> > To be more precise - how scaleable is the V2 with a fast CPU such as
> > mine ? Any chance of 36fps at 1024x768 (my monitor won't go higher)?
> Ian, yes you will get 36fps pretty much all the time at 800 x 600 in Glide.
> To run 1024 x 768 in Glide with the V2 you need 2 Voodoo2's in SLI mode.
> KO
> > To be more precise - how scaleable is the V2 with a fast CPU such as
> > mine ? Any chance of 36fps at 1024x768 (my monitor won't go higher)?
> Ian, yes you will get 36fps pretty much all the time at 800 x 600 in Glide.
> To run 1024 x 768 in Glide with the V2 you need 2 Voodoo2's in SLI mode.
> KO
>Chris
No. A single Voodoo2's maximum resolution in Glide is 800x600 no matter how
fast your cpu is.
It is a limitation of the Voodoo2 not the cpu speed.
You cannot run 1024x768 in Glide with a single Voodoo2, it requires 2
Voodoo2 cards.
Not very...
Yes it is very cpu intensive
> > anyone think there is more chance of getting 1024 with a faster
> > processor and a 12Mb (rather than 8) V2 card ?
> No. A single Voodoo2's maximum resolution in Glide is 800x600 no matter
how
> fast your cpu is.
> It is a limitation of the Voodoo2 not the cpu speed.
> You cannot run 1024x768 in Glide with a single Voodoo2, it requires 2
> Voodoo2 cards.
SLG
I had a P2 350 and a V2 for a while. I enjoyed pretty high framerates at
800x600 most of the time (not at Monaco with lots of AI cars), but I wanted
to be able to max out the detail, improve the resolution and use funky
features like the 3D wheels. I bought a P3 600, expecting some improvement,
but in fact it made virtually no difference in GPL. The more detail and
stuff happening on screen, the less difference it made. In contrast,
switching to D3D on a GeForce 256 DDR was like a revelation.
In conclusion, I'd say it was not worth your while getting a V2 for your
1Ghz PC. You'd be better off sorting out whatever driver problems are
causing the flag colour malfunctions. Everything works fine on my system,
although the texture filtering doesn't look as good in D3D as in Glide IMHO.
Alex.
BTW - one of my friend's computers was significantly faster at running GPL
Chris
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> > anyone think there is more chance of getting 1024 with a faster
> > processor and a 12Mb (rather than 8) V2 card ?
> No. A single Voodoo2's maximum resolution in Glide is 800x600 no matter
how
> fast your cpu is.
> It is a limitation of the Voodoo2 not the cpu speed.
> You cannot run 1024x768 in Glide with a single Voodoo2, it requires 2
> Voodoo2 cards.
> > How processor dependent is the card's performance.
> Not very...
> > GPL I always thought was mainly CPU intensive.
> Yes it is very cpu intensive
Ian,
With GPL the biggest difference the CPU makes is in the framerate with
a large number of cars in a race. I run a 1Ghz Athlon with a V3 3000 and get
drops to 29 at the start when running at 1280x1024 with all detail on. I
V2s getting 25 fps at the start of races and 36 elsewhere with the detail
slider nearly halfway and specular lighting etc. turned off at 1024. One big
advantage of Glide is the ability to have full detail in the mirrors. I
tried a GF2MX with my Athlon and had to go back to "cars and track (?)" in
the mirrors to get acceptable framerates. If GPL is your number one sim,
then maybe you should consider dicing the MX in favour of (dare I say it?) a
V5 (cheaper than a "proper" GF2 GTS and will certainly give better results
in GPL and acceptable results in most other sims)
Just my 2 pacific peso's worth.
Phillip...
