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how do u get rid of the vsync and fillrate things??

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You can disable vsync in the videocard setup. I''m sure it''s possible to do it in code to, but I don''t know how...

And you can''t ''get rid'' of the fillrate problem. Just make sure you do as little overdraw as possible...

you guys sure give complex answers to a guy who doesn''t even know if opengl is supported on a geForce 2.

to configure MOST videocards you right click on your windows desktop(unless you don''t use windows and you can ignore this)and go to "active desktop-> customize my desktop".
then click on the settings tab in the top and click the button labeled "advanced"
then click on the tab labeled openGL and you can change the settings there.
if you can''t configure it there i don''t own a geForce 2 so i can''t help you.

How do you mean, "slow" ? Are you just getting relatively low fps in OpenGL (i.e. 30fps in Quake3 instead of 90fps), or is OpenGL so slow it doesn''t function at all ?

If you tell us what other hardware you have, and give an example of how OpenGL is slow on your system, that would help.

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"Maybe this world is another planet''''s hell." -- Aldous Huxley

hahah 30 fps in Quake 3?
THATS ME
i own a geforce 2 mx/pci (not agp)card and i have no idea why it runs so slowly
i also have a motherboard with a 8mb agp card onboard
im not sure if that makes a difference but i thought i might mention it
i have a p3-450 and 128 mb ram

someone help me out here cos i cant get it to run how it "should" run (reading the box here)

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Original post by ShiningKnight
Try turning the VSYNC option on your card off. VSYNC can really "slow" programs down (at least, thats the way it appears, its actually just limiting your program to about 60-80fps, depending your monitor''s vertical refresh rate).

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60 fps is damn(professional) enough...
You don''t need WGL_EXT_swap_control or similar extension in most cases.

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Original post by ShiningKnight
Try turning the VSYNC option on your card off. VSYNC can really "slow" programs down (at least, thats the way it appears, its actually just limiting your program to about 60-80fps, depending your monitor''s vertical refresh rate).

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60 fps is damn(professional) enough…
You don''t need WGL_EXT_swap_control or similar extension in most cases.
Disable your AGP Onboard card in the BIOS, and remove your old drivers, as for the 64MB GF2? If you''re using XP, or the windows defauld drivers, install new ones…. Some 3d programs reinstall the defald windows ICD, which is softwarre, get new drivers, that should help

kewl thanks for that
now that u talk about XP
i just manage to go out and get it
i tired
school in the morning damn it
well i would like to say that that hardware checking
with the xp thingo
well its full of shit
ive installed mine and theres not checking watsoever
well i hope not anyways
well nite all

your processor speed can limit the capabilities of your video card, that and the amount of ram you have.
not many people listen to me until they put in a new processor and watch the FPS go up. have you ever played Mech Commander 2? My friend has a geForce 2 MX400 and when he had an 700MHz athlon he only got decent frames in low resolutions. He put in a 1.0GHz recently and he can really see a big difference in higher resolutions. Its never just the video card, its everything but the sound card and input devices.

Umm... different sound cards DO affect performance.. some utilize more % of the CPU than others. Like the onboard sound of the nForce boards use something like 2-5% of the CPU, while the sound blaster live uses like 5-15%... this can make a big difference if you have sound enabled. Just though I''d be a pain and point that out. Input devices on the other hand shouldn''t make a difference unless of course you''re using a joystick/steering wheel or some other product that uses larger amounts of CPU cycles to run. Even some PS/2 mice use more CPU cycles than others, just depends on the drivers .

Billy

so i never realized that part about the sound card b4.
at least someone else gets the idea that you can''t achieve full capabilities without a decent processor and ram.
and since i never give up on my point i have to say this...
if you have a better processor then that percentage will vary. 10% on a 450 is 45 and on a 1000 it is 100 so that isn''t necessarily acurate either. nobody is 100% right and you can only have general ideas. also if you have a better processor you make up for the speed sapped by the sound card