rec.autos.simulators

XP Question.

Milhous

XP Question.

by Milhous » Thu, 29 Nov 2001 22:59:15

NVidia GeForce 2 MX200 32MB.  Yeah, pretty weak, but hey, seems that the
most I play is GPL anyway, and I can get 36 FPS at 1024x768 no problem, even
under XP Pro...

That, and the pair of Voodoo2s it replaced sold for -more- on eBay. =)

Milhouse

Milhous

XP Question.

by Milhous » Thu, 29 Nov 2001 23:00:30




> > I play GPL and SBK2001 on WP Pro with no problems, apart from the ***y
> > SBLive noise issues.

> I can't get GPL running on XP Home. It's the *only* game I haven't been
able
> to get running on XP yet. Are you using NTFS? I think GPL might have a
> problem with NTFS partitions. I get the GPL splash screen then a dump to
the
> desktop.

You do have all of the patches, right?  GPL would do that to me unless I had
1.2 and the D3D patch already installed...and can't be NTFS, that's what I'm
using.

Milhouse

Randy Cassid

XP Question.

by Randy Cassid » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:35:07

GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

Randy


...
...

John P. Wilso

XP Question.

by John P. Wilso » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:28:28

I can certainly believe that.  Some would kill for a V2 about now, for older
games...remember all those Glide-only games we were so proud of?  :-)

- John P. Wilson

STP

XP Question.

by STP » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 03:47:46


Yes,I applied all the patches. I installed it twice and tried it before and
after patch, same thing. I have read of some people with the same problem.
Did you convert to NTFS before or after you installed GPL? Some are saying
that if you convert from FAT32 to NTFS after GPL is installed then it will
run, if you convert before then it won't. I don't know myself.

Tsuna

XP Question.

by Tsuna » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 03:52:19


carefully:

I currently have an ATI radeon VE 32Mb card, tho I hope to upgrade to
a Radeon 8500 sometime.

Tsunami

Ronald Stoeh

XP Question.

by Ronald Stoeh » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 05:21:32


> GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

I assume, GPL2 and CART3 will do that as well, won't they?

;)

> Randy



> ...
> >    I have two 600 MHz P3s in my 2 year old box, are there
> > any sims that can take advantage of dual processors?
> ...

--
l8er
ronny
Thom j

XP Question.

by Thom j » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:21:11

Ya gotta love Randy & what he did with GPL & more!
Well done kiddo and I do not care how old GPL is! :)
Thom_j.


| GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.
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| Randy
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| > any sims that can take advantage of dual processors?
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Larry Lindstro

XP Question.

by Larry Lindstro » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 06:25:40



> > GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

> I assume, GPL2 and CART3 will do that as well, won't they?

> ;)

   That's what's holding up WSC, isn't it?  

                                     Larry

Milhous

XP Question.

by Milhous » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 08:39:40

I never converted, I did a clean install and went with...wait, no, on the
partition GPL is installed on, I converted to NTFS almost right off, but
long before I installed GPL.

Yeah, the first partition was NTFS from the start, the second stayed FAT32
for maybe a few days, hehe...

Milhouse




> > You do have all of the patches, right?  GPL would do that to me unless I
> had
> > 1.2 and the D3D patch already installed...and can't be NTFS, that's what
> I'm
> > using.

> > Milhouse

> Yes,I applied all the patches. I installed it twice and tried it before
and
> after patch, same thing. I have read of some people with the same problem.
> Did you convert to NTFS before or after you installed GPL? Some are saying
> that if you convert from FAT32 to NTFS after GPL is installed then it will
> run, if you convert before then it won't. I don't know myself.

Rafe McAulif

XP Question.

by Rafe McAulif » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:37:53

Wow, the depth and thoroughnes of GPL made "way back when" continues
to amaze.

Thanks for continued support, Randy!

Rafe Mc

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:35:07 -0500, "Randy Cassidy"


>GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

>Randy



>...
>>    I have two 600 MHz P3s in my 2 year old box, are there
>> any sims that can take advantage of dual processors?
>...

STP

XP Question.

by STP » Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:45:01


Well, I don't know what the issue is on my system then. I've always been
able to get games running in the past. I'll look into it some more sometime.
Thx.

Milhous

XP Question.

by Milhous » Sat, 01 Dec 2001 07:32:35

Hmm...what video card and video drivers are you using?  Just a thought...on
my two GeForce 2 MX-based computers (and likely the third that's sitting
next to me just waiting to get an OS - XP - installed =) they all got much
better performance all-around, especially in games, if I installed the
Detonator XP 21.85 'beta' driver (I say 'beta' because it's one of those
ultra-stable betas, at least as far as I've found) - you've got to to do a
bit of searching to find it, since 21.83 is the latest one nVidia supports
so far.  21.83 is fast, but 21.85 is, well, faster.  =)  Fastest one, I
think; there's even newer betas leaked, but most are slower than 21.83, some
much more so.

Milhouse




> > I never converted, I did a clean install and went with...wait, no, on
the
> > partition GPL is installed on, I converted to NTFS almost right off, but
> > long before I installed GPL.

> > Yeah, the first partition was NTFS from the start, the second stayed
FAT32
> > for maybe a few days, hehe...

> > Milhouse

> Well, I don't know what the issue is on my system then. I've always been
> able to get games running in the past. I'll look into it some more
sometime.
> Thx.

Biz

XP Question.

by Biz » Sat, 01 Dec 2001 07:43:49

Is the multi-processor support automatic or do you need to set some core.ini
params?

--
Biz

"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash


> GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

> Randy



> ...
> >    I have two 600 MHz P3s in my 2 year old box, are there
> > any sims that can take advantage of dual processors?
> ...

Randy Cassid

XP Question.

by Randy Cassid » Sat, 01 Dec 2001 08:05:49

It's automatic.  Assuming, of course, that you're running a version of
Windows that has multiprocessor support.

Randy


> Is the multi-processor support automatic or do you need to set some
core.ini
> params?

> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash



> > GPL and N4 will both take advantage of dual processor machines.

> > Randy



> > ...
> > >    I have two 600 MHz P3s in my 2 year old box, are there
> > > any sims that can take advantage of dual processors?
> > ...


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