decide if I should bother with N4 yet. Has anyone else tried N4 with a
similar machine, or know what kind of performance I can expect?
Any info would be much appreciated,
Leo
Any info would be much appreciated,
Leo
> Any info would be much appreciated,
> Leo
> > Any info would be much appreciated,
> > Leo
Andre
> > i just deleted it from a very similar system with a v3 2000.
> Any info would be much appreciated,
> Leo
> > I only have a PII400 with a 3dfx banshee video card right now and can't
> > decide if I should bother with N4 yet. Has anyone else tried N4 with a
> > similar machine, or know what kind of performance I can expect?
> > Any info would be much appreciated,
> > Leo
> > > I only have a PII400 with a 3dfx banshee video card right now and can't
> > > decide if I should bother with N4 yet. Has anyone else tried N4 with a
> > > similar machine, or know what kind of performance I can expect?
> > > Any info would be much appreciated,
> > > Leo
Ditto Leo and just think if we get all the addons, fixes, and many other
great things that many here did to make GPL even better {thanx guyz
btw!} I like N4 now and I think many of the creative programers will
make it better!! Cheers Thom_j.
P.S. I've upgraded my puter 7 times since GPL first came out..<g>
| Actually I don't think Papy is completely wrong for doing this. Granted
they
| set the bar WAY higher than most, but at the same time their products are
often
| WAY better than most too. I think the nature of the games justifies the
| investment needed. For example, GPL forced me to upgrade last time, but I
love
| and play that game to this day, and it can still hold it's own against
more
| modern games in almost all respects!
| I can only hope N4 will be the same : )
|
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> | Actually I don't think Papy is completely wrong for doing this. Granted
> they
> | set the bar WAY higher than most, but at the same time their products are
> often
> | WAY better than most too. I think the nature of the games justifies the
> | investment needed. For example, GPL forced me to upgrade last time, but I
> love
> | and play that game to this day, and it can still hold it's own against
> more
> | modern games in almost all respects!
> | I can only hope N4 will be the same : )
> |
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If I may be so bold...
We were warned about this, clearly, over a year ago. Papyrus, at one time,
_suspended_ this product because they didn't feel the computers of the
current era (which were indeed around 400-450Mhz, I still have the one I had
then and it's my server now) and they made it clear as to why. That is why
we saw Nascar Racing 99 (could have done without that one) and Nascar Racing
3.
There were no secrets that the GPL engine, driving a Nascar Sim, would have
serious system requirements.
-Larry
> > > I only have a PII400 with a 3dfx banshee video card right now and
can't
> > > decide if I should bother with N4 yet. Has anyone else tried N4 with
a
> > > similar machine, or know what kind of performance I can expect?
> > > Any info would be much appreciated,
> > > Leo
>If I may be so bold...
>We were warned about this, clearly, over a year ago. Papyrus, at one time,
>_suspended_ this product because they didn't feel the computers of the
>current era (which were indeed around 400-450Mhz, I still have the one I had
>then and it's my server now) and they made it clear as to why. That is why
>we saw Nascar Racing 99 (could have done without that one) and Nascar Racing
>3.
>There were no secrets that the GPL engine, driving a Nascar Sim, would have
>serious system requirements.
>-Larry
Andre
The "Minimum Requirements" game is one we all know too well. It's one of
those numbers you typically double in real life to come up with something
accurate.
Ever tried to run Windows 2000 on a P166?
Apparantly, Microsoft has one damned-powerful P166 lying around somewhere :)
-Larry
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> >If I may be so bold...
> >We were warned about this, clearly, over a year ago. Papyrus, at one
time,
> >_suspended_ this product because they didn't feel the computers of the
> >current era (which were indeed around 400-450Mhz, I still have the one I
had
> >then and it's my server now) and they made it clear as to why. That is
why
> >we saw Nascar Racing 99 (could have done without that one) and Nascar
Racing
> >3.
> >There were no secrets that the GPL engine, driving a Nascar Sim, would
have
> >serious system requirements.
> >-Larry
> True, but I hate those 'minium: PII266mhz' messages on the box.
> A PIII500 is about the minimum. With a very fast gfx card.
> You -need- a decent fps in a racing game like this.
> Andre
>> > I only have a PII400 with a 3dfx banshee video card right now and can't
>> > decide if I should bother with N4 yet. Has anyone else tried N4 with a
>> > similar machine, or know what kind of performance I can expect?
>> > Any info would be much appreciated,
>> > Leo
Eldred
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GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73
Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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I'm racing it on a voodoo2 12 meg card, inside my Celeron 400 that has 64
meg of pc100 ram (ready to overclock) 800 X 600.
In practice mode (offline) I admit I've only tried to race 10 opponents, the
gfx are turned down to 1/2 on the slider, car detail is medium, mirror on-
note it toggles between off- low-high detail by pressing M, IMHO I get
enough "running and passing" to be learning the new game physics and I'm not
as picky as some can be, as I get to this point knowing full well Ill have
some things to upgrade.
Ok, frame rate is roughly 15-21 with cars, however I do not see the stands,
but wow I see the safety fence I used to shut off... the smoke from a wreck
will Kill my rate down really bad!!! below 8 even seen 3fps at times. But
all in all I could turn more stuff down but I think it is playable...
Meanwhile I'm deciding on maybe a Geforce MX 32 meg card, Ill be also
Overclocking the 400 (if I can figure out the settings again, (was a
guaranteed overclocing combo, but I never overclocked it after the 1st
couple of weeks) don't ask why I quit overclocking, it was a financial
"fear" reason not system stability problem.
I still have 3dsound, through My A3d (version 1) card, heard I could gain
fps, by turning down sound preferences but I'm not doing it yet.
Now I don't know ***about the voodoo Banshe but if it is more of a card
than the Monster 2 from diamond then it prolly play better than I got. One
of the best things I did was install Direct x 8.0a... Before 8a, the demo
sucked sewer water, after 8a demo runs good, & now the full game runs good.
Find the most up to date card drivers if I were you.
My biggest complaint is, My Trustmaster Wheel is Trash - pots - flakey
readings even in TM control panel, even though I have ACM game card.
That is MY biggest problem.
Hell, give it a try, cant be any worse looking than Original Nascar (1)
before I got my 1st 4 meg card!!! Remember guys, we move up every time (and
For me, ONLY when) the latest release of Nascar comes out, so what's all the
whiiiiiiiiining about???
or did you guys upgrade to play something else?
if so what else was there?!?!?!?!?!!!!! HEHEHEHEHE
good luck
Sting32
> > i just deleted it from a very similar system with a v3 2000.