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does anyone of you know how gp2 and a PII-350MHz CPU go together  (I
mean: Full resolution at how many frames? etc. etc.)

Thanks!!!

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Bring in a copy of GPL and she'll smack you ;)

Cheers!

Jean

http://www.bhmotorsports.com/gpl/hotlap/index.html     (GPL page)
http://www.nat.fr/homepages/estori85/welceng.html      (GP2 page)

Thanks,

James

nice to hear that.

I can imagine what you mean by "it is a totally new game"
I have to get rid of my Cyrix 166+ and buy a PII-350 or higher
(unfortunately the cpu's higher than 350 are still relatively expensive,
although I hope for a price fall soon)

By the way: What is your frame rate at Monaco with full detail(and off
course SVGA)?

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Erik van Duijn
Katwijk, Holland

 I am new to GP2 (believe it or not!) but what does the term "PO
occupancy
average"

PO means Processor Occupancy, i.e.: how much "work" the processor is
using for the game. Theoretically it should be a little less than 100
but, in case of crashes, it is advisable to bring it down even more,
let's say 70-80 (an even lower value than that would be great but hard
to do with slower systems in SVGA-mode and full detail).
You can get the value for the PO by pressing the "o" key during the
game. Also look at the difference between tracks like (for instance)
Interlagos and Monaco (especially at the start)!!! Yes, it is really
track-dependent as well as detail- and mode- (VGA/SVGA) dependent.

and how can you tell if you are getting 30+ fps correctly?

again: press the o-key and tune it to a value (if possible) lower then
100. I usually tune it  when racing on Monaco (during the start for
instance). Monaco is a real CPU-time-eater and if the PO is OK there, it
should be OK elsewhere.

I've alway
heard that GP2 runs slowly, but it seems to run fine on my PII300.

But at the time GP2 was released, those monster-pc's where not available
yet.
My opinion is that GP2 is not so slow at all, CONSIDERING IT DOES NOT
MAKE USE OF 3D/3DFX-CARDS. THE MAIN CPU HAS TO DO ALL THE WORK, WHILE IN
NEWER GAMES (F1RS,GPL etc.) THAT IS SHARED WITH THE 3D/3DFX-CARDS.
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With a PII300 or higher you should be able to run at about 21fps - 25.6 fps
with everything on at 640 x 480 maybe more.   25.6 is the max the game allows I
believe.  

James,

PO = Processor Occupancy, the figure that you get when you push the "O" key
during play. Whenever it goes over 100, the game slows down  (need a whole story
to explain this...). The problem is that the game doesn't drop frames, it
stretches gametime.

Framerate is maximum 25.6

You only get the correct framerate as long as PO stays under 100.

JoH
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