What does the Maximum Buffered Frames feature in the 3DFX Tools do? What setting should I use for it?
A. The Voodoo3 can buffer frames, meaning that it can store frames in its memory before they are displayed on your screen to minimize loading and potentially provide better performance. Maximum Buffered Frames simply tells the card how many frames to store in advance when you run an application. Technically, the more buffered frames you have, the faster the framerate will be. Problem is, if there are too many buffered frames to handle properly, then you start to get delay, which is kind of like lag in multiplayer. So the key here is to strike the perfect balance between performance and playability/delay. Since it can’t hurt anything, a good idea is to experiment to see what your best setting would be (different systems can get different results). I’d try first the highest available setting. People usually say to start with the lowest, but then you don’t really get a good view of what the lag plays out like. If, at the highest setting, you somehow notice no problems at all (make sure yo
