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Fri, 07 Jan 2022 02:09:25 --+AD4APA-h1 class+AD0AIg-linkback+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIg-https://rec-autos-simulators.net/+ACIAPg-rec.autos.simulators+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h1+AD4- +ADw-h2 class+AD0AIg-topic-title+ACIAPg-benefits of better video card with GP2+ADw-/h2+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-action-bar top+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-pagination+ACIAPg- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p1+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile1+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Hans Hein+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content1+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p1+ACIAPg-benefits of better video card with GP2+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Hans Hein+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Tue, 03 Dec 1996 04:00:00+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4-I have just upgraded from Pentium 90 to Pentium 166 processor. +ADw-br+AD4- Still I cannot even properly turn trees and buildings on (let alone +ADw-br+AD4- sky) in hot lapping mode without the game getting all jerky. +ADw-br+AD4- (I must say I am very allergic to jerkiness) +ADw-br+AD4- I have a Diamond Stealth 64 2Mb Dram PCI card. +ADw-br+AD4- Will I be getting significant improvements with a 128 bit +ADw-br+AD4- videocard (Tseng ET 6000). Anyone any experience. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-BTW how are things with 3D cards, networking and GP2?? +ADw-br+AD4- Any announcements from MicroProse yet? +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p2+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile2+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-Phil Bowe+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content2+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p2+ACIAPg-benefits of better video card with GP2+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-Phil Bowe+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:00:00+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4-I build systems every day for a living and I can tell you that the Stealth +ADw-br+AD4- 64 2000/2001 are teriffic choices in mid line cards. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Personnaly I have the +ADw-br+AD4- choice of every card on the planet and I use a Matrox MGA Millennium and I +ADw-br+AD4- can tell U It's the fastest thing I've ever seen for general use. (Short of +ADw-br+AD4- a Glint Chipset. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Never used one of them.) +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The Stealth 64 200x is mabey +ADw-br+AD4- 10+ACU- slower and to be honest is a much better value, even though if I had to +ADw-br+AD4- do it over I'd get another MGA. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-The 3D cards on the market seem to KILLLL +ADw-br+AD4- Dos performance and don't do much for windows performance either. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-They run +ADw-br+AD4- Rendition ready games OK but Hey, what do I do all day long. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Do what You +ADw-br+AD4- like but if You ask me, (And You Did..) Stick with the DS-2000 and go to a +ADw-br+AD4- Cyrix 6x86 166 or 200. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Want to see your system FLY. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-Use a DFI Motherboard +ADw-br+AD4- ONLY. +ADw-br+AD4- Happy Hunting.... +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p3+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg2+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile3+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-mb+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content3+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p3+ACIAPg-benefits of better video card with GP2+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-mb+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Wed, 04 Dec 1996 04:00:00+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4APA-div class+AD0AIg-gQuote+ACIAPg- +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-I have just upgraded from Pentium 90 to Pentium 166 processor. +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-Still I cannot even properly turn trees and buildings on (let alone +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-sky) in hot lapping mode without the game getting all jerky. +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-(I must say I am very allergic to jerkiness) +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-I have a Diamond Stealth 64 2Mb Dram PCI card. +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-Will I be getting significant improvements with a 128 bit +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-videocard (Tseng ET 6000). Anyone any experience. +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-BTW how are things with 3D cards, networking and GP2?? +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-gt+ADs-Any announcements from MicroProse yet? +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4-I just switched (on my Pentium 200) between a Matrox Mystique with +ADw-br+AD4- 2 Mb SGram and Diamond Stealth 64 with 1 Mb Dram. +ADw-br+AD4- Frames were 23.2 per sec on the (very fast) Mystique and +ADw-br+AD4- 19.6 on the (rather slow) Diamond Stealth of course with identical +ADw-br+AD4- detail flipped ON. +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-In GP2 there is NO benefit from 3D video cards because 3D is not +ADw-br+AD4- supported in GP2 (unfortunately) +ADw-br+AD4- So indeed there will be a substantial speed increase when you +ADw-br+AD4- change from your Diamond to the Tseng card. +ADw-br+AD4- Expect an increase from 3 to +- 5 frames per second +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-rgds +ADw-br+AD4- Marc Biesmans, Belgium +ADw-br+AD4- +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-p4+ACI- class+AD0AIg-post has-profile bg1+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-dl class+AD0AIg-postprofile+ACI- id+AD0AIg-profile4+ACIAPg- +ADw-dt class+AD0AIg-has-profile-rank no-avatar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-avatar-container+ACIAPgA8-/div+AD4-jhabi..