROM/DVD Drive
Visiontek GeForce 3

I always play with 4 samples of antialiasing. It's so funny - games actually run faster when I have FSAA turned on!

[asabour]

how do i tell my fps?!?!?

[Guest]

Add "-developerkeys" to the command line in your shortcut (without the quotes). Then hit F11 when you want to see fps.

[Predator911]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by TD:
the real treat of max is when ou turn on the FSAA for those with a geforce3 manually set your anitaliasing to Quincunx max never looked so pretty. and you 3dmark 2001 score predator what setting do you have it on?
i have a 1.33g athlon mobo Asus a7v133 with Raid-0,512 pc133,2 40gig maxtor hardrive on Raid-0,geforce 3 (vision tek) on 12.41 detonators .SBlive 5.1. i play max like predator on 1280x1024x32 anisotropic filtering,everything on high i average 85 to 90 in that range. with Quincunx antialiasing on i get 45 FPS but my god it looks beyond this world<hr></blockquote>

Yeah, Max definitely looks great with FSAA enabled. I get an average of 50-60FPS with Quincunx FSAA enabled. I run 3DMark 2001 on the default setting for benchmarking.

[Predator911]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by FullMetalJacket:
256 MB DDR RAM (so it's actually 512 MB RAM)<hr></blockquote>

No true at all. DDR means Double Data Rate, which is refering to the speed of your memory, it has no effect on the amount of data it can hold.

[Shams]

My MP settings...ALL HIGH...hardware T&L...anisotropic...all enable...triple screen buffer...640x480 + 4xFSAA >> above 60+FPS...no matter what...

My gaming machine specs...
AMD 1.33gzh TB
512 DDR sdram
Detonator 12.9
Dx 8.0a
Asus v7700 64 ddr GeForce GTS2 pro
WinME/Win2kPro/RedHat 7.1 (win2k pro runs a little slower & MaxP can't be played under any *nix)

But all my directX based games runs slower than the openGL one images/icons/frown.gif

[ 09-04-2001: Message edited by: Shams ]

[lasu]

Never below 40.
Specs are.
700@854Thunderbird (it's clocked increasing FSB, that's why, it's so darn fast images/icons/smile.gif
Elsa Geforce 2 Ultra 64mt
458 Apacer pc-133
Sound Blaster Live Player 1024

[lasu]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by lasu:
Never below 40.
Specs are.
700@854Thunderbird (it's clocked increasing FSB, that's why, it's so darn fast images/icons/smile.gif
Elsa Geforce 2 Ultra 64mt
458 Apacer pc-133
Sound Blaster Live Player 1024<hr></blockquote>

Oh and of course, 2x AntiAliasing!