rec.autos.simulators

by **brianr..** » Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:00:00

Does GP2 run significantly better under Dos than under Windows 95?
I'm getting a new computer soon and am undecided on whether I will
put Windows 95 or Win 3.11 + Dos 6 on it. According to the manual,
it may perform poorly with Windows 95. If this is the case, I would
consider it a point in favor of sticking with Dos and 3.11, rather than
going to Windows 95.

I would appreciate hearing any comments on how GP2 runs under
different operating systems. Please post your thoughts. Thanks.

Brian

by **Richard Walk** » Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:00:00

Go for Win 95 - much better than Win 3.1 once you get used to it. To run
GP2, though, you will need to (re)boot into Win 95's MS-DOS mode. The
problems referred to in the manual are if you try & run it in a DOS box
from within Win 95.

Cheers,
Richard

by **niteha** » Thu, 05 Dec 1996 04:00:00

says...

Unless you get a pentium 3000 with 128 megs ram..win95 is NOT a games playing
platform...

trying to decide an os....do it the easy way and use all 3!!!!!!!!

by **Kim and Phil Abe** » Thu, 05 Dec 1996 04:00:00

I run GP2 on a P-166 32mg HX 3dblaster,and the ***y thing kept crashing
in dos 7.0(Win95),so now I boot up in 6.22 <g> no more problem!!

Phil
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Don't look back, they may be gaining on you !

by **Francisc** » Thu, 05 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> Go for Win 95 - much better than Win 3.1 once you get used to it. To run
> GP2, though, you will need to (re)boot into Win 95's MS-DOS mode. The
> problems referred to in the manual are if you try & run it in a DOS box
> from within Win 95.

I run GP2 in a MS-DOS window in win95 without ANY problem, P-120, 32 Mb
Edo

Paco

by **John Wehm** » Thu, 05 Dec 1996 04:00:00

>says...

>>Does GP2 run significantly better under Dos than under Windows 95?
>>I'm getting a new computer soon and am undecided on whether I will
>>put Windows 95 or Win 3.11 + Dos 6 on it. According to the manual,
>>it may perform poorly with Windows 95. If this is the case, I would
>>consider it a point in favor of sticking with Dos and 3.11, rather than
>>going to Windows 95.

>>I would appreciate hearing any comments on how GP2 runs under
>>different operating systems. Please post your thoughts. Thanks.

>>Brian

>Unless you get a pentium 3000 with 128 megs ram..win95 is NOT a games playing
>platform...

Uhmmm...not necessarily. I have a P166 with 64MB, and under Win95 GUI DOS
games run fine (those that support the ability to do so, ie Nascar2 demo, GP2,
NHL97), however, some games require a re-boot to dos-prompt (Nascar). Don't
confuse "Win95 sux" with actually booting to command prompt only (F8 - option
6 at boot up). At command prompt only, I haven't had one OS-related problem
with DOS 7.0.

I believe GP2 manual was stating that GP2 may perform "poorly under Win95" as
the GUI DOS session, and that is probably true for machines in the low-end
(sub 133MHz, and less than 32MB), but as far as re-booting to DOS, it runs
fine.

John Wehman

by **Richard Walk** » Fri, 06 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> I run GP2 in a MS-DOS window in win95 without ANY problem, P-120, 32 Mb
>Edo

You'll be getting a performance hit, though. You should be able to run
with better graphics details or a higher frame-rate if you reboot into
MS-DOS mode.

Cheers,
Richard

by **Jason Harriso** » Fri, 06 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> > I run GP2 in a MS-DOS window in win95 without ANY problem, P-120, 32 Mb
> >Edo

> You'll be getting a performance hit, though. You should be able to run
> with better graphics details or a higher frame-rate if you reboot into
> MS-DOS mode.

I found a bigger performance hit in the menus than the game, but
yes - even allowing 16mb DPMI memory and preventing the dos game
from detecting '95, I had an occupancy increase of 30-40%.

Run from MSDOS-Mode and all will be fine.

Jet

by **Jo Hels** » Fri, 06 Dec 1996 04:00:00

>>Does GP2 run significantly better under Dos than under Windows 95?
>>I'm getting a new computer soon and am undecided on whether I will
>>put Windows 95 or Win 3.11 + Dos 6 on it. According to the manual,
>>it may perform poorly with Windows 95. If this is the case, I would
>>consider it a point in favor of sticking with Dos and 3.11, rather than
>>going to Windows 95.

>>I would appreciate hearing any comments on how GP2 runs under
>>different operating systems. Please post your thoughts. Thanks.
>Go for Win 95 - much better than Win 3.1 once you get used to it. To run
>GP2, though, you will need to (re)boot into Win 95's MS-DOS mode. The
>problems referred to in the manual are if you try & run it in a DOS box
>from within Win 95.

On MY p166 32 Mb, I don't experience any problems running GP2 from within Win95.
It might be a little slower, but I never really checked: I prefer the ease of
use against a small gain in performance.

Jo

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by **Scott Streete** » Sun, 08 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> >Does GP2 run significantly better under Dos than under Windows 95?
> >I'm getting a new computer soon and am undecided on whether I will
> >put Windows 95 or Win 3.11 + Dos 6 on it. According to the manual,
> >it may perform poorly with Windows 95. If this is the case, I would
> >consider it a point in favor of sticking with Dos and 3.11, rather than
> >going to Windows 95.

> >I would appreciate hearing any comments on how GP2 runs under
> >different operating systems. Please post your thoughts. Thanks.

> Go for Win 95 - much better than Win 3.1 once you get used to it. To run
> GP2, though, you will need to (re)boot into Win 95's MS-DOS mode. The
> problems referred to in the manual are if you try & run it in a DOS box
> from within Win 95.

I just boot to my previous version of DOS (6.22) and play under
that. That's what the boot menu under Win95 is for. I never play DOS
games under the 95 enviornment.

--

by **Juan Carlos Llover** » Mon, 09 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> >>Does GP2 run significantly better under Dos than under Windows 95?
> >>I'm getting a new computer soon and am undecided on whether I will
> >>put Windows 95 or Win 3.11 + Dos 6 on it. According to the manual,
> >>it may perform poorly with Windows 95. If this is the case, I would
> >>consider it a point in favor of sticking with Dos and 3.11, rather than
> >>going to Windows 95.

> >>I would appreciate hearing any comments on how GP2 runs under
> >>different operating systems. Please post your thoughts. Thanks.

> >Go for Win 95 - much better than Win 3.1 once you get used to it. To run
> >GP2, though, you will need to (re)boot into Win 95's MS-DOS mode. The
> >problems referred to in the manual are if you try & run it in a DOS box
> >from within Win 95.

> On MY p166 32 Mb, I don't experience any problems running GP2 from within Win95.
> It might be a little slower, but I never really checked: I prefer the ease of
> use against a small gain in performance.

> Jo

> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> The most civilized civilizations are as close to barba-
> rism as polished iron is to rust.

> Rivarol
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Hello all:

Ok, I did the next and worked really well!!!
The last week I bought a new PC with a P166Mhz, then asked a technician
(a friend of mine), for the best installation and he told me that the
best way was to leave entirely the old DOS 6.22 that I always used.
So when I started to upload W95 the program ask me If I wanted to leave
the old DOS version I said yes and now when I start the PC through F8 I
have the choice to run the old DOS, with all the advantages that this
represents. Anyway as Jo said the performance in a P166 (at least) dont
suffer, I tested the game running in the old DOS and in WIN DOS mode and
only one point in the speed test was lost in my video card.

Juan Carlos Llovera

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