rec.autos.simulators

>The
> only drawback is I was expecting to be able to overclock to 350,400,450
> with a 100 mhz bus but the Abit bx6/bh6 's don't support a 100 mhz bus with
> a celeron and when forced to run that way is crashing. Your advice
> appreciated. John

>200mmx, 64ram,8meg thriller. 800x600,  with 5 8 cars and only track
>texture, groove, car textures on with just cars in the mirrors I was
>getting 10-15 at the start 20-25 in traffic and 30+ by myself. It didn't
>look that great but it was driveable. The biggest power sucker is ai cars,
># of sounds, detail bias and effects in that order. So I just got done
>driving my new celeron 300a and 128meg pc100 ram system and WOW, much
>better. With all graphics on and 10 ai cars I get 20-25fps at the start,
>25-30 in traffic and 35+ alone. Looks so much better and drives better with
>the higher frame rates. I plan to overclock it to 350,400,450 which should
>be awesome. Btw with all 19 ai cars it is still driveable but slow at the
>start and about 20-25fps with a car or two around later in the race. The
>only drawback is I was expecting to be able to overclock to 350,400,450
>with a 100 mhz bus but the Abit bx6/bh6 's don't support a 100 mhz bus with
>a celeron and when forced to run that way is crashing. Your advice
>appreciated. John

> For the BX6, you have to go to Abit's site and download the new bios for it
> to recognize the 300a.
> Not sure about the BH6.

> >200mmx, 64ram,8meg thriller. 800x600,  with 5 8 cars and only track
> >texture, groove, car textures on with just cars in the mirrors I was
> >getting 10-15 at the start 20-25 in traffic and 30+ by myself. It didn't
> >look that great but it was driveable. The biggest power sucker is ai cars,
> ># of sounds, detail bias and effects in that order. So I just got done
> >driving my new celeron 300a and 128meg pc100 ram system and WOW, much
> >better. With all graphics on and 10 ai cars I get 20-25fps at the start,
> >25-30 in traffic and 35+ alone. Looks so much better and drives better with
> >the higher frame rates. I plan to overclock it to 350,400,450 which should
> >be awesome. Btw with all 19 ai cars it is still driveable but slow at the
> >start and about 20-25fps with a car or two around later in the race. The
> >only drawback is I was expecting to be able to overclock to 350,400,450
> >with a 100 mhz bus but the Abit bx6/bh6 's don't support a 100 mhz bus with
> >a celeron and when forced to run that way is crashing. Your advice
> >appreciated. John