rec.autos.simulators

by **Kevin Gavit** » Sun, 16 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Nonsense. I bought my rig at the same time I *preordered* GPL. It's a 400,
but I could have payed a few hundred more for a 450, off the shelf.

by **Vintoo** » Sun, 16 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I beg to differ. ISI may have only done 2 but Papy has been revamping the
same nascar game for quite a while now so I wouldn't include those in your
count, or at least count them as 1.

Vintook

Remember that ISI only

by **lbau** » Sun, 16 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>>I think that his point, Mel, is that F12000 does not have as
>high a "physics
>>level" (if you know what I mean) as GPL.
>> Therefore, if the
>vast majority of
>>graphics calculations are now handled by 3-D cards, why does
>F12000 require

The 3D cards just do hidden surface, shading, texturing and some lighting.
Not that a major reduction of the burden put on the CPU isn't removed by
that, however, transformation, clipping, morphing, LOD, collision
detection, etc. must all be done by the CPU. The GeForce cards can handle
lots of this stuff as well but such features are hardly supported yet by
games.

by **Bob B** » Sun, 16 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Remember how bad the FPS was on CPR when it was released? A few months or so
later a "TriGlide.dll" file was released for Voodoo cards. Which made a HUGE
increase in FPS!!! Maybe EA could do the same? Comments?
Bob B.

> > >IMHO htis is quite simple to explain. GPL used Glide. F1 2000
> > >uses (unfortunately) Direct3D. Direct3D is way more innefficent
> > >than Glide. Especially on 3dfx cards :-)

> > There's not THAT big a difference between Glide and a D3D application
> > - not a WELL written D3D app anyway, something F1200 surely isn't.

> No, I'd disagree on this assertion. Every Glide title I own, when I
> also run it's D3D counterpart, looks *much* improved in Glide as well as
> performing a lot faster. This title could definitely have benefited
> from a Glide port. OGL woulda made sense as well...

> --
> Chuck Kandler #70
> K&S Racing
> http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195

> Competitor in the TopGear MGPRS2 league at:
> http://topgear.dhs.org/ Come on & join the fun!

> They'll call you names
> And spit in your face,
> But legends never die. --Gene Simmons

by **Chuck Kandle** » Mon, 17 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> Remember how bad the FPS was on CPR when it was released? A few months or so
> later a "TriGlide.dll" file was released for Voodoo cards. Which made a HUGE
> increase in FPS!!! Maybe EA could do the same? Comments?

Absolutely correct! What a better example to show the marked contrast
between D3D & Glide efficiencies. You listening, EA??

--
Chuck Kandler #70
K&S Racing
http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195

Competitor in the TopGear MGPRS2 league at:
http://topgear.dhs.org/ Come on & join the fun!

They'll call you names
And spit in your face,
But legends never die. --Gene Simmons

by **m.seer** » Tue, 18 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Chris.
The guff on the GPL box had a 166 with 32Mb as a minimum. Go try it sometime
if you can find an old machine at the local dump.

MS

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