"Chang Liu" > wrote in message
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> Ed Medlin wrote:
>> "Uwe Schürkamp" > wrote in message
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>>> On 27 Sep 2006 12:19:35 -0700, sparadise wrote:
>>>> Seems to me the physics in GTR2 are greatly improved over the first
>>>> version in general. Racing in the rain is really cool , they did a
>>>> very effective job with the sound of the rain,thunder,and the physics
>>>> of driving on wet pavement. To me it is the rain thing in GTR2 is the
>>>> most amazing achievement of any sim ever and I have tried them all.
>>>> Steve P
>>> How big is the effect on FPS during wet weather racing?
>>>
>>> cheers, uwe
>>>
>> Very little on my system. At 1280X1024 I get a 4-5fps hit in rain with
>> most video at high or max levels. 3.6ghz EM64T Intel and ATI X850 PCIE
>> graphics. All in all GTR2 is about as demanding as GTL on my system. I
>> always get this stuttering when pulling out of the garage in GTR, GTR2
>> and GTL.......... Other than that all is, for the most part, very smooth.
>>
>> Ed
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> OVERCLOCK IT!! Hahaha. Is your X850 pro or XT or regular? Mine is AGP so I
> was able to unlock the 4 extra pipelines so now I have 16. ]

Did that. Running mem @ 620, GPU clock @ 540 and very stable. Mine is the
X850 PE already at 16.

Ed