I suppose it could be that I have an old comp. It is after all a 4½ year old 2 GHz P4. But I upgraded the video card to a GeForce FX 5900 AGP (all the latest drivers), which I thought was at least formidable. I've also seen a video of the QG2 Intro on YouTube and the up and down scrolling feature when they're on the carpet is too fast to see there also. I guess I thought it was a universal problem. I just don't understand why an older computer would be faster than a newer computer. Surely I'm not the only one who has this problem. I'll try to find answers elsewhere again, but I couldn't find anything the last time I looked.
Oh yeah.. Another thing: I REALLY don't think this transition timer is in ANY way linked to the CPU cycles. As I stated before, my Pentium 3 has no problem playing these particular transitions any less smoothly than my old 486 does. These transitions should last about a full second. In DOSBox (for me a least) it sped through it at only a fraction of its correct time even at 5000 cycles. This led me to believe it based itself on the VGA card speed. Again, I just don't understand how a faster comp. is gonna fix this.
I'll also add: It does this in both full screen and windowed; with both dynamic and normal core selected.
And by the way... I did post a question on the game/apps. forum on April 10, and guess what? Nessuno risponde! I HAVE researched this problem, but to no avail.
Edit: Sorry, if I sound feisty. I've recently been debating nuts on YouTube. 😉
I know they're very crappy, but I've uploaded 2 videos to YouTube to demonstrate my point. When viewing them, please click 'more' and read the video info.
Video transitions on my Pentium III at correct speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OhZPrv5CSA
Video transitions on my Pentium 4 in DOSBox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj6rsQkVuAw
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You can see examples the too-fast transitions in the following:
Someone else's video of SQ1 VGA Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex2a_xuU8LM
Someone else's video of QG2 Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3paeeD_dqgY