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GP2 runs fine on a pentium 90

Jason Smit

GP2 runs fine on a pentium 90

by Jason Smit » Mon, 22 Jul 1996 04:00:00


> I had just purchsed GP2 today and ran it on my custome built Pentium 90
> with 16MB of EDO ram and an ATI Mach64 with 2MB VRAM. Initially I wanted to
> upgrade to a P166  because I had some doubts about running it in svga after
> hearing so many people having slow frame rates even with a P133 but after
> fooling around with the detail settings I was satisfied with running it at
> 15 fps with medium detail and only sky and banks turned off. I also limited
> the mirror details to track, curb, and verges. With this setting, all the
> tracks including Monaco was quite playable even with the processor
> occupancy at 120-160%. I was very surprised at how nice it ran at Monaco
> without changing the detail setting. 15 fps might sound low for some people
> but believe me it's definitely playable. I also tried it on my friend's
> Dell P90 with 16MB and 2MB VRAM and had similar results. So for the people
> worring about slow frame rates, my advice to you is to go buy the game
> because of your love for racing and not be deterred simply becaue you can't
> run it at 30 fps with all details on. Everyone is got a different setup so
> just because it runs too slow on their machine doesn't necessarily mean
> that it will run just as slow on yours. I am truely satisfied with the
> game, its definitely worth the wait. Way to go Jeoff Grammond!!!!!!!!

> Enjoy the endless hours of fun with this game, you'll love it.

But at 120-160% your playing in slow motion and that suxs.  It's best to
set it at 50% if you want to look at your replays. So get the 166.
Jason.
Lawrence Wi

GP2 runs fine on a pentium 90

by Lawrence Wi » Sat, 27 Jul 1996 04:00:00

120-160% is still very playable. It certainly isn't slow motion




> > I had just purchsed GP2 today and ran it on my custome built Pentium 90
> > with 16MB of EDO ram and an ATI Mach64 with 2MB VRAM. Initially I
wanted to
> > upgrade to a P166  because I had some doubts about running it in svga
after
> > hearing so many people having slow frame rates even with a P133 but
after
> > fooling around with the detail settings I was satisfied with running it
at
> > 15 fps with medium detail and only sky and banks turned off. I also
limited
> > the mirror details to track, curb, and verges. With this setting, all
the
> > tracks including Monaco was quite playable even with the processor
> > occupancy at 120-160%. I was very surprised at how nice it ran at
Monaco
> > without changing the detail setting. 15 fps might sound low for some
people
> > but believe me it's definitely playable. I also tried it on my friend's
> > Dell P90 with 16MB and 2MB VRAM and had similar results. So for the
people
> > worring about slow frame rates, my advice to you is to go buy the game
> > because of your love for racing and not be deterred simply becaue you
can't
> > run it at 30 fps with all details on. Everyone is got a different setup
so
> > just because it runs too slow on their machine doesn't necessarily mean
> > that it will run just as slow on yours. I am truely satisfied with the
> > game, its definitely worth the wait. Way to go Jeoff Grammond!!!!!!!!

> > Enjoy the endless hours of fun with this game, you'll love it.
> But at 120-160% your playing in slow motion and that suxs.  It's best to
> set it at 50% if you want to look at your replays. So get the 166.
> Jason.


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