Thanks for the advice
Good review of F12001 by the way.
I noticed that F1 2002 has a significant drop in frame rate compared to F1
2001 on my system. Is this due to increased modelling detail in F1 2002 or
is it not optimised so well for the V5 (or both)?
> In this review of F1 2001, both the Voodoo5 and Radeon 8500 were used. The
> 8500 was a lot faster and both of the cards you're looking at are faster
> than the 8500. It might be worth checking it out.
> http://www.sgn.cc/racing/f1_2001/review.shtml
> In GPL I run a Ti4400 with FSAA and it looks great. I still have my
V5500,
> but the only time I really miss it is when I play older games that only
run
> in low resolutions. The 5500's FSAA makes them look great. In newer games
at
> higher resolutions, the FSAA in the radeon or Ti series is just as good.
> Switching cards could give you 20 or more frames per second.
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> > I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get
> > broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade.
> > My system is:
> > Athlon 1.2GHz
> > 512Mb SDRAM
> > Voodoo5 AGP
> > In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting
are
> > OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza and
then
> > typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA.
> > 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I
> went
> > to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have found
> both
> > of these going for 112.
> > 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would
> > these cards compare to the V5 for GPL?
> > Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
