GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR.
Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range?
This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2
video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and
SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them.
Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this. That's
the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is still pretty
damn good.
p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all
current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's
already outdated and probably a bargain ba***t buy...
> > GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR.
> Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range?
> This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2
> video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and
> SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them.
> Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this.
That's
> the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is still
pretty
> damn good.
> p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all
> current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's
> already outdated and probably a bargain ba***t buy...
> > > GPL, GP2 & 3, SCGT, NLegends, DTR.
> > Do you realize that the "latest thing" is in the 2 GHz / GeForce 4 range?
> > This means you can get yourself a 1 GHz Athlon box with a decent GeForce 2
> > video card for a pretty reasonable price nowadays. That will run GPL and
> > SCGT just fine. Dunno about the others since I haven't played them.
> > Even on a tight budget you shouldn't have to go much lower than this.
> That's
> > the joys of runaway hardware improvements - the "old" stuff is still
> pretty
> > damn good.
> > p.s. I have a 1.3 Athlon and a GeForce 2 Ultra and the thing runs all
> > current driving games like a dream. It's less than a year old but it's
> > already outdated and probably a bargain ba***t buy...
> Not that I am anybody special, i have to agree here. I just built an old
> 'junker' for our NR2002 server. A 1.0Ghz AMD, 384 MB RAM, a GeForce256 etc.
> I didn't have to buy a hard drive, I had an old 10 gigger laying around. The
> whole system was less than $300 (again this did not include a HD or
> monitor).
AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU
512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY
40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD
56K Modem
ATX Mid Tower Case
Decent system, the RAM would be overkill IMHO, other than that and
considering that you'd be ussing DDR RAM, I'd have to guess somewhere in the
$600 range for those parts (assuming you meant to have a CDROM drive if you
don't already). If you are looking at older sims, 256 MB of RAM would be
more than sufficient. a 20gig HD would probably also suffice if you could
find one.
> > > Thats all good advice you guys, probably just what I am talking about.
> > > What do you think of this setup and what would be a reasonable price to
> > > pay for it?
> > > AMD Athlon 1.2 GHZ CPU
> > > 512 MB HIGH PERFORMANCE DDR (PC-1600) MEMORY
> > > 40 GB IBM ATA 100 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
> > > Abit GeFORCE 2 MX 64 MB w/TV Out AGP CARD
> > > 56K Modem
> > > ATX Mid Tower Case
> Decent system, the RAM would be overkill IMHO, other than that and
> considering that you'd be ussing DDR RAM, I'd have to guess somewhere in the
> $600 range for those parts (assuming you meant to have a CDROM drive if you
> don't already). If you are looking at older sims, 256 MB of RAM would be
> more than sufficient. a 20gig HD would probably also suffice if you could
> find one.
