Reading some of the earlier posts from this past week didnt sound very
encouraging for my setup.I have a Dellw/500mhz,128m ram & a Diamond Viper
v770 Ultra.But I took the leap since the store(Babbages) close to me has a 7
day/in store credit return policy.Been playing all day today,short answer,no
problems.The Install was straight forward,without a hitch(have a Toshiba
DVD-Rom).Left the graphic settings at default(which means most things are
turned on,@1024X768).Ran thru practice laps @California with various
chassis settings,the game sure is different from N3,car is very challenging
to handle at top speed in the corners.Frame rate at this point seems very
good(didnt measure it) and the graphics are superb!When other cars hit the
track,the frame rate does drop some,put it is still very good.Again,i was
using the default setting for this,which i believe shows 8-10 cars in front
and 2-4 behind,cant remember,sorry.Full Race,found it ran well,the frame
rate,that is...(I finished 8th in a 50 lap race,with racers set at 98).I
have a Microsoft FF Wheel,which gave just OK FF @100%.Anyways,I wanted to
get my impressions out there for those of you with modest hardware like
mine.I am very glad to have taken the chance and think I'm going to enjoy
the game a lot.This really isnt my #1 genre
(wargaming,Combat Mission-yeah & text sport sims are my main hobbies),so I
wouldn't be upgrading any time soon.One other thing I feel sure is the
reason i've seen no problems.I have up to date drivers for all devices,found
that always helps.Anyways,for what it's worth.....
Charlie
Hmm, I am running a celeron 600, V5, 256 Meg Ram, Raid (0). I find it hardly
playable. Setting FSAA 2, at 1024x768, I hate 800x600. Looks like a CPU upgrade
for me.
Rick
Charles Stokes wrote:
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> Reading some of the earlier posts from this past week didnt sound very > encouraging for my setup.I have a Dellw/500mhz,128m ram & a Diamond Viper > v770 Ultra.But I took the leap since the store(Babbages) close to me has a 7 > day/in store credit return policy.Been playing all day today,short answer,no > problems.The Install was straight forward,without a hitch(have a Toshiba > DVD-Rom).Left the graphic settings at default(which means most things are > turned on,@1024X768).Ran thru practice laps @California with various > chassis settings,the game sure is different from N3,car is very challenging > to handle at top speed in the corners.Frame rate at this point seems very > good(didnt measure it) and the graphics are superb!When other cars hit the > track,the frame rate does drop some,put it is still very good.Again,i was > using the default setting for this,which i believe shows 8-10 cars in front > and 2-4 behind,cant remember,sorry.Full Race,found it ran well,the frame > rate,that is...(I finished 8th in a 50 lap race,with racers set at 98).I > have a Microsoft FF Wheel,which gave just OK FF @100%.Anyways,I wanted to > get my impressions out there for those of you with modest hardware like > mine.I am very glad to have taken the chance and think I'm going to enjoy > the game a lot.This really isnt my #1 genre > (wargaming,Combat Mission-yeah & text sport sims are my main hobbies),so I > wouldn't be upgrading any time soon.One other thing I feel sure is the > reason i've seen no problems.I have up to date drivers for all devices,found > that always helps.Anyways,for what it's worth..... > > CharlieOn Sun, 11 Feb 2001 05:56:09 GMT, Rick Sweeney <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>Hmm, I am running a celeron 600, V5, 256 Meg Ram, Raid (0). I find it hardly
>playable. Setting FSAA 2, at 1024x768, I hate 800x600. Looks like a CPU upgrade
>for me.
Rick, is that a 600 running at 600 or a 400 overclocked to 600? If
it's a 600 chip, have you tried overclocking it to 900? Also, what
FPS is "unplayable"? (I've got similar hardware with a 300 @ 450 and
am thinking of a 600 @ 900 as a cheap upgrade.)
"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
