Installed fine but would not run on my (less than a year old) Toshiba laptop with Intel Mobile 4 Series Express chipset with 830MB shared graphics memory and DX10. Blocky, jagged images led to merely colored screens at a max of 3fps, no matter what settings I chose, all the way down to 640x480/16. Crashed every time after less than a minute.

AG should make clear that this needs a true 3D video card with 32MB of dedicated graphics memory and some serious horsepower to display properly - I think many of you with laptops will have the same disappointing results.

Not a keeper for me.

JL tarafından yorumlandı  –  16 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+14)

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I am not over impressed with this software.
On a 1.6 Ghz machine the audio is broken up and the video is jerky.
On a 2.8 Ghz twin core machine it works okay but the computer has to work at around 60% CPU load.
In fact the screen saver makes the computer work harder than many computer games.
So how the heck they think it will work on a Windows 98 or anything less than 1.6 Ghz, perhaps they just made up the spec.
Also to be so heavy on CPU use, means it's is not economical on your electricity bill.
Also the cars are "single speed gearbox".
MOST IMPORTANT - the first fraction of sound that comes out is VERY LOUD (even with the volume turned down) the reason for this being important is that quite a few birds when woken by a sudden sound can literally die (I know personally of a young parrot that went that way - and was diagnosed by the vet and reconfirmed by another independent vet).
So I consider this to be poor quality software and have uninstalled it.

Terry tarafından yorumlandı  –  16 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+13)

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Areas of Excellence:
* Smooth download, installation, activation on Vista x32 OS.
* Shows as registered within PC Screen-saver Settings Menu/Panel.
* Very realistic animations - cars, grass, roads - all look real.
* Beautiful, bright, pleasant-looking, real-life colors.
* Supports Video-selection options: Use desktop settings, use Vsync, whereby user may change/edit resolution choices.
* Supports edits/changes to other settings, such as: Show FPS, Exit on mouse movement, Show time in 12-hour or 24-hour format.
* Supports Gamma Control settings.
* Supports Volume-control settings to: Enable Music, Enable SFX.
* Supports restoring selections to default settings.

Ideas for Improvement: - no deficiencies to note at the moment.

Summary - Screensaver functions smoothly, is realistic, and very entertaining - so a big thumbs up for today's giveaway - thanks, GOTD & Astro Gemini.

Freeware Alternative
MotorRacing Screensaver

Inas tarafından yorumlandı  –  16 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+12)

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Review of "3D Formula 1 Screensaver"

Installed and Registered successfully on a VMware Image of Windows XP x32 with 1GB RAM, running on a Precision M2400 with an Intel T9900, 3GB DDR2, 5400RPB HDD.

Installation was simple, with very little options. It installs two icons on the desktop (link to website for more & link to start the screensaver immediately. It also installs the program in the Start Menu but under the "3D Formula 1 Screensaver" instead of Screensavers or Astro (so that all the Screensavers would be under it). I suspect if you purchase 20 different screensavers the Start Menu is going to get crowded (unless you manage it manually).

This is a screensaver that kept my attention. The graphics are nice and realistic enough to see some significant detail (Co. Logos, trees, bridges, etc.) Some of the graphics and effects, such as the tire walls, seem to be lacking.

Sound includes FX (car engine revving) and music file. These can't be changed, but can be turned off (thank goodness). In my testing, there was always a burst of sound as it started. A bit startling if you don't expect it.

Frame rates were between 26 and 120.

This program is very CPU intensive. The VMware core was near 100%. The System core (a dual core T9900 at 3.06GHz) ran at between 58%-95% processing. Immediately upon starting the screen save the GPU/CPU fan when on high mode.

Overall, this was entertaining, but not something I would want to run all the time. The amount of processing power required on both GPU and CPU is going to cause serious issues with you system long term. Great for short runs, demos, and Burn-in testing.

YMMV

Luis P tarafından yorumlandı  –  16 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+11)

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Says loading... then crashed with "Program has stopped responding". Tried different resolutions, turned off music and sound... same thing. Vista SP1 Home Premium on Sony laptop, pretty standard stuff.

Sorry, but so far this thing is JUNK.

K. Chang tarafından yorumlandı  –  16 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+8)

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