rec.autos.simulators

This should ease everyone's pain. You guys who have been crying about this
being illegal please don't download it. (Fat chance). This is NOT the
shareware track.

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

I'll check back in here in a few weeks.  Cheers-

Charlie Heath / Papyrus

Well, it is illegal what you are doing, and anyone from Papryus that read
the message you posted can nail you for it.

I need help in deciding on a new video card.  I want to increase
the frame rates for N2, ICR2 and GP2, but the card still has to perform
well for other apps.  I currently have an ATI graphics Xpression but I'm
not impressed with the speed, though it has been very stable.
Also, I need to be able to support Win95 and a little OS2; I'd like
1024x768x64M under Win95.  I know that the Rendition card does not
support OS/2, but it should run in 640x480 which will be (I think)
acceptable for what I need to do.  It also appears that the Rendition
card can not run 1024x768x64M either, only up to 65K colors at that
resolution.

  I've seen read a lot of discussions regarding the Renditions
performance running N2 (my main sim), but little on the Mystique's.
How does the Mystique stack up?  I'm leaning towards the Matrox card
due to it's operating system support and color depth, but if I'll only
be able to run N2 will all graphics on at 20fps (P166/32M), then I may
sway the other way :)

  Any other considerations or comments?

Thanks,
Rob

See sysdoc.pair.com for more info.......

[URL deleted]

This sort of reminds me of the bank robber who wrote a holdup note on the
back of his own deposit slip. Or the guys who tried to break open an ATM by
hooking a chain to the back bumper of their pickup truck, ripping the
bumper off and leaving it at the scene of the crime with the license plate
still attached.

Dave Sparks
IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars
Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html
Hawaii Handle: davids

Bart brown

I do not know about the 1024x768x64M, but it will do 16M colors at
1024x768.  It gives options for 16, 24, and 32-bit color pallets.  I do
not know if that helps you or not.

matt
--

 >   I've seen read a lot of discussions regarding the Renditions
You can get the specs on their supported resolutions at www.matrox.com.

I love the 4MB Mystique I have. My P133, 32MB RAM runs N2 fine with all on
but grass/asphalt on. ICR2 runs unbelievably quick with everything on. Some
N2 tracks will let me get away with running all features on. Performance in
DOS games is very fast. Win95 performance is good. If you want the
Rendition graphics, though, go with the Rendition boards. However, the
Mystique is a very solid card and I am happy with it.  

Right on Charlie!!!! 'Bout time someone starts to shovel up the s**t in
here,

Regards,

JR
Black Hole Motorsports

Simply speaking, forget the Mystique.

Why? Well, due to the vagaries of GP2's graphics engine it is one of the
few games where a new video card makes minimal difference (ironically the
one game that really needs a kick in the pants too). That rules GP2 out of
the equation. For NASCAR2 and ICR2 they Mystique falls _well_ short of what
the Rendition can do, since the Rendition offers true 3D support for these
games. Believe me, the 3D version of ICR2 is probably the smoothest and
best looking sim available just now, better looking than Psygnosis' "F1" in
my opinion. The Rendition cards gives smoooooooooth framerates on a P-166
thanks to the hardware acceleration, and is pretty good in Win95 and other
SVGA games also.

--
Cheers!
John (SRN-Europe)
(Remove "NOSPAM" from address before replying...)

Charlie has been posting here ever since Jim left Papyrus, so it has hardly
been necessary to "flush him out".

In my opinion, as he is an employee of a company that is having it's
product hacked, slashed and bashed, he has taken the morally-correct step
in declining to post to this NG.
--
Bruce
----
"To be or not to be?  Well, I'd rather 'be', if you don't mind!"

On Thu, 29 May 1997 09:25:09 GMT, "John Wallace"

If you want to look to the past and go for DOS games that are written
or patched for a specific card then I would suggest a Rendition or
other well supported card.  If you want to look to the future of games
running under Direct3D in Windows 95 then I would currently suggest
the Mystique 4Mb which performs excellently.

I'm not an expert (which may be all too apparent!!) but these are just
my opinions.

Cheers ..... Pete

Intel Corporation (UK) Limited.

The mail address in the header is deliberately
wrong to stop spammers.  I've had enough of that!

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