alpha 0 Posted December 3, 2002 I benchMark my SYS all i can get is 2542. my System is Amd 1.1 Gig thunderBird 512Ram,60 gig hard-drive is about 48% free space& Ati All in wonder 128 pro card 32Mb& SounderBlaster Gamer adugry. what can i do to tweak ofp for MP-Playing Online? have Cable-modem 500 dload& 133 upLoad. what does frame rates slow it down& view distancstem Information ------------------ Time of this report: 12/2/2002, 136:26    Machine name: Computer  Operating System: Microsoft Windows ME (4.90, Build 3000)       Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Compaq    System Model: Compaq PC                   BIOS:      Processor: AMD Athlon™ Processor,  MMX,  3DNow, ~1102MHz       Memory: 512MB RAM      Page File: 0MB used, 1280MB available Primary File System: FAT32   DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0881) DX Setup Parameters: /WindowsUpdate   DxDiag Version: 4.08.01.0881 32bit ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.    Display Tab 1: No problems found.     Sound Tab 1: The file EMU10KX.VXD is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs.  You may be able to get a signed driver from the manufacturer of the hardware device.      Music Tab: No problems found.      Input Tab: No input devices detected.           No problems found.   ---------------------------------- Inactive Sound Entries in Registry ------------------------------- -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D:   0/4 (n/a) DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a) DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a) DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 2/5 (retail) e?     Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRMZ 0 Posted December 3, 2002 nice thread! If you don't mind I will not read the whole post Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcusJClifford 1 Posted December 3, 2002 OK, did you really think it was needed to dump your entire system details Anyway, your processor is quite slow - 1.1Ghz is quite fast, but some people are playing with 3Ghz+ now. Your graphics card I do not recognise, but it only has 32MB memory so that may be a problem. 2542 is a reasonable score for your CPU. Does single player perform the same? - I think if it does then upgrade of CPU will help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LowLevelFunctionary 0 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (MarcusJClifford @ Dec. 03 2002,11:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Anyway, your processor is quite slow - 1.1Ghz is quite fast, but some people are playing with 3Ghz+ now.<span id='postcolor'> Well i have a 600 MHZ system and flashpoint runs fine... I doubt whether that is the problem as i also have a 32mb graphics card too... 3GHZ plus?? lol Intel only announced the worlds first 3GHZ P4 system last month and thats not even for sale yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hugo2020 0 Posted December 3, 2002 ofp uses hyperthreating? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcusJClifford 1 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Well i have a 600 MHZ system and flashpoint runs fine... I doubt whether that is the problem as i also have a 32mb graphics card too... 3GHZ plus?? lol Intel only announced the worlds first 3GHZ P4 system last month and thats not even for sale yet <span id='postcolor'> Intel announced the PIV 3.06 GHz many months ago and it has been available to tier 1 manufacturers for about a month. Dell for example have been shipping 3.06GHz PCs for the past 2 weeks. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> Question: ofp uses hyperthreating? Answer: yes it does <span id='postcolor'> I take it the means that you are joking as I dont think it does. </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> Well i have a 600 MHZ system and flashpoint runs fine... I doubt whether that is the problem as i also have a 32mb graphics card too... <span id='postcolor'> That system is at the lowest end of what OFP:R will play on. If you play in any mission that has many AI units or smoke and your computer will switch to powerpoint presentation mode. 32MB is far to small to hold the textures required for OFP:R so they will have to be loaded / unloaded which will definately impact performance. But I am certain the biggest bottleneck is the processor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 3, 2002 The clock speed of the CPU and throughput of the memory subsystem are what matter for the performance rating in OFP. Since few people can upgrade the later, the first step should be to upgrade to a faster CPU if possible. With the AMD processors being so cheap, that is a reasonable solution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Dec. 03 2002,14:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The clock speed of the CPU and throughput of the memory subsystem are what matter for the performance rating in OFP. Since few people can upgrade the later, the first step should be...<span id='postcolor'> latter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asmodeus 0 Posted December 3, 2002 Hello! Â Just wanted to interject here... </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That system is at the lowest end of what OFP:R will play on. If you play in any mission that has many AI units or smoke and your computer will switch to powerpoint presentation mode. 32MB is far to small to hold the textures required for OFP:R so they will have to be loaded / unloaded which will definately impact performance. <span id='postcolor'> That was when you were referring to the </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">600 MHZ system and flashpoint runs fine... I doubt whether that is the problem as i also have a 32mb graphics card too...<span id='postcolor'> I just had to say that I play OFP (and have been for a while) on a Celeron 566 mhz, 256 MB RAM, 16 MB Voodoo 3 graphics card, philips acoustic edge sound card and a Western Digital 7200 rpm hard drive. With that slow of a system, OFP runs fine! Â I do have to turn down some of the graphics of course, but I design missions and have been able to make battles with 160 AI + and it still runs fine on my box. Â So... Just had to point out that OFP runs well on a variety of boxes and you don't have to have a top of the line one to enjoy it. Â BTW, Alpha, you have a cable modem with 500 down?! Â Isn't that pretty slow for cable? Â I would try going to www.speedguide.net and download a registry fix if you have win98/me/2K. Â That might be part of the prob.. Â Also: </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">what does frame rates slow it down& view distancstem Information<span id='postcolor'> I'm not sure what you meant by this Alpha, but as far as viewdistance, yes that would affect the performance of OFP. Â That command also changes the AI's viewdistance as well! So it takes a lot more cpu power when raising the viewdistance! Â Asmodeus P.S. My benchmark was 977 until I got the 7200 rpm hard drive, then it went up to 1083. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Asmodeus @ Dec. 03 2002,15:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, Alpha, you have a cable modem with 500 down?! Isn't that pretty slow for cable?<span id='postcolor'> He is probably saying he has 500KB/s (KBps) download speed. Which is excellent for cable. (not Kb/s or b/s pr bps) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ Dec. 03 2002,14:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Asmodeus @ Dec. 03 2002,15:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, Alpha, you have a cable modem with 500 down?! Â Isn't that pretty slow for cable?<span id='postcolor'> He is probably saying he has 500KB/s (KBps) download speed. Â Which is excellent for cable. Â (not Kb/s or b/s pr bps)<span id='postcolor'> not Kb/s or b/s or bps (I hope you see this as the joke it is meant to be -- cheers! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bn880 5 Posted December 3, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Dec. 03 2002,18:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ Dec. 03 2002,14:34)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Asmodeus @ Dec. 03 2002,15:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">BTW, Alpha, you have a cable modem with 500 down?! Isn't that pretty slow for cable?<span id='postcolor'> He is probably saying he has 500KB/s (KBps) download speed. Which is excellent for cable. (not Kb/s or b/s pr bps)<span id='postcolor'> not Kb/s or b/s or bps (I hope you see this as the joke it is meant to be -- cheers! )<span id='postcolor'> Of course I see it as a joke... That is unless you don't want it to be a joke In which case retaliation is the only thing to keep you from repeating this act. Soon you will beg for mercy lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 3, 2002 I truly fail to see the point of this thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
