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by **Keith Daniel** » Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Specs below are from James Pickard's scan of the brochure. With my PII
450, 128RAM, TNT it would be nice if I just needed to turn the sky off.
Oh well the summer is still far away and this seems to have been written
in a bit of a hurry...

Win95/98 CD-ROM System Requirements
OS: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Mem: 32Mb RAM * Video: 2Mb *
CDROM drive:4XCD * HD Space: TBC * Sound: DirectX 7 compatible sound
card * DirectX: DirectX 7 (Supplied with game) * Minimum Hardware 3D
support: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Memory 32Mb RAM or more
* DirectX compatible 3D card with 8Mb RAM * HD Space: TBC * DirectX:
DirectX 7 (Supplied with game) * DirectX 7 compatible sound card.
Rec. System spec -
Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 400MHz * Mem: 64Mb RAM or more * Video:
Direct 3D compatible 3D card * HD Space TBC * Sound: DirectX 7
compatible sound card * DirectX: DirectX 7 (Supplied with game).

by **David Butte** » Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:00:00

That seems a bit odd. Geoff Crammond kept going on about how the game
would be playable on a wide range of machines. There are still a
*lot* of 4 meg 3D cards out there in everyday use (eg my ancient
Voodoo1, though that will be upgraded to a Voodoo3 soon if I can get
one to work with my Intel 810 [ugh]). A choice of software or 8 meg+
only hardware leaves a big gap in the middle.

If it was going to be for 8 meg+ hardware *only* (like Rally
Championship, which never claimed to be playable on lower-spec
machines in any case), I could understand it, but doing it this way
just seems pointless. Anyone who's got a PC powerful enough to play
GP3 in software mode is going to have a 3D card of some sort already.

--
David.
"The lawyers are destroying inspiration."
(Michael Turner, motorsport artist)

by **Keith Daniel** » Sun, 12 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Yeah, it's hard to see that particular number in the scan, maybe someone
who has the flyer can verify. You're right though, someone with a 266 is
unlikely to have an 8+ accelerator and would have get a better card (16
Mb cards are down to $50-70 US) to enjoy a good combination of framerates
and resolution. It will be interesting to see how sofware mode will
cater (if at all) to the lower spec machines. -Keith

> >Specs below are from James Pickard's scan of the brochure.

> <snip>
> >Minimum
> >Hardware 3D support: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Memory
> >32Mb RAM or more * DirectX compatible 3D card with 8Mb RAM
> <snip>

> That seems a bit odd. Geoff Crammond kept going on about how the game
> would be playable on a wide range of machines. There are still a
> *lot* of 4 meg 3D cards out there in everyday use (eg my ancient
> Voodoo1, though that will be upgraded to a Voodoo3 soon if I can get
> one to work with my Intel 810 [ugh]). A choice of software or 8 meg+
> only hardware leaves a big gap in the middle.

> If it was going to be for 8 meg+ hardware *only* (like Rally
> Championship, which never claimed to be playable on lower-spec
> machines in any case), I could understand it, but doing it this way
> just seems pointless. Anyone who's got a PC powerful enough to play
> GP3 in software mode is going to have a 3D card of some sort already.

> --
> David.
> "The lawyers are destroying inspiration."
> (Michael Turner, motorsport artist)

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