I thought win98 was supposed to speed up when using the mouse 😁

Do you have vysnc on ?

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Davros wrote:

Do you have vysnc on ?

I think not. I have installed Fast Voodoo v4.6 with overclock enabled (both options are unchecked from Voodoo 2 OC tab)
Is strange because as I said: when Quake 2 is running in demo mode, the image is smooth. If I start a new game and starting moving with my mouse, the image is not smooth anymore and the game is look like is running under 35fps. First I thought maybe is from the mouse (I have one with a ball) but it is not because I tried with an optical one through a PS2 adapter with USB and the result was the same. I'm sure that I missed something (a configuration) somewhere.

I want to mention something: I also own an Voodoo 5 5500 and in quake 2 I had over 100fps but it was the same moving with the mouse.

P.S
Could somebody move this topic to the one mentioned by "collector"?

Thank you!

Moved to Marvin -> Video.

Try the latest reference drivers instead of FastVoodoo.

Ok guys so, I figured it out what is going on... The problem is not the Voodoo drivers, the problem is the mouse on PS2 under Windows 98 which is running by default at 40HZ (so, when I move the mouse I have only 40fps). Ps2rate can help with and you are good to go.
My problem is solved now and I can go back in time and play some 98 games at 60fps 🤑 .
Thank you!

Glad you got it! I have a similar issue with USB mouse and keyboard, still looking for a solution though 🙁 Try to set the rate as high as possible, it should feel better/smoother. But I suspect there might be a ceiling where too high rate will also decrease performance because of how W98 works/refreshes stuff (works fine on XP+).