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AMD and GPL

Larf

AMD and GPL

by Larf » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Greetings,

I'm considering throwing down on an AMD K6-2 350 system as a piecemeal
upgrade to my p166. With 64mb of PC100 and a Voodoo1 card, what kind of fps
can I expect in GPL at 640x480? I have limited time for sims at the moment,
and probably wouldn't be upgrading at all at the moment, except that my
system is starting to crash from 3 years of overclocking. Hence, all I need
is tolerable fps until the summer, when I'll have more time, cash, and
probably a Voodoo3 and K6-3 500. Can anyone give me some insight into what
my results will be?

Any help will be appreciated,

Larf

Eldre

AMD and GPL

by Eldre » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00


>Greetings,

>I'm considering throwing down on an AMD K6-2 350 system as a piecemeal
>upgrade to my p166. With 64mb of PC100 and a Voodoo1 card, what kind of fps
>can I expect in GPL at 640x480? I have limited time for sims at the moment,
>and probably wouldn't be upgrading at all at the moment, except that my
>system is starting to crash from 3 years of overclocking. Hence, all I need
>is tolerable fps until the summer, when I'll have more time, cash, and
>probably a Voodoo3 and K6-3 500. Can anyone give me some insight into what
>my results will be?

>Any help will be appreciated,

>Larf

I can get 36 FPS(training) with mirror textures off, and detail set just left
of center.  My system is the same, except I'm running a VoodooII.  Maybe you
could get about 30-31?

Eldred

=REZ

AMD and GPL

by =REZ » Sat, 28 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I took this route to a 'partail' upgrade with excellent results:


- Decent ball bearing fan/heatsink: $11 (doesn't even get lukewarm)
- 64mb PC100 SDRAM: $75 (w/8ns chips - some normal SDRAMs still work at
100mHz)
- Soyo EHM socket 7 mbrd w/1mb L2 cache: $108 (baby AT format = no new
case!).
- Diamond Stealth S220 4mb Rendition V2100 o/c'd 64mHz (std is 40 mHz): $35
(after rebate).

Excellent performance and stability. Runs 35/6 FPS at 800x600 all the time
with _all_ graphics options on in training. >30fps at 640 x 480 during
racing (after start) with 19 opponents.

Happy racing,
=rez=


David L. Littl

AMD and GPL

by David L. Littl » Mon, 30 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I have the same video card. How doe I over clock it?

> I took this route to a 'partail' upgrade with excellent results:


> - Decent ball bearing fan/heatsink: $11 (doesn't even get lukewarm)
> - 64mb PC100 SDRAM: $75 (w/8ns chips - some normal SDRAMs still work at
> 100mHz)
> - Soyo EHM socket 7 mbrd w/1mb L2 cache: $108 (baby AT format = no new
> case!).
> - Diamond Stealth S220 4mb Rendition V2100 o/c'd 64mHz (std is 40 mHz): $35
> (after rebate).

> Excellent performance and stability. Runs 35/6 FPS at 800x600 all the time
> with _all_ graphics options on in training. >30fps at 640 x 480 during
> racing (after start) with 19 opponents.

> Happy racing,
> =rez=



> >Greetings,

> >I'm considering throwing down on an AMD K6-2 350 system as a piecemeal
> >upgrade to my p166. With 64mb of PC100 and a Voodoo1 card, what kind of fps
> >can I expect in GPL at 640x480? I have limited time for sims at the moment,
> >and probably wouldn't be upgrading at all at the moment, except that my
> >system is starting to crash from 3 years of overclocking. Hence, all I need
> >is tolerable fps until the summer, when I'll have more time, cash, and
> >probably a Voodoo3 and K6-3 500. Can anyone give me some insight into what
> >my results will be?

> >Any help will be appreciated,

> >Larf

Yousuf Kha

AMD and GPL

by Yousuf Kha » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00


>Greetings,

>I'm considering throwing down on an AMD K6-2 350 system as a piecemeal
>upgrade to my p166. With 64mb of PC100 and a Voodoo1 card, what kind of fps
>can I expect in GPL at 640x480? I have limited time for sims at the moment,
>and probably wouldn't be upgrading at all at the moment, except that my
>system is starting to crash from 3 years of overclocking. Hence, all I need
>is tolerable fps until the summer, when I'll have more time, cash, and
>probably a Voodoo3 and K6-3 500. Can anyone give me some insight into what
>my results will be?

I don't know how it'll work with a Voodoo1, but I have a K6-2 300 with
dual-Voodoo2's, and I'm running at 1024x768 at 36fps in most places, never
goes below 20fps anywhere. 36fps is the limit of the game.

                Yousuf Khan

Jimmy Keh

AMD and GPL

by Jimmy Keh » Thu, 03 Dec 1998 04:00:00


I am running a AMD K6 300 ( 4x75 ) with 32mb of generic SDRAM and a
Diamond Stealth II o/c'd to 62mhz.
 With the GPL Demo, I get 36fps all the way around. Of course, this
will change when I get the full version and have all the cars around
me.....Just my $.02


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