Re: Computer Good Enough?

In article <[email hidden]>, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> writes: >Your machine will run those titles just fine as-is. If you *have* money >burning a hole in your pocket for an upgrade, you could probably go with >either a GeFarce2 or a Voodoo 5 GeFarce? Was that a typo, or a freudian slip?<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +52.52 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> tim wrote: > > > > My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could > > run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an > > upgrade? > > > > Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, > > Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. > > > > Especially interested in: > > > > Grand Prix Legends > > Nascar Legends > > Dirt Track Racing > > > > We'd appreciate any advice from your collected wisdom. > > Thanks guys. > > > Your machine will run those titles just fine as-is. If you *have* money > burning a hole in your pocket for an upgrade, you could probably go with > either a GeFarce2 or a Voodoo 5. But it's not really necessary. Just > make sure you get the 1.2 patch and the d3d patch for GPL. BTW, what > kind of wheel you have?

He does not have a wheel as yet. He might make the jump if he gets into it. I might go in on one to make it easier for him. Any good wheels that do not cost tons of money we might look at? Thanks for all the encouragement from everyone. Tim > > -- > Chuck Kandler > > Windows is just a virus with a GUI

My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an upgrade? Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. Especially interested in: Grand Prix Legends Nascar Legends Dirt Track Racing We'd appreciate any advice from you collected wisdom. Thanks guys.

My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an upgrade? Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. Especially interested in: Grand Prix Legends Nascar Legends Dirt Track Racing We'd appreciate any advice from you collected wisdom. Thanks guys.

tim wrote:

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> > My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could > run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an > upgrade? > > Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, > Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. > > Especially interested in: > > Grand Prix Legends > Nascar Legends > Dirt Track Racing > > We'd appreciate any advice from you collected wisdom. > Thanks guys.

Your machine will run those titles just fine as-is. If you *have* money burning a hole in your pocket for an upgrade, you could probably go with either a GeFarce2 or a Voodoo 5. But it's not really necessary. Just make sure you get the 1.2 patch and the d3d patch for GPL. BTW, what kind of wheel you have? -- Chuck Kandler Windows is just a virus with a GUI

On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 17:00:42 GMT, [email hidden] (tim) wrote: >Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, >Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. That's almost identical to a Dell system a friend got a while back. Gran Prix Legends was pretty adequate after installing the OpenGL beta patch, but it should really rock with the new D3D beta patch they've released. I intend to install it for him and find out, but he's only got DirectX 6.1 installed and the patch requires 7+ to work properly. It's a 3+ meg install download from MS for the 7.0a release of DirectX and I've not had the time to spend d/l'ing it on his machine. I expect he should be pretty happy with all those choices. I just checked and NL does come with a Direct3D rasterizer. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

I would say try those games before upgrading anything. That's already a fast computer. "tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could > run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an > upgrade? > > Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, > Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. > > Especially interested in: > > Grand Prix Legends > Nascar Legends > Dirt Track Racing

I have a Dell B733r + geForce etc. GPL is a dream with the new d3d rasterizer fix and the other 2 games you mention are absolutely fine as well. F1 2000 is also good, but takes more horsepower than any other game i've got. GP3 runs great as does Motocross Madness 2. "tim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what he could > run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an > upgrade? > > Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CD ROM, > Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. > > Especially interested in: > > Grand Prix Legends > Nascar Legends > Dirt Track Racing > > > > We'd appreciate any advice from you collected wisdom. > Thanks guys.

tim wrote: > He does not have a wheel as yet. He might make the jump if he gets into it. > I might go in on one to make it easier for him. > Any good wheels that do not cost tons of money we might look at? > > Thanks for all the encouragement from everyone. Absolutely! As of a couple days ago, http://www.computergeeks.com was still selling reconditioned LWFF wheels for something like $58. Check it out. -- Chuck Kandler Windows is just a virus with a GUI

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> > In article <[email hidden]>, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]> > writes: > > >Your machine will run those titles just fine as-is. If you *have* money > >burning a hole in your pocket for an upgrade, you could probably go with > >either a GeFarce2 or a Voodoo 5 > > GeFarce? Was that a typo, or a freudian slip?<g>

Damn... my personal viewpoints coming thru again! <g> -- Chuck Kandler Windows is just a virus with a GUI

Guillemot Ferrari FF is a very good choise, high quality and low in latency (subjective) another popular choise is the Logitech FF wheel. Marko tim <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, Uncle Fester <[email hidden]>wrote: > > > tim wrote: > > > > > > My brother just got a computer from Dell and I was wondering what hecould > > > run on it without total frustration. What would you suggest for an > > > upgrade? > > > > > > Pentium III 700 MHz, 128 MB, 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP card, 48x CDROM,

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> > > Turtle Beach Montego II A3D 320V Sound. > > > > > > Especially interested in: > > > > > > Grand Prix Legends > > > Nascar Legends > > > Dirt Track Racing > > > > > > We'd appreciate any advice from your collected wisdom. > > > Thanks guys. > > > > > > Your machine will run those titles just fine as-is. If you *have* money > > burning a hole in your pocket for an upgrade, you could probably go with > > either a GeFarce2 or a Voodoo 5. But it's not really necessary. Just > > make sure you get the 1.2 patch and the d3d patch for GPL. BTW, what > > kind of wheel you have? > > > He does not have a wheel as yet. He might make the jump if he gets into

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> I might go in on one to make it easier for him. > Any good wheels that do not cost tons of money we might look at? > > Thanks for all the encouragement from everyone. > > Tim > > > > > > -- > > Chuck Kandler > > > > Windows is just a virus with a GUI