have the same.. tried everything.. dedicated non dedicated.. diffrent ports with pass without pass .net installed..
also got a shitload of msg's in the mod.. anyone a idea?
what should the server be configured like anyway.. 10 laps? practice? etc
i got it online.. ppl joined, i got the competition thing working (player vs player) with lights but the lights werent running.. staging etc..
those are artifacts.. could be broken card.. Heat problem.. Overclock?
try do a fresh install of drivers (latest ones)
also make sure there is no dust in/on the fans of the videocard if there is no fan make sure theres a good airflow in your case
look on the videocard if there is a place to connect a 4 pin connector from ur psu could be same molex as hard disk or dvd drive or could be a small one like on a floppy drive
CPU - AMD Athlon 6000+ X2
Motherboard - Asus M2N-SLi
MEM - Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800 C5 (flashed to C4)
GFX - XFX GeForce 9600GT XXX
Sound - Creative X-fi extreme music + Sony Home cinema set + Sennheiser HD205
gamepad/wheel -logitech rumblepad2 MoMo racing force feedback
PSU - Cooler master iGreen power 500w
Monitor - Samsung SyncMaster 2032BW
HDD - Western Digital Caviar SE 250 GB SATA2
Mouse - Logitech MX500 and some media keyboard thing idk its crap
and have a scythe mugen cpu cooler wich is crap also http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/usersys/cmxxYJ1gk2ed/view/
there is a pic and 3dmark scores
hmm i get the same framerates and 3dmark06 score
with a amd X2 6000+ and XFX 9600GT XXX
but my superpi is 29.something stock...
i expect more from a E8400 to be honoust.. exept for the superpi a 6000+ x2 is just as fast.. does the E8400 bottleneck at 10500 3d marks?