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GP2-Best video card?

Gabriel Gardn

GP2-Best video card?

by Gabriel Gardn » Sun, 21 Jul 1996 04:00:00

I'm in the process of upgrading to a P166 & I need a new video card as
well.  Any comments on cards that work/don't work well with GP2?

[name

GP2-Best video card?

by [name » Sun, 21 Jul 1996 04:00:00

One of the best for not that kind of expensive money, should be a
Diamond Stealth 64DRAM.

TOEDELEDOKI.

John Wallac

GP2-Best video card?

by John Wallac » Sun, 21 Jul 1996 04:00:00



1) Hecules Dynamite 128 (2Mb MDRAM)
2) Matrox Millenium (non-OEM with 2Mb WRAM)
3) Hercules Stingray 64 (21202V with 2Mb EDO-DRAM)

In that order, those are the best cards at present (i.e. fastest!) :)

Have fun,
John

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Al Cargil

GP2-Best video card?

by Al Cargil » Mon, 22 Jul 1996 04:00:00





> >I'm in the process of upgrading to a P166 & I need a new video card as
> >well.  Any comments on cards that work/don't work well with GP2?

> 1) Hecules Dynamite 128 (2Mb MDRAM)
> 2) Matrox Millenium (non-OEM with 2Mb WRAM)
> 3) Hercules Stingray 64 (21202V with 2Mb EDO-DRAM)

> In that order, those are the best cards at present (i.e. fastest!) :)

Any ideas as to the "weighting" a better video card would give. In
other words if I was to upgrade from a slow DOS card to a 128 (or
other ET6000) what percentage in frame rate would I gain. What I am
trying (in my very rambling way!) to work out is how much "help" the
video card is to the CPU.

Al

Chindog

GP2-Best video card?

by Chindog » Tue, 23 Jul 1996 04:00:00



> >I'm in the process of upgrading to a P166 & I need a new video card as
> >well.  Any comments on cards that work/don't work well with GP2?

> Matrox Millenium (by far).

        ...or ET6000-based cards. And If you want a cheap, but fast card then
        you might consider ARK-2000PV-based cards (e.g Hercules Stingray 64
        or Octek Speed 64). Those latter two are not that much slower than
        Millenium in DOS games (as a matter a fact I got better fps in Chris's
        3Dbench (it's a _DOS_ VGA/SVGA-test) with ARK-2000PV card than with
        Millenium - but when I played with ICR2 I didn't feel any difference).

--
Markus Pelkonen

John Wallac

GP2-Best video card?

by John Wallac » Tue, 23 Jul 1996 04:00:00



Hi Al,

If you look in Sim Racing News (July issue) in the hardware section,
there's a graph which shows what kind of boost each video card will give
at various CPU speeds - as you will see, a good card can give a BIG
performance boost in terms of framer displayed on your monitor per
second. This equates to greater feedback from the car, smoother driving
from you and faster speeds (theoretically of course!!).

Hope it's useful for you....

Cheers!
John
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John Wallac

GP2-Best video card?

by John Wallac » Tue, 23 Jul 1996 04:00:00



Actually the Hercules Dynamite 128 shades the Millenium on both price
and performance....

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papa..

GP2-Best video card?

by papa.. » Wed, 24 Jul 1996 04:00:00

I agree with one qualification and this may not mean much but here
goes. I have the exact same puter as two friends (same guy built them)
they have Herc Dynamite 128cards I have a Herc 64/video 1mb. In
DUKENUKEM3d using the framrate counter and in 800x600 mode at the same
place in the game with the same options I get 2-3 frames better. Wierd
but true, but the great thing is the Dynamite is so fast in WINDOZ.

PAPA DOC

>1) Hecules Dynamite 128 (2Mb MDRAM)
>2) Matrox Millenium (non-OEM with 2Mb WRAM)
>3) Hercules Stingray 64 (21202V with 2Mb EDO-DRAM)
>In that order, those are the best cards at present (i.e. fastest!) :)
>Have fun,
>John
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papa..

GP2-Best video card?

by papa.. » Wed, 24 Jul 1996 04:00:00

hehe Not quite. But it does smoke in windows.

PAPA DOC


>>I'm in the process of upgrading to a P166 & I need a new video card as
>>well.  Any comments on cards that work/don't work well with GP2?

>Matrox Millenium (by far).

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John Wallac

GP2-Best video card?

by John Wallac » Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:00:00



To be honest, I've never checked. I personally don't give a damn if my
Win95 screen displays a little quicker, that's not very important to me.
I am looking for performance where I need it, and adequacy where I
don't.

I don't like giving info I haven't checked myself, but all info I have
shows that the 128 is a very good Win performer as well, perhaps not
quite as good as the Millenium, but no slouch. I haven't checked this
for myself. and as I don't have a Millenium anymore, I'm unlikely to be
able to :(

Sorry,
John

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Rob Sanhe

GP2-Best video card?

by Rob Sanhe » Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:00:00

On Mon, 22 Jul 1996 07:40:32 +0100, John Wallace


>Actually the Hercules Dynamite 128 shades the Millenium on both price
>and performance....

Even in win95?  I knew the Dynamite would rock in dos games, but how
about windows performance, since thats what the Millenium is known
for?  Does the Dynamite have better performance even at, say,
1024x768x16 bit?
Rob Sanheim

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GP2-Best video card?

by Vma » Wed, 31 Jul 1996 04:00:00




>>Any ideas as to the "weighting" a better video card would give. In
>>other words if I was to upgrade from a slow DOS card to a 128 (or
>>other ET6000) what percentage in frame rate would I gain. What I am
>>trying (in my very rambling way!) to work out is how much "help" the
>>video card is to the CPU.

>Hi Al,

>If you look in Sim Racing News (July issue) in the hardware section,
>there's a graph which shows what kind of boost each video card will give
>at various CPU speeds - as you will see, a good card can give a BIG
>performance boost in terms of framer displayed on your monitor per
>second. This equates to greater feedback from the car, smoother driving
>from you and faster speeds (theoretically of course!!).

>Hope it's useful for you....

>Cheers!
>John
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Also price wise the Diamond Stealth 3D 2000, S3 Trio 64 Virage chipset
w\2meg EDO. I think it maybe the same as the Hercules. According to
the testing I did and the numbers at Stanford U, the Stealth
outperformed the Matrox card I E-Mail ordered for $125 from Bestway.
But it did not come with the gratuitous, yet cheesy Screamer.
Hope this helps,
Mike

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