rec.autos.simulators

by **hoo..** » Tue, 30 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Hi fellow racers,

sadly my old main board died last Saturday night while racing online in
Rouen. The upside of this is that I have to get a new machine and am
now looking for some system similar to the following specs:

128 MB RAM (100MHz FSB)
Diamond Viper V330 (already have)
Voodoo I (already have, I'm fine with 640x480, thanks ;-)
SBLive or other pci-based sound card

So, what CPU would you recommend for use with GPL?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts,

Uwe

by **Mark** » Sat, 03 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Uwe, max out on the CPU and you can't go wrong. And, like or
not, it needs to be an Intel. Personally I run a couple of
Celery 300A's at 450 and I seriously doubt the extreme amount of
extra bucks for the 512kb cache is anywhere near cost-effective
for GPL. With the V1 you should cook well at your vid spec. And
yeah, I have an SB Live Value and it sure seems that if nothing
else the PCI bus unloads the system somewhat in the sound card
department... prepare for a grimace, becuz here comes the pun --
you seem to be on the right track.

Rgds and GD&R,
Mark R.

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:40:25 +0159,

>Hi fellow racers,

>sadly my old main board died last Saturday night while racing online in
>Rouen. The upside of this is that I have to get a new machine and am
>now looking for some system similar to the following specs:

>128 MB RAM (100MHz FSB)
>Diamond Viper V330 (already have)
>Voodoo I (already have, I'm fine with 640x480, thanks ;-)
>SBLive or other pci-based sound card

>So, what CPU would you recommend for use with GPL?

>Thanks in advance for your thoughts,

>Uwe

by **Ben Summer** » Sun, 04 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Or you could wait for the most ultimate chip ever (so far) AMD K7.!!!!

(What a monster this will be!!)

Ben Summers

by **Uwe Schuerka** » Sun, 04 Apr 1999 04:00:00

>Or you could wait for the most ultimate chip ever (so far) AMD K7.!!!!

>(What a monster this will be!!)

>Ben Summers

No, I couldn't, sorry. ;-) After having got to know VROC I could not
possibly live without driving an online race or two, so I got myself a
Celeron 400 based system which is now ticking away at 450 (will try
500 next week after 7 days of 24/7 Linux-operation to see if it's
stable), and folks, this thing rocks in gpl. Racing online I get steady
36 fps, and with 19 AI I get about 15-20 on the grid, maxing out usually
before the first turn. Very nice system.

Thanks for all your suggestions,

Uwe

rec.autos.simulators

GPL: best CPU choice?

GPL: best CPU choice?

GPL: best CPU choice?

GPL: best CPU choice?

GPL: best CPU choice?