Ewok
07-19-2003, 09:13 AM
Ive just upgraded from a GF3 to a 9800 pro and i cant seem to get any more fps with this than i did with the gf3 when im playing online.
im trying to get a CONSTANT 125fps and it seems something is severely limiting it. Im running a 4ghz P4 and 512mb at 2/2/2/5 230fsb so i KNOW its nothing to do with cpu or memory (besides the fact i get 600fps in quake3 demo four).
I can get 125 no problem but a lot of the time it drops to maybe 110 and sometimes depending on what im looking at even hovers around there.
Ive taken the maxfps off and it seems that MOST of the time the max fps i can get is only about 130-140, apart from going up the stairs on the beach map where the fps shoots up to a constant 400 or so which i find VERY strange.
It does pretty much exactly the same thing regardless of what quality settings i am using, theres very little difference, if any, between max settings at 1024 and min settings at 1024 so something seems to be greatly limiting the fps i can get and it doesnt appear to be the gra[hics card itself causing it. Not to mention the fact that my old gf3 was putting out virtually the same fps with low detail at 1024 as this 9800 pro, so something is definately limiting it somewhere.
im using cat3.6, my net settings in game make no difference to the fps either, rate 20000 (limited to 10000 by server), snaps 20, maxpackets 100, packetdup 1, timenudge 0, nothing seems to make any difference.
any ideas what could be causing this? i cant believe this card just cant run the game at a hell of a lot more fps than this, let alone not be able to keep a constant 125 without dropping.
im trying to get a CONSTANT 125fps and it seems something is severely limiting it. Im running a 4ghz P4 and 512mb at 2/2/2/5 230fsb so i KNOW its nothing to do with cpu or memory (besides the fact i get 600fps in quake3 demo four).
I can get 125 no problem but a lot of the time it drops to maybe 110 and sometimes depending on what im looking at even hovers around there.
Ive taken the maxfps off and it seems that MOST of the time the max fps i can get is only about 130-140, apart from going up the stairs on the beach map where the fps shoots up to a constant 400 or so which i find VERY strange.
It does pretty much exactly the same thing regardless of what quality settings i am using, theres very little difference, if any, between max settings at 1024 and min settings at 1024 so something seems to be greatly limiting the fps i can get and it doesnt appear to be the gra[hics card itself causing it. Not to mention the fact that my old gf3 was putting out virtually the same fps with low detail at 1024 as this 9800 pro, so something is definately limiting it somewhere.
im using cat3.6, my net settings in game make no difference to the fps either, rate 20000 (limited to 10000 by server), snaps 20, maxpackets 100, packetdup 1, timenudge 0, nothing seems to make any difference.
any ideas what could be causing this? i cant believe this card just cant run the game at a hell of a lot more fps than this, let alone not be able to keep a constant 125 without dropping.