rec.autos.simulators

by **Jonathan David Kem** » Thu, 17 Aug 1995 04:00:00

I'm considering buying a new Pentium system soon. I'm not sure whether I
should invest the few extra dollars in higher processor speed or more
memory. I'm considering either a P-90 with 16 MB RAM or a P-120 with 8
MB RAM. I play both World Circuit and IndyCar (and, soon, their
respective updates). Which system would give me the best performance for
these games?

Thanks.

Jonathan

by **Akis Athanassio** » Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:00:00

I would invest some extra dollars in a svga graphic card with at least
2 MB VRAM. Seems to me more important than the processor speed or RAM. I run a
P75 with 8 MB, and changing the graphics card improved the performance quite
remarkably. So : p-90 w/8MB and an Graphics board with > 2MB VRAM

cheers

-- akis

by **David Paul Gym** » Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:00:00

>>I'm considering buying a new Pentium system soon. I'm not sure whether I
>>should invest the few extra dollars in higher processor speed or more
>>memory. I'm considering either a P-90 with 16 MB RAM or a P-120 with 8
>>MB RAM. I play both World Circuit and IndyCar (and, soon, their
>>respective updates). Which system would give me the best performance for
>>these games?
>I would invest some extra dollars in a svga graphic card with at least
>2 MB VRAM. Seems to me more important than the processor speed or RAM. I run a
>P75 with 8 MB, and changing the graphics card improved the performance quite
>remarkably. So : p-90 w/8MB and an Graphics board with > 2MB VRAM

I think 8meg RAM will soon start to look inadequate. I'd go for a P90,
16meg RAM, VRAM-based PCI video card. (More RAM equals nice things like
disk caches, ramdisks, etc.; I've got 24 meg and I have a massive
RAMdisk setup up to log data to from GPPerf & friends. NASCAR and
Indycar also benefit from being able to save long replays; NASCAR on an
8meg machine typically seems to only be able to save a few minuts of
replay.)

All IMHO, of course.

Chisa
-- Gizmo
http://www.mal.com/~dgymer/
--
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Launchpad is an experimental internet BBS. The views of its users do not
necessarily represent those of UNC-Chapel Hill, OIT, or the SysOps.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

by **George Lew** » Sun, 20 Aug 1995 04:00:00

In article

I would look at "down the road" it's a heckuva lot cheaper to go and buy
another 8 megs down the road than it is to upgrade from a P-90 to a P-120!

I would go for the P-120/8 megs RAM and get yourself the 2MB Diamond Stealth
Video Card (PCI - 64 bit). Later, you can add another 8 Megs!

rec.autos.simulators

p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?

p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?

p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?

p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?

p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?