I have the GPL demo, 266K6-2, Voodoo1, it runs as fast as I need
it to, with all the detail available turned on.
To those of you that have tried the full game, will I see
much difference? Does the final game need more horsepower
for the other cars etc?
What's a starting bid for a reasonable machine to do the game
justice?
TIA, Greg.
That is normal...
I should, I say _should_ be able to get GPL with every graphic and 19 AI at
more than 20fps, in 640x400 or even more !!
I would think that the AI and racing physics where tweaked so much that even
between the alpha demo and the final product you will see a big difference
in the same situations.
The good thing with GPL is that if your framerate is too slow at XYZ time
you just will be able to go in the option menu and choose a lower resolution
(800x600 to 640x480 per example) or lower sound quality, and it will make it
gain at least more than 5fps.
- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-)
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BTW, full mirror textures dropped the overall fps about 4-frames.
No sense in looking in the mirrors when your busy setting-up for
the next turn!
Although I prefer the *look* of the Rendition version, the 3Dfx is
also very nice. Adding 10 AI cars (w/ same detail above) knocked
the overall fps down somewhere between 18-20 (3Dfx), but this only
happened when I was coming out of the pits. Other times it leveled
out quite nicely to about 20-22 (approx). Not bad considering GPL
is pulling *at least* twice the amount of graphics that GP2 had.
I'll probably upgrade the chip to a P233 and o/c that as well (the
price is right!), and then grab a Hercules Thriller (Rendition)
card...I'll keep my V-1 for a while, at least 'til the prices of
the V-2's drop a bit.
In short - stick with what you have for now. You appear to have
plenty of horsepower IMHO.
Cheers!
Marc
> I don't remember this being asked before....
> I have the GPL demo, 266K6-2, Voodoo1, it runs as fast as I need
> it to, with all the detail available turned on.
> To those of you that have tried the full game, will I see
> much difference? Does the final game need more horsepower
> for the other cars etc?
> What's a starting bid for a reasonable machine to do the game
> justice?
> TIA, Greg.
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Thanks,
Chris
I installed only the basic card, leaving the extra in the box. I
have my VV-wheel attached to one port, and an MS Sidewinder Pro to
the other...The ports are switched via a batch file (accessed by
shortcuts on the desktop)...At any time, I can switch between
controllers without hassle. Works in either DOS or Win95.
The more I use this card with sims I'm familiar with, the more
impressed I am. I see improvements with all sims, even GP2 got
a slight boost, but because GPL is so sensitive to control input,
I noticed more improvement in this sim than any other...I've
only had the card in for a few days, so I'll need to go back and
have a closer look at other titles (current and past).
The card is flawless, but apparently won't run in digital mode with
N2...This is due to N2's coding, and not to a problem with the card.
The card works fine for NROS, as Papyrus has already written the
drivers for the online client...Out of all the games/sims out there,
N2 is the only one with this glitch. Word has it that a fix for the
offline version is in the works. A switch is provided (on the back
of the card) that allows you to disable the digital feature, basically
turning it into an analog port - N2 then works fine.
PDPI is at the following address: http://www.pdpi.net/ ...They're not
cheap (about $100 bucks), but with everyone scrambling for the best
performance_for_the_buck, the PDPI is the next best investment to a
Voodoo-2 or V-2200-based card.
Cheers!
Marc
> Tell me more about the digital gameport. How much is it? Where can I get
> one, and can I still use all my old joysticks with it?
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[snip]
Did I miss something (like a release...) or how comes you talk about
Rouen in GPL?
Is there another demo than the one-car-demo of the Glen?
If it is that way, where do I get it?
Thank you, Rince.
> Did I miss something (like a release...)
--
Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com
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