The voodoo 3 will limit you soonish though. I have run a GeForce2MX and a Voodoo3 in the same machine (600MHz Celeron, Win98, Cygwin), and there was a factor of 2-3 difference in the frame rate (10-20 for the Voodoo3, 20-60 for the 2MX).
Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Melchior FRANZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 April 2002 4:17 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Flightgear-users] Re: Slow framerate near Burbank (real) > > > * Curtis L. Olson -- Monday 22 April 2002 14:16: > > One thing you could try (to see if the problem is too much > scenery) is > > to reduce your visibility when your frame rate drops and see if that > > perks things back up. "z" and "Z" change the visibility on the fly. > > No, that doesn't help. I just started from KBUR and flew towards the > mountains and my frame rate dropped from 5 to <0.3. The logs > show hundreds > of > WARNING: DList stack overflow! > > > BTW: Even without that bug fgfs' performance dropped > dramatically during > the last 4 weeks. I guess that the recommended CPU frequency > must now be at > 500 MHz or more. Even turning off the clouds and reducing the > visibility > hardly makes KSFO flyable now. That worked more or less > before. Meanwhile > I have to fly at simpler regions ... and to think about > buying a faster > computer. The Voodoo3 is not the problem---the 266MHz CPU is. :-( > > m. > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star Internet. The > service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive > anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: > http://www.star.net.uk > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users
