BVPPC (18/63)

From:Robbin Van Ooy
Date:8 May 2000 at 12:09:15
Subject:Re: I cant believe it :)

At 07-May-00, Robert Kihl said something about
[bvppc] Re: I cant believe it :), resulting in this reply.

>> Now everything works and really flies, Ive got QuakePPC doing 22fps,
>> Wipeout doing 18fps (with visibility at 5) voxelspace only a few fps below
>> the 100, and its so stable NASA would love this machine :)

>It�s slower here :(

>Does everybody get 90-100fps in the voxelspace demo? I get 50-60. What can
>be wrong?

I HAD 50-60. And I still have 50-60 now.

First off, set all the detail to the lowest possible (hey, who said cheating
wasnt allowed? :)

use 320x200 for screenmode.

Unplug PCMCIA boards if you have one (gives whole system 40% performance
boost)

And configure warpos env variables :)

>I noticed a strange thing, when I move the mouse in Voxelspace and MESA
>demos the fps drops 8-10fps. And some games like Quake PPC ports and
>Descent gets very slow when using mouse and keyboard at the same time.

Well, context switches, Id say. Dont move the mouse then :)



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