rec.autos.simulators

by **PaiK** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

Hi ras!

I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
network play with my P2 & TNT.

What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
power through Glide.

Anyone playing GPL with P166 and Banshee? what fps and resolution get?

Thanks!

Javier Fernandez

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by **James Pickar** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

I have that config....

333 and Voodoo 2..

solid.. with only a few cars...

Network works GREAT!!!!

I have too wheels.. and it rocks. just need somone else who can play
:-)

buzz me for the settings for GPL . there are a few tricks you can do to
imporve FPS..

James Pickard,
Melbourne,
AUSTRALIA

> Hi ras!

> I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
> network play with my P2 & TNT.

> What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
> power through Glide.

> Anyone playing GPL with P166 and Banshee? what fps and resolution get?

> Thanks!

> Javier Fernandez

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by **Scottie Smit** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

Get a Rendition board. You can get a Diamond Stealth S220 4mb for $30 or a
Hercules Thriller 3D 8mb for around $80. For a P166 Rendition will give the
best bang for your buck.

On my P200 I went from 20fps on a V1 to a solid 36fps on the Thriller with
more eye candy.

Scottie

>Hi ras!

>I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
>network play with my P2 & TNT.

>What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
>power through Glide.

>Anyone playing GPL with P166 and Banshee? what fps and resolution get?

>Thanks!

>Javier Fernandez

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by **Wolfgang Prei** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

>I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
>network play with my P2 & TNT.

>What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
>power through Glide.

With an iP166(MMX?), the best solution would be to try and get a
(used) Rendition based card, preferably with 8MB memory. Those cards
depend least on CPU power. The second best option would be a VooDoo1
add-on card, if you turn off the mirrors. But on a 166, neither will
be entirely satisfying. Stay away from nVidia cards for such a slow
system. I managed to install GPL on an AMD K6 200 with a Riva 128
(4MB) card: it looks good, but the framerate is real bad - around 12
fps while driving alone. I don't know how things are looking with a
Banshee in this kind of system, but I would guess that this card will
not perform at its best with such a slow processor.

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by **Steve Garrot** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

I use a P200 w/ Voodoo1 and I can race with 5 other cars, but any more
than that and the framerate drops to low (even with 5 it would
sometimes drop to single digits).

My brother-in-law had a P166 w/ Redition and he was not able to race
with any cars but himself. He just got a new P3 though . . .

I would suggest a faster CPU and a Rendition, if GPL is going to be
your primary game.

SLG

>Hi ras!

>I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
>network play with my P2 & TNT.

>What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
>power through Glide.

>Anyone playing GPL with P166 and Banshee? what fps and resolution get?

>Thanks!

>Javier Fernandez

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by **Woodie** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

On Thu, 20 May 1999 14:14:46 GMT,

>They certainly were not bruce. All you needed was a mid spec PII and a plain
>old Voodoo graphics card for a decent frame rate. I even had it working fine
>on a P166 with 32mb and a Voodoo Graphics!.

>I have the full version working fine on my Pentium 166 with 32MB of
>RAM and a 12MB Voodoo2. With all the detail turned on I get around
>20-25fps, on virtually all the tracks.

>solid.. with only a few cars...

How can this be? I'm running a P200 with 64 MB and a Voodoo I and I rarely see
20 FPS with any other cars. Rarely see 36 in training, often see 8 on the
starting grid.

>I use a P200 w/ Voodoo1 and I can race with 5 other cars, but any more
>than that and the framerate drops to low (even with 5 it would
>sometimes drop to single digits).
>My brother-in-law had a P166 w/ Redition and he was not able to race
>with any cars but himself. He just got a new P3 though . . .

Thank god, this sounds more like what I see.

Don McCorkle
Libertarian Motorsports

by **Kirk Lan** » Fri, 21 May 1999 04:00:00

Forget a 'used' Rendition....pick up a $30 Stealth II S220 (Make sure its
the S220, not the lame G460 or whatever the Intel chipset version is) and it
will do you VERY well. Plus you have enough dough left to buy a cheap
Voodoo for non-Papyrus games.

--
Kirk Lane

ICQ: 28171652

>>I've a P166, 32 Mb, and I'm thinking buy a 3D card for play GPL,
>>network play with my P2 & TNT.

>>What 3D card is better for a P166? I read that Banshee uses less CPU
>>power through Glide.

>With an iP166(MMX?), the best solution would be to try and get a
>(used) Rendition based card, preferably with 8MB memory. Those cards
>depend least on CPU power. The second best option would be a VooDoo1
>add-on card, if you turn off the mirrors. But on a 166, neither will
>be entirely satisfying. Stay away from nVidia cards for such a slow
>system. I managed to install GPL on an AMD K6 200 with a Riva 128
>(4MB) card: it looks good, but the framerate is real bad - around 12
>fps while driving alone. I don't know how things are looking with a
>Banshee in this kind of system, but I would guess that this card will
>not perform at its best with such a slow processor.

>--
>Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

cancellation

warned.

by **Bruce Bla** » Sat, 22 May 1999 04:00:00

>Anyone playing GPL with P166 and Banshee? what fps and resolution get?

>Thanks!

>Javier Fernandez

I've been playing with P166MMX 64MB and Banshee lately - other
machine is dead - using latest reference drivers and Banshee patch

The best settings I've come up with for framerate ar as follows:

800x600 resolution

turned off all mirror textures except car texture

turned off ahead textures for terrain, objects, crowds, clouds -
this still gives good visual clues trackside for braking points, etc

turned off dynamic lighting and specular highlights

detail bias 1/4 in from the left

mirrors refresh every third frame

sounds at 4

All this gives 28-36 fps when racing online - lowest rate I've seen
on a grid is about 14

by **PaiK** » Sun, 23 May 1999 04:00:00

Thanks to all for the replys.

Regards.
Javier Fernandez

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