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by **Rene Feij** » Sat, 06 Jul 1996 04:00:00

I like the look of the Need for SPeed. But does it run at a
reasonable frame rate on my 486DX4 100 mhz with 8 mb RAM and ET4000
VESA card? - Rene Feijen

by **Doug Bur** » Sat, 06 Jul 1996 04:00:00

> I like the look of the Need for SPeed. But does it run at a
> reasonable frame rate on my 486DX4 100 mhz with 8 mb RAM and ET4000
> VESA card? - Rene Feijen

It should run so-so in Hi-Res (640x480) ... I really wants a Pentium and 16mb, but I've run it on a DX4/100
with acceptable results (but I did have more memory - you will probably have to make a boot disk) ..

good luck.

Doug

p.s. when you do get it, grab some of the great "new" tracks that are available ...
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by **Brian Fo** » Sun, 07 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>I like the look of the Need for SPeed. But does it run at a
>reasonable frame rate on my 486DX4 100 mhz with 8 mb RAM and ET4000
>VESA card? - Rene Feijen

If it runs, the graphics will be pretty square and pixelated. I've got a
75mhz Pentium, and when I had 8megs of ram, it looked pretty bad. Now
that I have 16 megs I can run with the clearest setting of Hi-res.

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by **Ben** » Sun, 07 Jul 1996 04:00:00

> I like the look of the Need for SPeed. But does it run at a
> reasonable frame rate on my 486DX4 100 mhz with 8 mb RAM and ET4000
> VESA card? - Rene Feijen

Should work fine, I've got it working in SVGA mode on my 486DX 33mhz, 8mb
RAM, with a few of the pretty extras turned off. True, it looks better on my
friend's pentium, but I'm satisfied with what I've got.

by **Thomas Beag** » Tue, 09 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>I like the look of the Need for SPeed. But does it run at a
>reasonable frame rate on my 486DX4 100 mhz with 8 mb RAM and ET4000
>VESA card? - Rene Feijen

Your system is very close to mine and personally I don't bother
playing Need for Speed as the system is not fast enough. It runs ok in
standard VGA but looks terrible, and runs too slowly in SVGA mode.

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by **James Shaughness** » Tue, 09 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>Your system is very close to mine and personally I don't bother
>playing Need for Speed as the system is not fast enough. It runs ok in
>standard VGA but looks terrible, and runs too slowly in SVGA mode.

Did you never have a Spectrum or C64? We had to put up with shit
graphics AND unrealistic play. At least NFS has a really realistic
traction engine. I have a DX2/66 and play on VGA, close VP, no horizon
(etc) and still love skidding around (but you're right -- it does look
terrible, frame rate is only #just# barable)

I can't believe it wont run F1GP2 even at all!
When I got it it was the DUCK'S NUTS, now it's like having an Amstrad
PCW8256.....

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