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>> I have and old 233mmx at home that I would like to setup to run GPL
>> for my younger brother. I have tried a number of different system
>> configurations to no avail. I am able to run Quake3 and UT quite well
>> in fact and with a lot of details, but GPL won't even give me 15 fps
>> with virtually just the track and some of the car left for graphics.
>> The machine has a Voodoo2 (Righteous Orchid), I have tried all
>> versions of Glide for the V2 and the best I get is in between 12-14
>> fps as a best result in training mode. The performance is so bad that
>> if the resolution is set any higher than 640x480 nothing moves.

>I responded a few days ago that something must be wrong with your system
>because I was getting 24-28 fps in training mode at Monza in 640x480.  That
>was with a 233MMX, 64MB RAM, 4MB Voodoo1.  Over the weekend I installed a
>12MB Voodoo2 PCI 1000 on the same system, and now get 32-36 fps at Monza in
>training mode.  In a quick race with 5 AI opponents and starting at the
>rear, I was getting 26 fps sitting at the start line, and 28-34 fps during
>the race.  Since your system has better specs than mine (128MB vs 64MB
RAM),
>you should be getting better performance than me.

>I also compared the new V2 card against the V1 card with Viper Racing and
>N3:

>In VR with all graphics options set to HIGH, I was getting 25.9 fps.  With
>the V2 card, 38.4 fps.

>In N3 testing mode, was getting average 20 fps with V1.  With V2, average
is
>now 30 fps, with many graphic options st to turn on automatically at 25 fps
>and turn off below 20 fps.

>> Here's the spec:
>> P233 MMX 128mb EDO RAM
>> Diamond Viper 550 16mb
>> Righteous Orchid Voodoo 2 8mb --> used for GPL
>> Win98  -  DirectX 7a  ---> (Worst performance with previous DX)
>> Sound Blaster AWE32 full retail version.
>> Gigabyte mainboard

>> I would appreciate any tips, or is it a hopeless cause?

>It's not a hopeless cause!!!

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>> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 09:31:25 -0500, "Bill Jones"

>> I have decided to buy an Evergreen for the cpu and I will wait until
>> that arrives so I can try again.
>> After reading your reply I concluded you're right, there is something
>> wrong with that system and I will get to the bottom of if at the
>> weekend.

>Be careful which Evergreen you go with!  I originally bought the MXPro240 to
>replace my Intel P5-100.  This is a Winchip CPU.  I got it from
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/;When I got it, I benchmarked it using ZD Labs
>Winbench program, and it turned out that the CPU Integer performance was
>improved with the upgrade processor, but Floating Point performance was
>worse than my Pentium 100 non-MMX!  Not only that, but the system would
>crash on certain games with the Evergreen, particularly on CART Precision
>Racing, which I was into at the time.  I called Evergreen's tech support,
>and they said for *** purposes, they would recommend the Evergreen/Intel
>solution, which is a genuine Intel P-233MMX CPU with a voltage adapter to
>enable it to be used with my Socket 5 motherboard.  The processor upgrade
>cost about $150 after rebate, but [with the V2 card] has given me a
>marginally adequate *** machine, and I have been able to hold off getting
>a new system for over a year now.  I'd be careful with the Evergreen upgrade
>processors, unless you go with the Evergreen/Intel unit.

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