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Post July 26th, 2004, 2:39 pm

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I recently boosted my processor from a 533 to a 1.6ghz, and I noticed that NL is getting steady framerates w/ the dips being at 25-30... It also seems to run through the track too fast. When I was riding one of the woodie coasters that comes with the game, I had to slow the speed down to 50% to make it seem right. Is this noraml??

Post July 26th, 2004, 9:29 pm

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Odds are before the coasters were running too slow due to your under powered computer at the time. You are now seeing the coasters run at the right speeds.

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Post July 26th, 2004, 9:54 pm

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The other thing I've noticed is now when I click on any vertice in the editor, it blanks out all the grid dots for about 10 meters above & below the point, and all the way across the screen from side to side. This goes away when I click somewhere on the grid besides the vertex or try to move the slider bar. Also...on coasters where this happens, the track in the simulator appears extremely jagged... I don't know why...and it bugs me.

Post July 27th, 2004, 12:03 am

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Maybe time to upgrade the drivers on your new computer's graphics card?

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Post July 28th, 2004, 9:46 am

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well, that's just the thing - I did upgrade everything...the new graphics card is on the motherboard....I don't even have the old video drivers....this is very strange...

Post July 28th, 2004, 11:31 am

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do you mean that the graphics card is intergrated with the motherboard

Post July 30th, 2004, 3:02 pm

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yeah - a lot of computers come with integrated video processing. in any event, I don't have the money to but a separate graphics card, and when I'm getting steady 75-80 fps, I really don't see a need to have an offboard graphics card

Post July 30th, 2004, 3:54 pm

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yeh but your onboard graphics card will propably have shared resuorces! what type of adaptor is it
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Post July 30th, 2004, 10:23 pm

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Wow, you've got a pretty slow com. Even at 1.66 ghz, it still seems slow, considering that mine is at 2.66, haha. Why not get someone to build a com for you? It's alot cheaper when they order parts online. You can get a 3.5 or 6 ghz com at only $600.


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