I'm still trying to find a vid card to replace a V3 3000 on my 1.2Ghz Athlon
system. I play (operate?) only GPL, NFS5 and GP3, but am interested in F1
2001 as well.
So far I've tried a 32 Mb MX, a 64 Mb MX400 and a 64 Mb Kyro II.
The standard MX went back straight away - poor frame rates and image
quality.
I then bought a Kyro II, which is pretty good for GPL, except the menus get
screwed up and the framerate doesn't reach the magic 36 all the time.
However it will run with 4x FSAA at 1152 x 8??. Strangely it runs
considerably better fps at this res than at 1024 x 768. I've also noticed
that since I downloaded some updated track textures, the best framerate is
down to about 31 fps and gets worse at some sections of some tracks. The
main downside of this card is that it won't run GP3 at better than about 9
fps at any resolution at all! Also in F1 2000 (only EA version I've got so
far) with the mirrors on I can't get better than about 12 fps at the start
of a race.
The MX400 has much about the same framerates as the Kyro without FSAA, but
much worse when using any form of AA.
As GeForce 3s are still around $800 here in Oz, this is not really an
option. So the alternatives come down to a 64 Mb Geforce II GTS Pro or (dare
I say it?) a Voodoo 5. As the V5 is prolly still the best card of all for
GPL and seems to run GP3 and F1 2001 O.K. (comments?) - this may be the way
to go.
Anyone who has experience of both the V5 and a GTS in these sims care to
comment?
TIa...
Phillip....