Rollcage = G400 unfriendly!?

[tish]

Greetings.

Try mess around in the graphics/video/sound options. Turn everything (EVERYTHING) at the lowest/worst and see if it helps.

If the fps jumps to 99 then enable one thing at a time and see when/if the game slows down again.

Then post i ROMs bug-thread

Cheers,
Fish.

[This message has been edited by tish (edited 08-14-1999).]

[Wombat]

What about other games? It almost sounds like you're not running all the right drivers, or your bus-matering is disabled.

[bspahn]

Rollcage = G400 unfriendly!?

Hi People,

Rollcage doesn't run on my system, well, it 'runs', but at about 5fps, deosn't matter if in 640x480 or 1024x768.. wtf is going on? Anyway.. I have G400 single 32mb, C433, 128ram..
any suggestions?
is there a patch?

[bspahn]

Hey.. well.. i figured out my problem with the G400 and Rollcage.
somehow the G400 can't handle the "drawing distance" settings.. even on the bare minimum setting..
that's the only thing that's slowing everything down.. I tried 320x200, turned everything off, and then I put the drawing distance up just a tiny bit.. and it slowed down to an unplayable level..
any suggestions??

[MK]

Hi,


only thing I can say is, that your system seems to be badly configured.

A friend of mine with an old Celeron 266 (without cache) plays Rollcage at 1024x768 @ 16Bit with FULL drawing distance (rest at standard settings) with his G400 16MB OEM.

I can play it smooth even at 1600x1200 @ 16Bit @ standard settings with my config (look at the specs below, my sys should be slower than yours!).

So I think something is screwed up. Please refer to the posts in the "Matrox Hardware" forum for trouble shooting.

Greetings

MK


ASUS P2B (1010), Celeron 266@412 MHz (4x103), 128 MB PC100, OEM G400 16MB SH (Bios 1.3-22,PD 5.13), IBM DHEA 6,4 GB U-ATA, SB PCI64, Mitsumi CR-4801TE, Pioneer 36x slot-in, Iiyama Vision Master Pro 400, Plustek OpticPro 9636T, Win`98

[bspahn]

Hey there.. pls reply to me via e-mail: brispahn@islan.net

I could really use your help!! Why won't Rollcage run properly with my new system!??
What could the problem be.. it's obviously with drawing distance.. doesn't matter if it's in 320x200.. it's just unplayable.. wtf!?
I ran the matrox diagnostic.. it said everything's just fine.. so.. grrr! Pls reply soon.. I need this fixed. Thanks!

[Phil MURC]

Hi... try to keep the help in the forums if possible - it helps all the wallflowers like myself!

What Z buffer bit depth are you using - If drawing distance is an issue then maybe (I dunno why I am thinking this) this is to blame?

And how come I seem to be posting about Z-buffers all the time at the moment?



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Phil (MURC's G200 : WWW.G200.COM

[Maggi]

hehehe ... because your deep into the topic, Phil ...

Anyway, bspahn ...

did you update your G400 bios and are you using the latest drivers ?

Please post your system details (MoBo, Bios rev, drivers, hardware and whatever). The more info we have, the better to help you out !



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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock

[Phil MURC]

*groan* Maggi!

[bspahn]

How do I know what Z buffer depth I'm using!?
all I know is that the box for "enable 32bit Z-buffer" is disabled...
I think I have the latest bios & Drivers.. unless they didn't install properly or something!?
My specs: Celeron 433mhz, Socket 370
Abit ZM6 Motherboard (how do you check revision!?)
G400 32mb, no dual head
quantum fireball plus ka 9.1GB 7200rpm
pci network card 10/100mbps
creative sb live! value
adi 6P 19" monitor
40x cd-rom
landmark tower case..

hmm.. I don't know what else to say.. anyway.. would it be possible for people to reply to my email? It's harder for me to come here.. but I guess I can come here more often..

[Maggi]

when 32bit Zbuffer is disabled, you're using 16bit ...

those are the two available options.

...

Do you have DirectX 6.1 installed ?



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Cheerio,
Maggi

Asus P2B-S @ 112MHz FSB - Bios 1010 final
Celeron300A @ 504Mhz
128MB 7ns SDRAM
G400 DualHead 32MB SGRAM @ 201 MHz memory clock