rec.autos.simulators

  My system is as follows:

 Dell 200mmx
 SB soundcard
 64 ram
   Matrox millieum II  4mb PCI

I have downloaded GPL demo, and at times it is like watching a slide show.
I want a card that will enhance  N2, and Nascar 99.  And maybe run GPL a
little better.   Also when I upgrade, do I remove the old card, or run both
cards?  Also what size card?  8, 12, or 16 mb?

Thanks,
              Mike
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 harley23  AT mindspring  DOT  com

For GPL the Rendition V2 cards provide the best performace for most people
with first generation Pentium type systems.  On my AMD K6-233 I have a
Diamond Stealth 220 which is a Rendition V2100/4mb, and a Voodoo1. In GPL
the Stealth outperforms the Voodoo1. I can get 25-36 fps (640x480) in
practice with zero to 2 AI cars at the Glen. The Voodoo1 never goes higher
than 25. I have read the 8mb Rendition cards are better. Of course with
lots of AI cars, fps drops down to mid ***s.

However if you are planning to upgrade your system soon consider a 12mb
Voodoo2. It will perform a little better than the Voodoo1 in your present
system, and when you upgrade to a P2 - it will really start to shine.

As far as NASCAR - I believe the same holds true, however I only just
started playing N99 and can't say for sure.

I have a rendition v200 card and a voodoo2  12mb card.  In the papyrus sims,
the rendition card provids better framerates but one needs to patch the .exe
files (they are optimized for a rendtion v1000 chip). I like the graphics
quality of the rendition v2000 over the voodoo2...since i omly have a p-166mmx,
my cpu is even more limited than your's.  I bought my rendition card (v-reptor)
from www.genoasystems.com at $79.00...took a week for shipping.   Be advised
that the voodoo2 may give more flexibility for other games and can be moved
into a new PC perhaps easier than the rendition card....Bottom line, there's
lots of opinions and trade-offs between each and every graphics card, so the
decision has to be your own..