Can I run N2002 with this setup?

I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: 850 Tbird (not o/c) MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset Win98SE 512 meg of PC133 memory Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system with 850mhz processor. TIA Max

Max, I have a p3 850 running a geforce 2 mx 32meg (hercules Prophet2) which was before the mx200 mx400 were introduced. I run the game IMHO pretty well, not to much eye candy on, most sliders on medium, though enough to pick my brake points and you know. Getting solid 35-45 fps most of the time Online. However, I admit, that I wanted to take a screenshot for website, of my new car, but, I thought it just didnt do the paint job justice... I think you would find it to be acceptable for racing... seems how you enjoyed n4 in about the same deficiency (with the voodoo3 card). here is my specs 850 p3 256 m ram aureal vortex 2 < this could be a problem I will find out shortly as I find a new card to try... I hear it is a resource hogger... my max sounds are BTW set to 8. I have the voodoo5500 but it is in wife's computer, which except being a 700 p3 everything else is nearly identical, and the kids play on it... most the games are GLIDE they want anyway. n4 was similar FPS on it as on my machine, for n4 that is, I haven't tried 2k2 on it. I think the better card would be better, and I am looking at the same card. found OEM version for 145 or so on pricewatch.com "max" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: > 850 Tbird (not o/c) > MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset > Win98SE > 512 meg of PC133 memory > Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg > N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 > 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the > Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system > with 850mhz processor. > > TIA > Max > >

Thanks for the info plowboy, I think I'll go ahead and try it. The local BestBuy has the Geforce3 ti200 for 179-30 rebate=149. They also have N2002 for 39.99-5.00 rebate=34.99 so I should be able to do all this for under 200. Max Plowboy wrote:

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> Max, > > I have a p3 850 running a geforce 2 mx 32meg (hercules Prophet2) which was > before the mx200 mx400 were introduced. I run the game IMHO pretty well, > not to much eye candy on, most sliders on medium, though enough to pick my > brake points and you know. Getting solid 35-45 fps most of the time Online. > However, I admit, that I wanted to take a screenshot for website, of my new > car, but, I thought it just didnt do the paint job justice... I think you > would find it to be acceptable for racing... seems how you enjoyed n4 in > about the same deficiency (with the voodoo3 card). > > here is my specs > 850 p3 > 256 m ram > aureal vortex 2 < this could be a problem I will find out shortly as I find > a new card to try... I hear it is a resource hogger... my max sounds are > BTW set to 8. > > I have the voodoo5500 but it is in wife's computer, which except being a 700 > p3 everything else is nearly identical, and the kids play on it... most the > games are GLIDE they want anyway. n4 was similar FPS on it as on my > machine, for n4 that is, I haven't tried 2k2 on it. > > I think the better card would be better, and I am looking at the same card. > found OEM version for 145 or so on pricewatch.com > > "max" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: > > 850 Tbird (not o/c) > > MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset > > Win98SE > > 512 meg of PC133 memory > > Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg > > N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 > > 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the > > Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system > > with 850mhz processor. > > > > TIA > > Max > > > >

MAX, do me a favor or 2. Tell me your Frame rate in N4 with your current setup (average) and you find it playable right? My bud has similar setup, voodoo3 and all, but has elected to not move from n3 and I want to know if he's just having driver trouble or something and needs to tweak something for n4. It just hurts to race him in N3 ya know after being in n4 and now 2002. Then it would be cool to see if your system will run 2002 at all with the voo3 card. before you remove the darn thing that is. I'm trying to get him to buy my herc geforce so I can move up a notch, it will save him some dough, and help me out to thanks

While the processor is on the bottom edge of acceptable, the only major weak link I see is your video card. I would suggest upgrading that alone and you'd likely be ok to run 2002. It may not be silky smooth, but with a newer vid car should be every bit as playable as N4 was to you. I use a Visiontek GF3 on my racing machine and it does just fine. AMD 1.2Ghz with 512MB PC 133 RAM, decent graphics (no anisotropic filtering or steering wheel) and I maintain 50-60 FPS in most all situations but the worst online pileups. Even then 40 is as low as I have seen it. max <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: > 850 Tbird (not o/c) > MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset > Win98SE > 512 meg of PC133 memory > Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg > N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 > 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the > Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system > with 850mhz processor. > > TIA > Max > >

