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"Bob Huntley" <bob.huntley.NOSPAM@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:cfnvvj$dp1$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
> I have a ATI X800 Pro graphics card, a 3.06 GHz P4 and 1 Gig of RAM - and
> without any attempt yet to optimise things can get 30 fps when running at
> 1280 x 1024 resolution (at least in the first parts of the game). I'm using
> the drivers that came with the card (Version 6.14.10.xxx)
>
> Out of curiosity, I tried the console command "timedemo demo1 usecache", and
> got a abysmally slow frame rate (I got fed up & interrupted if after a
> minute or so - and the reported speed was 0.8 FPS).
>
> Can anyone explain the difference between this speed and the real world
> speed above (which seems more appropriate to my hardware). Have I got a
> latent problem which will slow things down later when things become "busy" -
> would welcome any comments/advice.

Dunno, have you tried running timedemo demo1 without the 'usecache'?
Perhaps, for some unknown reason, the 'usecache' is messing up your
results. Worth a try, just for scientific investigation purposes :-)
    -Marshall