Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 03:12:43 10/30/99
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>Posted by Robert C. Maddox on October 29, 1999 at 19:53:18: >>2 hints: >> >>#1. Turn off the "screen saver" in the shortcut >> >>#2. Use the provided "No VESA" shortcut instead of the standard one. >> >>Ed > >Hey there. It has never happened shortly after startup, just randomly in the >middle of play. The program seems to be running fine until this happens, and it >doesn't happen every time. I will give your tips a try this weekend. > >The F8 trick also works, but I'm puzzled why Rebel 10 benchmarks better from the >Windows shortcut than from Win98 "DOS." I would expect the opposite. Here is a posting from Rebel-Board on this topic. Although it might be not the real reason on your system (because I am often lost too) it might be an explanation. Also note the "joy-stick" problem. Unbelievable but true. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A few years ago (or was it one year?) there were some motherboards who did not cache the second 64 Mb which resulted in a huge performance loss. If memory serves me well the problem was with PC's with 128 Mb and up. The problem disappeared as quickly as it came as the hardware bug was fixed and also you could bypass the problem using the right HIMEM.SYS from MicroSoft. There is another speed-killer. If you use software of "Creative" (sound blaster) then turn off the "joy-stick" driver by all means. On one of our PC's it was responsible for a slow-down of 30%. My guess is that the driver polls for input too many times a second. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Thanks. > >Robert
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