rec.autos.simulators

>>GPL is absolutely AMAZING at 1280 resolution on my CL Graphics Blaster TNT
>>with an average 30 fps outside of the***pit.  Try doing that with your
>>Voodoo!

>  ahem....OUTSIDE the***pit???  What are you NUTS???  if you want outside
>the***pit views, the spend 129 on a freakin' Playstation and play Ridge
>Racer.
>outside-the-cockpit oh now I've heard it all.
>  just for my info..does anyone REALLY use those tailgunner views for sim
>racing?

>>>I have also not experienced any of the menu problems people have
>reported
>>>with their TNT.  And also I noticed the fps doesn't change much from >800
>>>resolution to 1280 resolution.  There's only a +5 to +8 fps increase at
>>>the
>>>lower resolution.

>>Two things,

>>1. I run GPL with one voodoo II  (8mb) at 1024x768 res and it looks
>>great,all graphics on at 30fps(in car)more with two in SLI.

>>2.The colours on my voodoo don`t look washed out like people keep
>aying?( I
>>don`t want that f1rs arcade look),it looks great,very realistic.

>>The in car fps are what really count and with two voodoo II`s that is
>better
>>than TNT,so why pay for a TNT when GPL in SLI is better.
>>After all,you won`t see much difference from 1024 to 1280 and if the fps
is
>>worse why bother with TNT?

> >Two things,

> >1. I run GPL with one voodoo II  (8mb) at 1024x768 res and it looks
> >great,all graphics on at 30fps(in car)more with two in SLI.

> I can run GPL with one Voodoo II (12mb) at 1024x768 res and it looks good,
> frame rate is great.

> >2.The colours on my voodoo don`t look washed out like people keep
> aying?( I
> >don`t want that f1rs arcade look),it looks great,very realistic.

> The colors on my Voodo look like the contrast has been turned way up.  ( Is
> this what is refered to as " Washed out " ?)

> >The in car fps are what really count and with two voodoo II`s that is
> better
> >than TNT,so why pay for a TNT when GPL in SLI is better.

> I cannot stay on the road with the inside car view,  I HAVE to use the
> arcade view.  From there, the frame rates are simular ( 34> ).

> Why pay more for one card when you can pay the same for three?  Well,
> usually, this would sound like a good thing.  Except that PCI slots are at a
> priemiem these days, so why use an additional 2 slots when I can use just
> one AGP slot and get comparible frame rates and deeper color?  Made sense to
> me.

> >After all,you won`t see much difference from 1024 to 1280 and if the fps is
> >worse why bother with TNT?

> Question : If you were just purchasing a new system, and you had to choose
> between buying one card that did an excellent job of both 2 & 3D, or
> purchasing 1 card for 2d, and another 2 for 3d, which way would you go?  You
> will be graded for honesty...  :-)

> BTW: In order to "test" GPL on my new system, I yanked the CL VD2 out of my
> old P200 to see how it worked.  Impressive.  So I ordered a STB Black Magic
> to sit alongside my STB TNT, to have the best of both worlds.  Then Papy
> released the OGL patch for GPL.  I almost wish they hadn't did that.  Now I
> have to come up with a reason to install the Black Magic when it arrives.
> Decisions, decisions...

>>>If you read the included readme you'd see that the mirrors
>>>have a large impact on framerate due to the current NVidia
>>>OpenGL drivers.  The external view doesn't need to draw
>>>the mirrors, but once NVidia fixes their drivers this
>>>should no longer be an issue.

>>I'd also like NVidia (or Papyrus) to fix the inability of the
>>reference drivers to play at a resolution above 640x480.

>There were NVidia fans raving here, in the last 2 or 3 days,
>about running GPL at 1280x1024 at screaming framerates. I
>guess you aren't one of them?