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Best system for GP2

Michael Hi

Best system for GP2

by Michael Hi » Fri, 07 Feb 1997 04:00:00

Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2
smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates.

I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can
run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with
an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with
18-20 fps, but reduced graphics)

How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there
comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher
frame rates than the pentium lines?

I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically
no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading
soon (real soon I hope).

Marc Johnso

Best system for GP2

by Marc Johnso » Fri, 07 Feb 1997 04:00:00


> Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2
> smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates.

> I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can
> run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with
> an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with
> 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics)

> How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there
> comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher
> frame rates than the pentium lines?

> I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically
> no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading
> soon (real soon I hope).

I have a Micron P200 with 32 megs of ram and I can't run with full
graphics in svga.  If I'm doing something wrong please tell me.
Christopher Opi

Best system for GP2

by Christopher Opi » Sat, 08 Feb 1997 04:00:00

I am running a Pentium 200mmx with 64mb RAM, Mystique card.  It will run
with everything but the clouds on and i turn in 26+ frame rate.  It sure
beats my 133 I was running before.  The car is actually drivable now.

Chris Opie



Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2
smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates.

I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can
run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with
an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with
18-20 fps, but reduced graphics)

How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there
comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher
frame rates than the pentium lines?

I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically
no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading
soon (real soon I hope).

David Gar

Best system for GP2

by David Gar » Sat, 08 Feb 1997 04:00:00



> > Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2
> > smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates.

> > I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can
> > run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with
> > an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with
> > 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics)

> > How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there
> > comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher
> > frame rates than the pentium lines?

> > I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically
> > no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading
> > soon (real soon I hope).

> I have a Micron P200 with 32 megs of ram and I can't run with full
> graphics in svga.  If I'm doing something wrong please tell me.

Its the same ole' story my man. How to get GP2 to run fliud. It wont
happen for some time.
Maybe when the pent 300 comes out you might be close, but by then there
will be a hell ova lot better Formula1
sims that actually HAVE multi-player option, sound, wet weather, decent
utilities, etc....
As for a Micron p200, thats a hellava system. To bad you spend that type
of cashola to only find
out that you have to deal with incomplete simulations from a company as
large as Microprose! If you
did anything wrong it was buying GP2 and supporting Geoff Crammond's
bank account! I guess alot of
us were wrong.

-as usual, David Gary-

TOlson94

Best system for GP2

by TOlson94 » Sat, 08 Feb 1997 04:00:00

Do you get the 26 fps with no clouds on in SVGA mode or in VGA mode?

John Walla

Best system for GP2

by John Walla » Sun, 09 Feb 1997 04:00:00


>MMX?? GP2 is not coded for it...

Doesn't matter, the MMX chip is faster than the "classic" P200 so you
can still expect an improvement.

The P200-MMX is pretty much equivalent to the Pro-233, especially if
you whack it up to 75Mhz bus speed, or even 83Mhz if your peripherals
can take it.

Cheers!
John
Sim Racing News (Europe)

Yves Smolder

Best system for GP2

by Yves Smolder » Sun, 09 Feb 1997 04:00:00

i've got a standard P200 and run GP2 in VGA (not S :) to get a good
framerate...  and I don't know if 17 is good... got everything turned
on, the system says I can do 25 frames but I need to put it on 17 to
keep my processor use under 100% all the time... I just don't like
playing in slow motion... :)

Consider the new AMD K6 processor coming out in April or May - that one
will be SUPERfast on existing Pentium (socket 7/dual voltage)
mainboards...

Yves

Stuart Boo

Best system for GP2

by Stuart Boo » Mon, 10 Feb 1997 04:00:00


>Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2
>smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates.

I run a Pentium Pro 200 with 64Mb RAM and a Matrox Millenium card.
Guess what? I skip sky detail and the smoke that surrounds my car when
I make a big error? 300%+ CPU usage. Oh dear. Still, I can run
everything else on which is rather nice.

Stuart

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Stuart Booth
Somewhere in Oxfordshire, England, UK

Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

Pete

Best system for GP2

by Pete » Mon, 10 Feb 1997 04:00:00


> >Doesn't matter, the MMX chip is faster than the "classic" P200 so you
> >can still expect an improvement.

> I don't think the "extra" cache is going to help the game that much.
> Are there any "MMX" people out there with a MMX running GP2?? If so,
> is there a difference, meaning, did the frame rate increase or you
> could add more detail???

        Julian, I picked up 3 frames with the MMX over a regular 200. The
plus is I didn't have verges and road textures turned on with P5 200. So
it
may be closer to 5 frames but can't compare now because it is gone.
Systems
were identically configured though. The 200-MMX is much smoother.
With it over clocked to 225 I can get 23.6 frames with all detail except
sky
turned on and it gives me an occupancy of 90 to 100 at Hockingheim once
you get through first corner. I'm using a S3 Trio card and the tests I
have
run so far indicated it is being overwhelmed. I have a 128 bit card on
order.
        Hope this helps.

Pete


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