Re: GPL Bliss...8^)...relatively speaking

Seems the addiction has jumped to another level JP . You'll soon be climbing the ladder at GPLRank now . Depending on your mobo , you could see up to 800mhz with that chip with some overclocking to 100mhz bus speed . It would certainly help with a 19 car race offline. Congrats on the new system though. Andrew J. P. Hovercraft <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is > history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. > > So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in > Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast. I think I'm in > love. Maybe the colors are even better, but I might be hallucinating. > I've said my goodbyes to my loved ones...8^). > > J. P. Hovercraft >

On Sun 25 Jun 2000 03:36:35am, J. P. Hovercraft wrote: <snip> >am I conveying the enthusiasm I'm experencing here? Oooohhhh yes! I started with GPL on a P133 with a Voodoo 1, so I know exactly what you mean! -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

In article <[email hidden]>, "J. P. Hovercraft" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is >history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. > >So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in >Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast. I think I'm in >love. Maybe the colors are even better, but I might be hallucinating. >I've said my goodbyes to my loved ones...8^). > >J. P. Hovercraft

Oh, shit - here he comes on GPL Rank... I better get back to the track.<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +77.11 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

On Sun 25 Jun 2000 01:58:46am, J. P. Hovercraft wrote: >After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is >history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. > >So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in >Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast.<snip> That'll be *all* down to the CPU. GPL isn't a memory hog - 32 megs is enough to run it fine, and all more does is gives you a bigger replay buffer. Mind you, a Voodoo 3 would give even better results (and, in the UK at least, is a lot cheaper than a GeForce). My machine (Celeron 400, 64 megs, V3 2000) can easily run a steady 36fps at 800x600 during a 20-car race once the first half-lap is over. Nice! -- David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast. I think I'm in love. Maybe the colors are even better, but I might be hallucinating. I've said my goodbyes to my loved ones...8^). J. P. Hovercraft

It's been about an hour now, and after getting over the "wowie" effect (driving into walls while looking around at everything), I did about 8 seroius laps at Monza...and took another second off my PB. 1:34:3* now...and another step up at GPLRank...The sense of speed and control (or lack of) is amazing. Man, what I've been missing...8^)...am I conveying the enthusiasm I'm experencing here? J. P. Hovercraft David Buttery wrote:

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> On Sun 25 Jun 2000 01:58:46am, J. P. Hovercraft wrote: > > >After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is > >history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. > > > >So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in > >Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast. > <snip> > > That'll be *all* down to the CPU. GPL isn't a memory hog - 32 megs is > enough to run it fine, and all more does is gives you a bigger replay > buffer. > > Mind you, a Voodoo 3 would give even better results (and, in the UK > at least, is a lot cheaper than a GeForce). My machine (Celeron 400, > 64 megs, V3 2000) can easily run a steady 36fps at 800x600 during a > 20-car race once the first half-lap is over. Nice! > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: +39.92) > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

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>It's been about an hour now, and after getting over the "wowie" >effect (driving into walls while looking around at everything), I >did about 8 seroius laps at Monza...and took another second off my >PB. 1:34:3* now...and another step up at GPLRank...The sense of >speed and control (or lack of) is amazing. Man, what I've been >missing...8^)...am I conveying the enthusiasm I'm experencing here? > >J. P. Hovercraft

Hey J.P. Different animal altogether isn't it? Your in trouble now. You could probably get another significant increase by upgrading that Voodoo2. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -1.90 Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

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> After about 6 hours of tweaking and fiddleing...the P166, 64 Meg is > history. I'm now driving a Celeron 533 w/128 Meg RAM. Same Voodoo 2. > > So I fired up GPL...WOAH!!!!!! It used to run 12-17 fps in > Training...35-36 now! This is a whole different beast. I think I'm in > love. Maybe the colors are even better, but I might be hallucinating. > I've said my goodbyes to my loved ones...8^). > > J. P. Hovercraft

You want to be *really* happy? Get a Voodoo 3. Also if that Celeron 533 is one of the new Celeron II's, you can easily overclock it to 800Mhz just by switching to 100Mhz FSB. The .18micron CeleronII's run much cooler than the original Celerons (they're basically cache- crippled Coppermine PIII's). Welcome the Papyrus-driven upgrade club ;)! Kendt Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.