rec.autos.simulators

by **Michael Pak Wing L** » Sun, 11 Aug 1996 04:00:00

Does anyone out there know wheter a dual pentium pro will speed up GP2? (or games in general) or are
they limited to server use.

by **Hena Hakkane** » Mon, 12 Aug 1996 04:00:00

No, it won't! Unless GP2 supports SMP, which I doubt very much, judging
from its crappy video and serial code ...

Hena Hakkanen

by **Rob Sn** » Tue, 13 Aug 1996 04:00:00

I hear that the pro hates dos programming so is no real
omprovement to running GP2

Rob

by **Double Clut** » Wed, 14 Aug 1996 04:00:00

A dual PPro machine only makes sense if you have an operating system that
supports dual processors. Windows NT is one such OS, but gp2 and most
other games won't run under it. From what i've read, a dual processor machine
will run SLOWER than a single-processor model of the same CPU under DOS. If you
want the fastest game machine around, get a Pentium 200 and a good video card.

by **Michael Dubbelda** » Wed, 14 Aug 1996 04:00:00

> I hear that the pro hates dos programming so is no real
> omprovement to running GP2

> Rob

Pro hates 16 bit programming, not dos programming. GP2 is 32 bit.

by **Steve Garrot** » Thu, 15 Aug 1996 04:00:00

>Subject: Dual PPRO
>Date: 10 Aug 1996 23:21:16 GMT
>Does anyone out there know wheter a dual pentium pro will speed up GP2? (or
>games in general) or are
>they limited to server use.

Does GP2 work under an operating system that uses both processors? If it was
written for DOS or Win95, then no it will not help. If it was written for
OS/2, maybe. If it was written for Win NT, maybe depending on which version.

So, no it will not help.

SLG

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
and improved ways of spelling old words. Gramatical errors are
due to too many English classes/teachers)