Hardware / Graphics cards

Tseng ET6000

discussed in 78 posts, 1996-2000 · overall tone positive

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Best video card for Grand Prix 2 frame rates 1996-07-30 · 29 posts
A user with a Diamond Stealth 64 asked which card would improve GP2 performance. Posters compared Matrox Millennium and ET6000-based Hercules Dynamite 128 scores in the GP2 log, and argued over whether video cards matter at all for GP2. John Wallace held that GP2's code limits the gains from fast cards while ICR2 and NASCAR benefit greatly, and user reports were mixed.
Best video card for Grand Prix 2 on a P133 1996-12-08 · 20 posts
A user asked which video card best ran GP2 on a Pentium 133, and the Hercules Dynamite 128 was recommended for pure DOS speed. Rendition owners reported low GP2 frame-rate estimates, and others explained that GP2 bases its estimate on the card's slow VGA mode while the fast VESA performance is what matters in play.
Sharing GP2 log:on CPU and video speed scores 1996-07-25 · 40 posts
Players posted CPU and video scores from GP2's log:on option for many systems. Matrox Millennium and ET6000 cards scored highest, while Cirrus Logic, ATI and some other cards scored very poorly. John Wallace attributed GP2's weak use of fast cards to its lack of linear framebuffer support.
Standardising Grand Prix 2 video benchmarks with CBench 1996-08-04 · 22 posts
Michael Carver proposed that posters report Chris's 3D benchmark (CBench) results instead of GP2 log scores so hardware could be compared consistently. Many users posted VGA and SVGA scores for their CPU and video card combinations. JEB showed that FASTVID with write combining greatly improved SVGA results on a Pentium Pro, and the ATI Mach64 was singled out as slow under DOS.
Was PC Gamer's 95% Grand Prix 2 review overrated 1997-01-31 · 38 posts
Posters accused PC Gamer of overrating GP2 and other games to please advertisers, while others defended GP2's performance on modest PCs. PC Gamer editor Dan Bennett replied that he reviewed the final boxed version, had listed the lack of network play as a negative, and had not run into the problems some described.