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Kid Guest	Half-life FPS 07.05.03 at 16:50:49 I have got a problem i want to play Half-Lif on my computer but i only get 40 fps with a pentium 3 160 ddr ram voodoo 3 i have installed wicked gl and evert thing my os = win XP could someone tel me witch drivers en Tweaks i need to boost my fps to @ least 70 TY
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Re: Half-life FPS
Reply #1 - 07.05.03 at 20:02:47

Well, what MHz is your Pentium3 running on ?

Note that WinXP for sure is not the Ideal gaming platform, I know Halflive ran perfect on my Voodoo3 using default OpenGL or MiniGL Driver with a Pentium II 400Mhz under Win98, a long time ago...

It likely eats alot of your 160 (?) MB of RAM. For Gaming, people usually recommend 256MB as a minimum for any serious Gaming under WinXP.

Make sure you have WickedGL configured correctly as well, so play with a couple of its options to see what gives you the best results (e.g. Texture Compression).

Also, try different Renderers (WickedGL 'should' get into the Loop when OpenGL is selected), but there should be also a MiniGL and Direct3D option... Just to test everything.

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Kid Guest	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #2 - 08.05.03 at 00:27:04 welzen@hotmail.comThnx it is a 700mhz but wich driver should i use and wich version of wicked gl the latest beta or older full versions could you see spacific drivers are good i find sooooo many and don't know wich ones are g00d for gaming please help me ty (ps the download page with the drivers would be Perfect;) )
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #3 - 08.05.03 at 01:29:11 Hm, you could try the following : AmigaMerlin 2.5SE, Mikepedo 1.1, or 3dHQ Beta7/9/10... Download Page? Well, here : http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3.htm I always guessed people visiting the 3dfx Archive went to the File Archive first, before coming to the Forum (?) As this is not the first time, I find that somewhat odd
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dlc Junior Member Offline Tracker music rulez! Posts: 83 Belgrade, Serbia Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #4 - 08.05.03 at 16:12:21 Why do you use Win XP with Voodoo for playing (why using XP at all )... Install Win98 SE, and play games much better, and faster!!! I have Celeron533/Voodoo3(8MB!!!!), Win 98, and I'm playing Half Life (and HL: Blue Shift) at 1024x768 with incredible smoothness!!! DLC
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Kid Guest	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #5 - 09.05.03 at 00:58:35 Dude i know XP sux but i have linked 2 pc's for lan zo i need to have both system's running same os or else i am goining to have netwerk probs
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #6 - 09.05.03 at 07:12:26 / me has 5 different OS running in his Network, no Networking Troubles
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Kid Guest	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #7 - 09.05.03 at 11:44:26 yeah but for exampel Red aLert when you wanna play over lan you can't find eachothers pc because they use other protocoles that sux
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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #8 - 09.05.03 at 13:34:15 No, they use the same protocols, trust me It just needs to be added (likely, you talk about IPX Protocol) on the XP machine, which does not install it by default...
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Re: Half-life FPS
Reply #9 - 09.05.03 at 14:04:10

it just sucks dude Angry

i have tried every thing from 12 different driver to wickedgl en minigl nothing works stil max 40 sometimes 50 but the drop to 20 fps suck ass when you walk it is cool but as soon als you should BAM 12 fps just isn't playabel HOW is this possibele i just have Put XP on there so my computer is clean any final words from somebody with the solution ??? Lips Sealed

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FalconFly YaBB Administrator Offline 3dfx Archivist Posts: 2445 5335N 00745E Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #10 - 09.05.03 at 14:25:54 Beats me... If it's really 'clean' (XP installs ALOT of default services that don't show up), it should work faster than that, regardless of API used (?) Other than that, I have no more Ideas, since I only got WinXP on a Notebook, and won't touch it
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dlc Junior Member Offline Tracker music rulez! Posts: 83 Belgrade, Serbia Gender:	Re: Half-life FPS Reply #11 - 10.05.03 at 14:06:14 My friend has 3 os system: Win XP, Win98 and Linux. He uses XP for serious (bussines) stuff, Win 98 for playing, fun... and Linux for programming. Belive me, two system combination is best option for you. If some other games make LAN problems, play them in WinXP, but HL or similar games play at Win98!
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