Plowboy, My average rate for N4 with the voodoo was around 18fps in traffic and 25fps alone with settings in the middle range at Daytona. I had today off so I took the family to BestBuy and picked up a Geforce3. I didnt get N2002 yet as the wife looked at me sideways when I said I wanted to get the Geforce. So I pulled the voodoo this afternoon and installed the Geforce. I havent had a chance to check it all out yet but I'll let you know how the Geforce does with N4. As far as the voodoo framerates from N3 to N4 are concerned I dont remember exactly what I was getting with N3 but I know that running N4 probably dropped my fps by at least 25-30%. Later Max Plowboy wrote:

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> MAX, do me a favor or 2. > > Tell me your Frame rate in N4 with your current setup (average) and you find > it playable right? My bud has similar setup, voodoo3 and all, but has > elected to not move from n3 and I want to know if he's just having driver > trouble or something and needs to tweak something for n4. It just hurts to > race him in N3 ya know after being in n4 and now 2002. > > Then it would be cool to see if your system will run 2002 at all with the > voo3 card. before you remove the darn thing that is. I'm trying to get him > to buy my herc geforce so I can move up a notch, it will save him some > dough, and help me out to > > thanks

Plowboy, My average rate for N4 with the voodoo was around 18fps in traffic and 25fps alone with settings in the middle range at Daytona. I took the family to BestBuy and picked up a Geforce3. I didnt get N2002 yet as the wife looked at me sideways when I said I wanted to get the Geforce and N2002. So I pulled the voodoo this evening and installed the Geforce. I havent had a chance to check it all out yet but I'll let you know how the Geforce does with N4. As far as the voodoo framerates from N3 to N4 are concerned I dont remember exactly what I was getting with N3 but I know that running N4 probably dropped my fps by at least 25-30%. Later Max Plowboy wrote:

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> MAX, do me a favor or 2. > > Tell me your Frame rate in N4 with your current setup (average) and you find > it playable right? My bud has similar setup, voodoo3 and all, but has > elected to not move from n3 and I want to know if he's just having driver > trouble or something and needs to tweak something for n4. It just hurts to > race him in N3 ya know after being in n4 and now 2002. > > Then it would be cool to see if your system will run 2002 at all with the > voo3 card. before you remove the darn thing that is. I'm trying to get him > to buy my herc geforce so I can move up a notch, it will save him some > dough, and help me out to > > thanks

CarGuy, I installed the Geforce but are there any settings (like no anisotropic filtering) that I need to specify in the settings to get the best performance? Also I've seen alot of posts on drivers, which one do you run and where did you get it. Thx Max CarGuy wrote:

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> While the processor is on the bottom edge of acceptable, the only major weak > link I see is your video card. I would suggest upgrading that alone and > you'd likely be ok to run 2002. It may not be silky smooth, but with a newer > vid car should be every bit as playable as N4 was to you. I use a Visiontek > GF3 on my racing machine and it does just fine. AMD 1.2Ghz with 512MB PC 133 > RAM, decent graphics (no anisotropic filtering or steering wheel) and I > maintain 50-60 FPS in most all situations but the worst online pileups. Even > then 40 is as low as I have seen it. > > max <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: > > 850 Tbird (not o/c) > > MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset > > Win98SE > > 512 meg of PC133 memory > > Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg > > N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 > > 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the > > Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system > > with 850mhz processor. > > > > TIA > > Max > > > >

max <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> I'm trying to decide whether to buy N2002.... My system currently: > 850 Tbird (not o/c) > MSI K7T-Pro2A w/ 133 chipset > Win98SE > 512 meg of PC133 memory > Voodoo3 PCI w/ 16meg > N4 ran good on the Voodoo but I'm considering a Visiontek Geforce3 Ti200 > 64meg. Question is: Will N2002 run well on my system if I get the > Geforce? Or am I wasting my time (and money) trying to boost a system > with 850mhz processor. > > TIA > Max

I am running a Voodoo 3 2000 on a Pentium 2 550 with 128mb ram at work. getting about 24 frames and looks OK.

max <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > CarGuy, > > I installed the Geforce but are there any settings (like no anisotropic > filtering) that I need to specify in the settings to get the bestperformance? > Also I've seen alot of posts on drivers, which one do you run and wheredid you > get it. > > Thx > Max > Yes, I run without the wheel on and anisotropic filtering disabled in the game, I also recommend you turn off the skid marks. They're FPS hogs that you really don't need in order to enjoy the sim. I run 1024x768 rez and 16 bit color. I am using Win XP Pro and the 23.11 drivers for the card itself.