Without *** the horse too much, what recommendations can be made on a
Pentium chip, 3Dfx card and other peripheral necessities (at reasonable
expense) to get *up to speed* ?
I don't mind admitting that I am not all that versed on this stuff, so give me
the *plain english* versions (i.e. feature=benefit).
Many thanks in advance.
Scott........................
Scott, you need a Pentium-II of some sort -- 300 or better -- and
if you're on a budget a 3dfx Banshee video card of some brand.
If you're not on a budget get a Riva TNT video card of some brand
_and_ a Voodoo 2 card of some brand.
The P-II will necessitate an ATX motherboard, which will
necessitate a new case (sorry ;-)
All your other stuff should be transferrable. You're looking at
roughly $500 on the budget route. Plus $3.95 for the Computer
Shopper <g>.
Rgds 'n Good Luck
Mark R.
> Without *** the horse too much, what recommendations can be made on a
> Pentium chip, 3Dfx card and other peripheral necessities (at reasonable
> expense) to get *up to speed* ?
> I don't mind admitting that I am not all that versed on this stuff, so give me
> the *plain english* versions (i.e. feature=benefit).
> Many thanks in advance.
> Scott........................
eldred
Yes, but it seems to make a difference only in 3Dfx games, although it kicks the
>> eldred
>Yes, but it seems to make a difference only in 3Dfx games, although it kicks the
Rgds,
Mark R.
>>> Really? I thought a P166 wouldn't have a CHANCE of running it. The video
>card
>>> makes more of a difference than I *thought*.
>>> eldred
>>Yes, but it seems to make a difference only in 3Dfx games, although it kicks
>the
>speed.
>GP2 uses no 3d accelleration whatsoever... the only way to kick
>up frame rate on it is brute CPU power.
>Rgds,
>Mark R.
Eldred
>(Mark R.) writes:
>>On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:41:35 +0000, Ian Wright
>>>> Really? I thought a P166 wouldn't have a CHANCE of running it. The video
>>card
>>>> makes more of a difference than I *thought*.
>>>> eldred
>>>Yes, but it seems to make a difference only in 3Dfx games, although it kicks
>>the
>>speed.
>>GP2 uses no 3d accelleration whatsoever... the only way to kick
>>up frame rate on it is brute CPU power.
>>Rgds,
>>Mark R.
>...and I haven't re-loaded GP2 on my new K6-2 350 computer yet...I'll have to
>try it. :)
>Eldred
Rgds,
Mark R.
>Eldred, it's pretty awesome on my Celeron 450A.... I can
>_finally_ turn everything on <g>. I'd give my left arm (well,
>maybe my left pinky finger) for some kind of IPX or TCP/IP
>add-on.
>Rgds,
>Mark R.
Bart Westra
Woohoo! I just got rid of my P166 and got a K6-2 350 - GPL looks Awsome! 36fps
with all detail in 1024x768 in training... I can at last play GP2 with all detail
and it makes so much difference! Happy happy happy etc.
>> >Eldred
>> Eldred, it's pretty awesome on my Celeron 450A.... I can
>> _finally_ turn everything on <g>. I'd give my left arm (well,
>> maybe my left pinky finger) for some kind of IPX or TCP/IP
>> add-on.
>> Rgds,
>> Mark R.
>Woohoo! I just got rid of my P166 and got a K6-2 350 - GPL looks Awsome!
>36fps
>with all detail in 1024x768 in training... I can at last play GP2 with all
>detail
>and it makes so much difference! Happy happy happy etc.
It is possible to play GP2 over a network, I think they've even done it over
the internet (though it still is 2 player ofcourse).
The utility used is GP2LAP, which has been developped for the Little Formula
Racing Series (LFRS, http://www.lfrs.com/ ,http://www.lfrs.com/gp2lap.html ).
It's main purpose is adding anti-cheating info to hotlap and race files, but
they've added network support to it (work in progress).
I haven't tried the network support myself, so I'm not really sure about the
results.
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