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Hi!   I also notice the stutter on my system, using an 8 meg Voodoo2 and the
latest reference drivers from 3dfx (not to say they are to blame).   Since I
don't play much in the line of racing games (yet), I have only really noticed
this effect in quake2, when turning corners, etc.   It happens on and off, and
does not seem to depend on HD accesses.   Normally, my FPS is smooth (I got a
26.8 in crusher with some details turned off).   I wonder why this is happening,
as I don't recall this from before.

My system (soon to be jacked up a bit)
P200 MMX Oc'ed to 225 at 2.9v
128 Megs 60 ns Edo
VooDoo2 8 meg
I use a resolution of 800x600 usually for gaming
Fujitsu 3.2 G (not bad for the price)
Lots of fans for fun.

-Scott

ereynold@c2o.com wrote:

> My Diamond Monster3d-II 12MB seems to stutter while panning a field of view.
> I mainly run racing simulations (F1RS, etc).  Most of the time, the frame
> rate is smooth as silk.  But when going thru a hairpin or other high "rate of
> turn", the image seems to stutter.  I never noticed this with my Voodoo1 on a
> P166, but then again the overall frame rate was less.  It is VERY noticeable
> with the Voodoo2 on my new P400.  It is really annoying... and like I said, I
> never saw this with a Voodoo1 !!!!
>
> I've read other posts of a similar nature from people who play Quake (I
> don't).  Quake users are reporting stutter while "turning" in the game.  I've
> seen the stuttering in other games, like Castrol SuperBike, CPR and others.
> For me, I test this condition in F1RS at the Spa circuit by running a tight
> 360 circle at the LaSource hairpin, where the stuttering is quite noticeable.
>  Any other F1RS players get this ?
>
> Is this a "bandwidth" problem betwwen the Voodoo2 and main memory (i.e. PCI
> bus).  It seems like the video is smooth as long as the scenery does not
> change drastically.  The stuttering occurs when the scnery needs to rapidly
> change, as in panning.
>
> Here are my system specs:
>
> Pentium II 400 w/ 128M SDRAM (100Mhz FSB) - ASUS P2B
> Maxtor 11.5GB IDE
> Western Digital 4.0GB IDE
> Matrox G200 AGP
> Diamond Monster 3D-II 12MB @ 90MHz  (3DFXCOOL fan installed)
> Creative AWE64 Value
> Diamond MonsterSound M80
>
> Windows 95 "c"
> DirectX 5.2
> Latest Diamond Drivers  (2.03)
>
> Any fixes... workarounds...  things to look for ???
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
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