rec.autos.simulators

by **Berry Kaise** » Fri, 17 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Hi all,

Been out of the simracing mode for awhile, but am planning to get back to it
when GPL hits the shelves.

I have a P200MMX w/64ram and a Monster 3DFX. What is a ballpark figure on
framerates with this setup?

BTW, I did drive the demo on a friend of a friends PC a couple of weeks back
for about 15 minutes. His system doesn't tell me anything as the lucky
bastard has a PII400. :) Except for the fact that it's <very> fast. :) I am
really looking forward to learning the physics modeling of the cars.

Thanks.

Berry Kaiser

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by **Jason Mond** » Fri, 17 Jul 1998 04:00:00

You will get satisfactory performance. It will slow down when the dirt starts
flying in
your rearview mirrors :) but you can turn the smoke/dirt effect off.

Just having a 3Dfx card will make it very playable.

It works fine on my P2/333 too, with all graphics on :)
Too bad I only have a Monster1 card :(

Jason.

> Hi all,

> Been out of the simracing mode for awhile, but am planning to get back to it
> when GPL hits the shelves.

> I have a P200MMX w/64ram and a Monster 3DFX. What is a ballpark figure on
> framerates with this setup?

> BTW, I did drive the demo on a friend of a friends PC a couple of weeks back
> for about 15 minutes. His system doesn't tell me anything as the lucky
> bastard has a PII400. :) Except for the fact that it's <very> fast. :) I am
> really looking forward to learning the physics modeling of the cars.

> Thanks.

> Berry Kaiser

> Spammer Jammer Activated

by **Wolfgang Prei** » Fri, 17 Jul 1998 04:00:00

>Been out of the simracing mode for awhile, but am planning to get back to it
>when GPL hits the shelves.

>I have a P200MMX w/64ram and a Monster 3DFX. What is a ballpark figure on
>framerates with this setup?

The *demo* will run smoothly on this setup. It does on my P166MMX
(overclocked to 188MHz) with 48 MB and a Monster 1. I can't say
anything about framerates, as the demo doesn't have a counter. It
feels like mid-twenties, however, no matter which screen resolution.

The finished sim will feature AI opponents, however, which will also
use up computing power. I believe that your (and mine) system will
meet the minimum requirements for GPL, but I think we'll both feel a
strong urge for upgrading once it hits the shelves. ;)

I think I will buy a K6-2/300, which fits into my current mainboard,
and a 64MB stick of SD-RAM. Both will be dirt cheap by the time I will
actually need them - after the recent clash at Papyrus, I don't forsee
GPL coming out prior to the Christmas season.

--
Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Uni des Saarlands \ and U.S. law. You have been warned.

by **Byron Forbe** » Sat, 18 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Your system should run the demo ok, but once your running with other cars in the full
version I'd say you'd want about a PII300 + voodoo II or Rendition 2200.

> Hi all,

> Been out of the simracing mode for awhile, but am planning to get back to it
> when GPL hits the shelves.

> I have a P200MMX w/64ram and a Monster 3DFX. What is a ballpark figure on
> framerates with this setup?

> BTW, I did drive the demo on a friend of a friends PC a couple of weeks back
> for about 15 minutes. His system doesn't tell me anything as the lucky
> bastard has a PII400. :) Except for the fact that it's <very> fast. :) I am
> really looking forward to learning the physics modeling of the cars.

> Thanks.

> Berry Kaiser

> Spammer Jammer Activated

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