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Upgrading banshee to V3000

Richard G Cleg

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by Richard G Cleg » Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:00:00

  I'm considering upgrading a Voodoo Banshee to a V3000.  My system
is a Celeron O/C'd to 458MHz with plenty o' memory.  Do people reckon
that GPL would be improved by the change of graphics card?  With my
current system on the Banshee I can run at 800x600 with most stuff
turned on - however, it's very dark on all glide apps and adjusting the
glide gamma balance doesn't seem to help.  

  How's GPL with a V3000?  Anyone have a comparable system?  Will the
"too dark" problem go away?

  Thanks in advance.  

  Richard

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Richard G. Clegg       Only the mind is waving
    Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
      Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
    www:  http://www.racesimcentral.net/

P.Iva

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by P.Iva » Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:00:00

Hi

Guillemot FF Wheel, and I get 36fps all the time at 800x600 with "detail
bias" in the middle and all other stuff turned on max ,no problem adjusting
the "gamma settings".

P.Ivar



Richard G Cleg

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by Richard G Cleg » Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:00:00

: Hi

: Guillemot FF Wheel, and I get 36fps all the time at 800x600 with "detail
: bias" in the middle and all other stuff turned on max ,no problem adjusting
: the "gamma settings".

  Will it run at 1024x(whatever that number is) with any decent speed?

--
Richard G. Clegg       Only the mind is waving
    Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
      Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
    www:  http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

P.Iva

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by P.Iva » Thu, 25 Nov 1999 04:00:00

1024x768? yes, but it sometimes goes down to 33-34fps (with a lot of other
cars around you)
P.Ivar



> : Hi

SBLive /
> : Guillemot FF Wheel, and I get 36fps all the time at 800x600 with "detail
> : bias" in the middle and all other stuff turned on max ,no problem
adjusting
> : the "gamma settings".

>   Will it run at 1024x(whatever that number is) with any decent speed?

> --
> Richard G. Clegg       Only the mind is waving
>     Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
>       Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
>     www:  http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

Joel Willstei

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by Joel Willstei » Fri, 26 Nov 1999 04:00:00



Richard,

    Go for it. The Voodoo3 3000 wins hands down.

Joel Willstein

R McAuliff

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by R McAuliff » Sat, 27 Nov 1999 04:00:00

What kind of frame rates do you get in 800x 600? My Banshee (oclocked
to 127mhz) gives consistent 35-37 fps in training, but poor with other
cars, due to my k6-2 300 cpu. I'll be upgrading to a celeron soon,
primarily for gpl, but I'll probably be sticking with the Banshee for a
while, and would like to know what performance I'd be getting with a
full grid of cars.

At the very least, make sure you o'clock the banshee, the jump in
performance is quite good, so long as you have a fan on the heatsink.

I haven't had any dramas at all with glide apps being dark, some need
some gamma correction, but most are fine. Maybe your monitor doesn't
allow you to use enough brightness??

Regards
R Mc



>   I'm considering upgrading a Voodoo Banshee to a V3000.  My system
> is a Celeron O/C'd to 458MHz with plenty o' memory.  Do people
> reckon
> that GPL would be improved by the change of graphics card?  With my
> current system on the Banshee I can run at 800x600 with most stuff
> turned on - however, it's very dark on all glide apps and
> adjusting the
> glide gamma balance doesn't seem to help.
>   How's GPL with a V3000?  Anyone have a comparable system?  Will
> the
> "too dark" problem go away?
>   Thanks in advance.
>   Richard
> --
> Richard G. Clegg       Only the mind is waving
>     Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
>       Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
>     www:  http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

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Richard G Cleg

Upgrading banshee to V3000

by Richard G Cleg » Mon, 29 Nov 1999 04:00:00

: What kind of frame rates do you get in 800x 600? My Banshee (oclocked
: to 127mhz) gives consistent 35-37 fps in training, but poor with other
: cars, due to my k6-2 300 cpu. I'll be upgrading to a celeron soon,
: primarily for gpl, but I'll probably be sticking with the Banshee for a
: while, and would like to know what performance I'd be getting with a
: full grid of cars.

  At 800x600 a full grid of cars tends to be jerky with my celeron oc'd
to 460.  I suspect the Banshee is the bottleneck for my system - but
I may be wrong.

--
Richard G. Clegg       Only the mind is waving
    Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group
      Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York
    www:  http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html


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