rec.autos.simulators

by **Craig Jone** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

I used to play GPL (the demo) with an AMD K6 200, 48Mb ram, Voodoo 1 and
a gravis analogue joystick; Yes, this was pretty slow.

Ia€?m now playing the full version with a Celeron 433, 64Mb ram, Voodoo 3 2000, Soundbalster PCI64 and a Microsoft FF wheel. I may drive slower than Tora Takagi with three wheels and two broken legs, but Ia€?m happy nethertheless. Months of practice and an unhappy girlfriend here I come.

Have I made a good choice, though? Perhaps more RAM or an SBLive! is required?

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by **Neil Rain** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> I used to play GPL (the demo) with an AMD K6 200, 48Mb ram, Voodoo 1 and
> a gravis analogue joystick; Yes, this was pretty slow.

> Ia€?m now playing the full version with a Celeron 433, 64Mb ram, Voodoo 3 2000, Soundbalster PCI64 and a Microsoft FF wheel. I may drive slower than Tora Takagi with three wheels and two broken legs, but Ia€?m happy nethertheless. Months of practice and an unhappy girlfriend here I come.

> Have I made a good choice, though? Perhaps more RAM or an SBLive! is required?

SBLive made a big difference for me, but the old sound card was an
on-board cheapo thing so it may have been worse than your existing one.

by **Mike Buckle** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

writes

>> I used to play GPL (the demo) with an AMD K6 200, 48Mb ram, Voodoo 1 and
>> a gravis analogue joystick; Yes, this was pretty slow.

>> Ia€?m now playing the full version with a Celeron 433, 64Mb ram,
>Voodoo 3 2000, Soundbalster PCI64 and a Microsoft FF wheel. I may drive
>slower than Tora Takagi with three wheels and two broken legs, but Ia€?m
>happy nethertheless. Months of practice and an unhappy girlfriend here I come.

>> Have I made a good choice, though? Perhaps more RAM or an SBLive! is
>required?

>SBLive made a big difference for me, but the old sound card was an
>on-board cheapo thing so it may have been worse than your existing one.

SBLive made a big difference to me also - full sounds instead of the
minimum, and my previous card was a SB16
--
Mike Buckley
Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371591 Fax: +44 (0)1472 371208

http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk

by **Neil Rain** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> writes

> >> I used to play GPL (the demo) with an AMD K6 200, 48Mb ram, Voodoo 1 and
> >> a gravis analogue joystick; Yes, this was pretty slow.

> >> Ia€?m now playing the full version with a Celeron 433, 64Mb ram,
> >Voodoo 3 2000, Soundbalster PCI64 and a Microsoft FF wheel. I may drive
> >slower than Tora Takagi with three wheels and two broken legs, but Ia€?m
> >happy nethertheless. Months of practice and an unhappy girlfriend here I come.

> >> Have I made a good choice, though? Perhaps more RAM or an SBLive! is
> >required?

> >SBLive made a big difference for me, but the old sound card was an
> >on-board cheapo thing so it may have been worse than your existing one.

> SBLive made a big difference to me also - full sounds instead of the
> minimum, and my previous card was a SB16

Oh yes, and I forgot to mention that with my old onboard sound system
the replacement engine sounds were just awful, whereas with the SBLive
they are superb!

I guess that's why the inbuilt sounds were fairly mediocre - they must
have been designed with low-end sound cards in mind.

by **Mike Buckle** » Fri, 17 Sep 1999 04:00:00

writes

>> >SBLive made a big difference for me, but the old sound card was an
>> >on-board cheapo thing so it may have been worse than your existing one.

>> SBLive made a big difference to me also - full sounds instead of the
>> minimum, and my previous card was a SB16

>Oh yes, and I forgot to mention that with my old onboard sound system
>the replacement engine sounds were just awful, whereas with the SBLive
>they are superb!

>I guess that's why the inbuilt sounds were fairly mediocre - they must
>have been designed with low-end sound cards in mind.

ooh, interesting, i tried the replacement sounds with my SB16 and
couldn't work out what all the fuss was about, i binned them straight
away. I'll try them again now i have my Live installed.
--
Mike Buckley
Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371591 Fax: +44 (0)1472 371208

http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk

by **Woodie** » Sat, 18 Sep 1999 04:00:00

>I used to play GPL (the demo) with an AMD K6 200, 48Mb ram, Voodoo 1 and
>a gravis analogue joystick; Yes, this was pretty slow.

>Ia€?m now playing the full version with a Celeron 433, 64Mb ram,
>Voodoo 3 2000, Soundbalster PCI64 and a Microsoft FF wheel. I may drive
>slower than Tora Takagi with three wheels and two broken legs, but
>Ia€?m happy nethertheless. Months of practice and an unhappy girlfriend
>here I come.

>Have I made a good choice, though? Perhaps more RAM or an SBLive! is
>required?

I don't think either would make much difference. I'm running almost the same
setup without FF. When I went from a Soundblaster Pro (ISA) to my PCI64, the
difference was quite large. Live would sound a little better, but I doubt it
would improve frame rate or control smoothness. You've got a pretty good
system there, any remaining problems are your fault :-)

Don McCorkle

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