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Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

David Piri

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by David Piri » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Hi Folks    just bought GPL and cannot wait to get it up and running but
now need to buy a wheel and upgrade my video card. What would be you
advise as best buys.
I am running 128 mg of ram and have plenty of disk space
Thanks in advance
David
Dan Leac

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by Dan Leac » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

A voodoo 5 and a MSFF wheel would be nice --or a LWFF wheel


David Butte

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by David Butte » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00


The RAM doesn't matter for anything except the replay buffer - GPL only
needs 32 megs. As for video card - the fastest Voodoo you can afford
(though a V3 will be fine if you don't insist on max detail and silly
resolutions). Wheel? Most people like the Logitech Wingman FF, but I
prefer the Microsoft version (NB: this causes a significant slowdown,
but assuming you have adecent CPU it shouldn't be a problem).

--
David. (GPLRank handicap: +19.68)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Kieran Larki

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by Kieran Larki » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

voodoo5  and guillemot Ferrari wheel

--
Kieran
www.pcracing.co.uk for GP3 and WSC



> >Hi Folks    just bought GPL and cannot wait to get it up and running
> >but now need to buy a wheel and upgrade my video card. What would be
> >you advise as best buys.
> >I am running 128 mg of ram and have plenty of disk space
> >Thanks in advance
> >David

> The RAM doesn't matter for anything except the replay buffer - GPL only
> needs 32 megs. As for video card - the fastest Voodoo you can afford
> (though a V3 will be fine if you don't insist on max detail and silly
> resolutions). Wheel? Most people like the Logitech Wingman FF, but I
> prefer the Microsoft version (NB: this causes a significant slowdown,
> but assuming you have adecent CPU it shouldn't be a problem).

> --
> David. (GPLRank handicap: +19.68)
> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
> really."
> (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

mjone

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by mjone » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

V5 and Actlabs Force RS and Shifter, awesome combo.


> voodoo5  and guillemot Ferrari wheel

> --
> Kieran
> www.pcracing.co.uk for GP3 and WSC



> > >Hi Folks    just bought GPL and cannot wait to get it up and running
> > >but now need to buy a wheel and upgrade my video card. What would be
> > >you advise as best buys.
> > >I am running 128 mg of ram and have plenty of disk space
> > >Thanks in advance
> > >David

> > The RAM doesn't matter for anything except the replay buffer - GPL only
> > needs 32 megs. As for video card - the fastest Voodoo you can afford
> > (though a V3 will be fine if you don't insist on max detail and silly
> > resolutions). Wheel? Most people like the Logitech Wingman FF, but I
> > prefer the Microsoft version (NB: this causes a significant slowdown,
> > but assuming you have adecent CPU it shouldn't be a problem).

> > --
> > David. (GPLRank handicap: +19.68)
> > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
> > really."
> > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Coli

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by Coli » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

I use the LWFF wheel and I have a GeForce card.
With the new D3D patch for GPL a GeForce card is absolutely your best bet.
Almost all new games will run better on a GeForce than a Voodoo.  With older
games, both are equally good.
It may not be a popular view on ras but 3dfx are in trouble and really
cannot compete with the new GeForce cards.
If you were buying a card SPECIFICALLY for GPL I would say go Voodoo, but
for everything else, the Geforce (or Geforce2 if you have the cash) is the
way to go.

Just my 2 cents, and you get what you pay for...
...Colin


Sjon Stigte

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by Sjon Stigte » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Currently the fastest cards out there are the GeForce 2 GTS and the Voodoo5
5500...

Here are some reviews about both cards:
GeForce 2 GTS
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1275
http://www.riva3d.com/reviews.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q2/000427/index.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q2/000509/index.html

Voodoo5 5500
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1276
http://www.riva3d.com/reviews.html

But remember unless your cpu isn't faster as 550 mhz these cards won't reach
their full potential...


SKur

Newbie Wheel and vid Card???????

by SKur » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

DON'T TOUCH THE MSFF, its a cpu hog..

MD


> A voodoo 5 and a MSFF wheel would be nice --or a LWFF wheel



> > Hi Folks    just bought GPL and cannot wait to get it up and running but
> > now need to buy a wheel and upgrade my video card. What would be you
> > advise as best buys.
> > I am running 128 mg of ram and have plenty of disk space
> > Thanks in advance
> > David


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