+ADw-/dt+AD4- +ADw-/dl+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-postbody+ACIAPg- +ADw-div id+AD0AIg-post+AF8-content4+ACIAPg- +ADw-h3 class+AD0AIg-first+ACIAPgA8-a href+AD0AIgAj-p4+ACIAPg-benefits of better video card with GP2+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/h3+AD4- +ADw-p class+AD0AIg-author+ACIAPg- +ADw-span class+AD0AIg-responsive-hide+ACIAPg-by +ADw-strong+AD4-jhabi..+ADw-/strong+AD4- +ACY-raquo+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Fri, 06 Dec 1996 04:00:00+ADw-/p+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-content+ACIAPgA8-p+AD4-I have a diamond stealth 3d 2000 video card with 4mb edo dram and gp2 +ADw-br+AD4- flys.I can get everything in SVGA mode exept the sky. I have 133 pentium +ADw-br+AD4- 32 megs ram. +ACY-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-br+AD4- +ACY-nbsp+ADs-P.S. +ACY-nbsp+ADs-I had a 128 bit lightspeed with 2mbs ram and it didn't make much +ADw-br+AD4- differance. +ADw-br+AD4- But that was with my old system a PACKARD BELL 120 pentium 32 megs ram. +ADw-br+AD4- the mother board slowed my system down +ADw-br+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-hr /+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-action-bar bottom+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-pagination+ACIAPg- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-navbar+ACIAPg- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-inner+ACIAPg- +ADw-br/+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-1. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-c7251d81ab55c740+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2 GP2+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-2. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-264b045205d01c67+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-My video card is better than your, not it+ACYAIw-39+ADs-s not+ACEAPA-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-3. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-00c37b73d99dec32+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Video cards... which to buy for best ICR2 and GP2 performance+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-4. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-caa7c2a2590d2080+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Misc. thoughts on video cards, ICR2, GP2, homemade wheels and pedals...+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-5. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-c3edcd43a7fc8893+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GP2-Best video card?+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-6. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-77a79ae6923d102a+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-GP2 dream video card+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-7. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-3aec1377652c10e0+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Video card makes no difference in GP2.+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-8. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-b381b84d9966f1b1+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Best video card for GP2?+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-p+AD4-9. +ADw-a href+AD0AIg-8+AF8-be630e09e376219c+AF8-1.html+ACIAPg-Anyone had tried to play GP2 with video card with Rendition Verite+ADw-/a+AD4APA-/p+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4- +ADw-div class+AD0AIg-spacedbox+ACIAPgA8-div class+AD0AIg-adbox+ACIAPg- +ADwAIQ--- Large Footer --+AD4- +ADw-ins class+AD0AIg-adsbygoogle+ACI- style+AD0AIg-display:block+ACI- data-ad-client+AD0AIg-ca-pub-4601021536021499+ACI- data-ad-slot+AD0AIg-8598264538+ACI- data-ad-format+AD0AIg-auto+ACI- data-full-width-responsive+AD0AIg-true+ACIAPgA8-/ins+AD4- +ADw-script type+AD0-'text/javascript'+AD4- (function() +AHs- var done +AD0- false+ADs- var script +AD0- document.createElement('script')+ADs- script.async +AD0- true+ADs- script.type +AD0- 'text/javascript'+ADs- script.src +AD0- '//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js'+ADs- var createScript +AD0- setTimeout( function()+AHs- document.getElementsByTagName('HEAD').item(0).appendChild(script)+ADs- +AH0-, 400 )+ADs- script.onreadystatechange +AD0- script.onload +AD0- function(e) +AHs- if (+ACE-done +ACYAJg- (+ACE-this.readyState +AHwAfA- this.readyState +AD0APQ- 'loaded' +AHwAfA- this.readyState +AD0APQ- 'complete')) +AHs- (adsbygoogle +AD0- window.adsbygoogle +AHwAfA- +AFsAXQ-).push(+AHsAfQ-)+ADs- +AH0- +AH0AOw- +AH0-)()+ADs- +ADw-/script+AD4- +ADw-/div+AD4APA-/div+AD4- +ADw-div style+AD0AIg-margin:0 auto+ADs-clear:both+ADs-max-width:990px+ADs-text-align:center+ADs-padding:20px+ADsAIgA+-rec.autos.simulators is a usenet newsgroup formed in December, 1993. 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