rec.autos.simulators

If you are using a P166, what are these games like at hi-res, full
detail?  What do you think the framerate is?  Are you completely
satisfied with it's performance?

                                 Thanks,  Casey Hudson

  >...Intel in a way has lucked out, though until now it has probably
been holding its breath waiting for the other shoe to drop...<

  It just dropped, and it's call the Cyrix 6x86. The 133Mhz version
(which Cyrix has dubbed the P166+) is kicking the hell out of the
166Mhz Pentium on all current benchmarks (see the latest issue of PC
Magazine for more details).

  I just picked up one yesterday (the P166+ model), and it's the
fastest damn thing I've ever worked with. Out of order execution,
superpiplining, superscalar/speculative execution - it's more like a
P6 in P5 clothing, but without the 16-bit performance hit of the
Pentium Pro.

  Better yet, the 6x86 is completely pin-compatible with existing
Pentium PGA sockets. I've got mine installed in a board designed
specifically for genuine Intel CPUs (all the way up to the as yet
unreleased P5/180), and yet here I am flying along at speeds faster
than anything Intel can offer for this very same board. Truly Amazing!

  Imagine what will happen when Cyrix starts to really crank up the
clock speed (note: the P166+ is only running at 133Mhz, even though it
delivers better-than-P5/166 performance - hence the P166+ moniker).

  Intel *should* be concerned...

RCK

GP2 will probably be a bit more hungry, although I am confident it will
play well in hi-res on a P133 - if it doesn't, they are screwed IMHO.

Julian
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                                University of Oxford

Used a friend's P166 with 4 Mb Video Card and with NASCAR Racing could
have all the details on, including asphalt.    WAAAAAA.   Sob Sob.

I would buy one if I had the money.

Cheers,

Craig.

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Stephane, Montreal.

By 27 fps I mean that that's how far up I can set the min frame rate
before various bits of graphics go away.

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Brian Wong                              Systems Engineering Group (Servers)

        Karl

i have a p166 with 4 mb video & i have all graphics on & my frame rate
high & low at 30..It is awesome

What do you think?

Also,  how expsensive is the Cyrix chip versus a P166?
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Later,

Stuart J. Boyle

I don''t know about that - Intel's P166 doesn't do a thing for 16-bit
code - it's no faster than a P133. The Cyrix chip apparently doesn't
have the same limitation. I would imagine that most games would be
16-bit so as to be as highly optimized as possible, but I could be
wrong about that.

Joe

Hey Brian Wong - Systems Engineering - SMCC Servers !
You burnt somethin' into my screen !

What should UNIVBE help ??
It only slows down *my* computer !

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Both NASCAR Racing and IndyCar Racing II are full 32-bit applications.
Most games that use the DOS/4GW 32-bit DOS extender are full 32-bit
applications as well.

Rick Genter
Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II
Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Joe