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I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing?
I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is
noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps,
pretty average if you ask me).

So what is required just to race with basic detail?  Are there any settings
I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster?  I'm
willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like  :)

Cheers,

James

James

and it's just beautiful despite all degradations.

Taken from GP4 readme.txt

6. 3D performance
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The game's 3D performance will vary from configuration to configuration, but
there are many options available in-game to allow the user to get the best
compromise between performance and gameplay.

During a race, you can find out your "Processor Occupancy" rating by pressing
the "O" key.
This figure is given as a percentage.  It is important that this figure is kept
as close to (or below) the 100% mark as possible - anything higher and the game
physics will be compromised and gameplay will suffer.  Here are some tips for
lowering the occupancy:-

- Run the game in a lower resolution
- Reduce the quality of the textures used in-game in the Advanced Graphics Options
- Reduce the quality of the shadows and turn off environment maps in the Advanced Graphics Options
- Reduce the objects shown in the mirror view in the Advanced Graphics Options
- Turn off some of the trackside objects
- Lower the frame rate setting
- Reduce the size of your replay buffer in the Graphics Detail Menu
- Run the audio calibration from the sound menu. (see section 4 above)
- Adjust windows audio system settings from the control panel (see section 4 above)

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Johan N

Try getting the 23.11, or even better 23.12 drivers.
They work better with the "old" GF2 and 3 cards.

Martin.