GP4 - Hardware specs for actually racing?

Hi everyone, I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing? I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps, pretty average if you ask me). So what is required just to race with basic detail? Are there any settings I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster? I'm willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like :) Cheers, James

BTW, I'm running XP Pro and 29.42 NV drivers, but I can try 23.11 and 28.xx. I'm thinking there might be some .ini file settings (like in GPL for D3D cards, and GP3)? James "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing? > I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is > noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps, > pretty average if you ask me). > > So what is required just to race with basic detail? Are there any

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> I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster? I'm > willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like :) > > Cheers, > > > James > >

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> Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing? > I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is > noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps, > pretty average if you ask me). > > So what is required just to race with basic detail? Are there any settings > I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster? I'm > willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like :) > > Cheers, > > > James > > >

This did the trick for me. I'm currently running in 1024x768 @ 38fps and it's just beautiful despite all degradations. Taken from GP4 readme.txt 6. 3D performance ***************** The game's 3D performance will vary from configuration to configuration, but there are many options available in-game to allow the user to get the best compromise between performance and gameplay. During a race, you can find out your "Processor Occupancy" rating by pressing the "O" key. This figure is given as a percentage. It is important that this figure is kept as close to (or below) the 100% mark as possible - anything higher and the game physics will be compromised and gameplay will suffer. Here are some tips for lowering the occupancy:- - Run the game in a lower resolution - Reduce the quality of the textures used in-game in the Advanced Graphics Options - Reduce the quality of the shadows and turn off environment maps in the Advanced Graphics Options - Reduce the objects shown in the mirror view in the Advanced Graphics Options - Turn off some of the trackside objects - Lower the frame rate setting - Reduce the size of your replay buffer in the Graphics Detail Menu - Run the audio calibration from the sound menu. (see section 4 above) - Adjust windows audio system settings from the control panel (see section 4 above) -- Johan N [email hidden]

"James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing? > I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is > noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps, > pretty average if you ask me). > > So what is required just to race with basic detail? Are there any

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> I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster? I'm > willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like :) > > Cheers, > > > James >

Try getting the 23.11, or even better 23.12 drivers. They work better with the "old" GF2 and 3 cards. Martin.

Still got that machine James? hehehe...with the repco sticker on the case and all ;) "James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi everyone, > > I was just wondering what people think as a minimum to run GP4 in racing? > I've found a PIII 933, 512 ram and a pretty good GF2 GTS (32meg DDR) is > noway near fast enough if you want more than a slide show (at least 30fps, > pretty average if you ask me). > > So what is required just to race with basic detail? Are there any

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> I can change (.ini files etc..) to make it run substantially faster? I'm > willing to sacrifice eye candy, just to see what the AI is like :) > > Cheers, > > > James > >