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Re: FPS Help

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From: Superrat
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 06:42
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Descentman wrote:
> "Superrat" <mikeabentley61@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1130917103.643566.160700@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Someone please give me some help.  I had 1800 mhz AMD XP based machne
> > with a 64 meg nvidia geforce 2 video card with FPS at about 120.  I put
> > together an ABIT KV7, AMD XP 3000, NVidia FX 5500, 512 meg memory and
> > only acheived a new frame rate of about 150 max.  I tried another video
> > card, NVIDIA 6600 GT and acheived the same results as the FX 5500.  I
> > even went so far to reformat and reload just to ensure the 6600 GT was
> > on a fresh operating system but to no avail.  I used 3D MARK to test
> > the 5500 and the 6600 GT and achieved the results you would expect from
> > each upgrade.  I have used the "Secret time test" with framerate
> > uncapped (999).  Please help I am perplexed.
> >
>
> This may be a dumb answer to a good question (sorry if so - BTW)
> But is there an option to set the AGP in BIOS to it's full 8X? Or a MB
> driver from Abit for that?
> I'm not too familiar with Abit's MB's, or XP for that matter, but I've been
> trying for years to get more frames on this ol' clunker to no avail.
>
> There have been some Descent / XP issues and fixes. Moon will help!
> He knows everything! hehehehe
> (seriously you'll find the answer here - we'll get 'er fixed - don't
> dispair)
>
> Hey Moon!  Haaallllpppp !
>
> D

Thanks Descentman,  I had checked already for the 8X in the BIOS.  I am
using WIN98.
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From: "Superrat" <mikeabentley61@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: FPS Help
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