N3 requirements

We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to upgrade for N3. According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should handle this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STB TNT 1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierras demo computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of a reality check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to run the game well. Just my opinion, don't kill me. :)

On Tue, 23 May 2000 17:13:51 -0700, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to upgrade >for N3. > >According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is >recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should handle >this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STB TNT >1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierras demo >computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > >This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of a reality >check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to run >the game well. > >Just my opinion, don't kill me. :)

Dont you mean N4? :) While you wont need a 800mhz to run it, it will definately improve it due to an "unlocked framerate" I believe that anyone who doesnt currently own a graphics card that supports T&L will immediately go out and get one that does once N4 is released. It will be a MUST HAVE! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skotty Flynn "skotty20" Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ Member of The Sports Gaming Network: http://www.sports-gaming.com

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what is "T&L". Skotty Flynn wrote:

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> On Tue, 23 May 2000 17:13:51 -0700, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to upgrade > >for N3. > > > >According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is > >recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should handle > >this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STB TNT > >1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierras demo > >computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > > > >This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of a reality > >check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to run > >the game well. > > > >Just my opinion, don't kill me. :) > > Dont you mean N4? :) > While you wont need a 800mhz to run it, it will definately improve it > due to an "unlocked framerate" > I believe that anyone who doesnt currently own a graphics card that > supports T&L will immediately go out and get one that does once N4 is > released. It will be a MUST HAVE! :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Skotty Flynn > "skotty20" > > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > > Member of The Sports Gaming Network: > http://www.sports-gaming.com

well yeah Nascar 4 :) sorry, It was a rant, so things seem to go wrong when rants start flying... :) then again this game really is Nascar 3, and that last deal was just nascar 99.99 Skotty Flynn <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 23 May 2000 17:13:51 -0700, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have toupgrade

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> >for N3. > > > >According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is > >recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should handle > >this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STB TNT > >1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierras demo > >computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > > > >This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of a reality > >check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to

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> >the game well. > > > >Just my opinion, don't kill me. :) > > Dont you mean N4? :) > While you wont need a 800mhz to run it, it will definately improve it > due to an "unlocked framerate" > I believe that anyone who doesnt currently own a graphics card that > supports T&L will immediately go out and get one that does once N4 is > released. It will be a MUST HAVE! :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Skotty Flynn > "skotty20" > > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > > Member of The Sports Gaming Network: > http://www.sports-gaming.com >

actually Hardware T&L is the issue, since T&L is already done on all systems one way or another via the processor T&L is Texture and Lighting if I'm not mistaken. am I? Patrick Shumar <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what is "T&L". > > Skotty Flynn wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 May 2000 17:13:51 -0700, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> > > wrote: > > > > >We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to

upgrade > > >for N3. > > > > > >According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is > > >recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL shouldhandle > > >this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STBTNT > > >1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierrasdemo > > >computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > > > > > >This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of areality > > >check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor torun

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> > >the game well. > > > > > >Just my opinion, don't kill me. :) > > > > Dont you mean N4? :) > > While you wont need a 800mhz to run it, it will definately improve it > > due to an "unlocked framerate" > > I believe that anyone who doesnt currently own a graphics card that > > supports T&L will immediately go out and get one that does once N4 is > > released. It will be a MUST HAVE! :) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Skotty Flynn > > "skotty20" > > > > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > > > > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > > > > Member of The Sports Gaming Network: > > http://www.sports-gaming.com >

:) Kai Fuller <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GFGW4.115025$[email hidden]... > well yeah Nascar 4 :) sorry, It was a rant, so things seem to go wrongwhen > rants start flying... :) > > then again this game really is Nascar 3, and that last deal was justnascar

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> 99.99 > > > Skotty Flynn <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Tue, 23 May 2000 17:13:51 -0700, "Kai Fuller" <[email hidden]> > > wrote: > > > > >We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to > upgrade > > >for N3. > > > > > >According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is > > >recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should

handle > > >this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STBTNT > > >1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierrasdemo > > >computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > > > > > >This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of areality

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> > >check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to > run > > >the game well. > > > > > >Just my opinion, don't kill me. :) > > > > Dont you mean N4? :) > > While you wont need a 800mhz to run it, it will definately improve it > > due to an "unlocked framerate" > > I believe that anyone who doesnt currently own a graphics card that > > supports T&L will immediately go out and get one that does once N4 is > > released. It will be a MUST HAVE! :) > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Skotty Flynn > > "skotty20" > > > > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > > > > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/ > > > > Member of The Sports Gaming Network: > > http://www.sports-gaming.com > > > >

Kai, you will be able to get it to run...N4 that is...but how many features will you have to turn off? 32 bit color? T&L? How many cars displayed? etc etc... You have a vid card that is 4 generations old, you have a cpu that is at LEAST 3 generations old, and you expect a graphically cutting edge program to run like the dickens? Sure, you will be able to get it to run...but how well and with what options? dave henrie Kai Fuller wrote:

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> > We've all had a lot of talk about how much were all going to have to upgrade > for N3. > > According to BHMS the game will RUN on a 266 Pentium, but 400mhz is > recommended. Ok so even my lowly year old 2000 dollar DELL should handle > this game with it's 450 Mhz processor. My Graphics card (a 16 MB STB TNT > 1)could be a bottleneck but it should run pretty well, since sierras demo > computers at E3 were around 400 mhz as well. > > This isn't a personal rant about my computer, but just a bit of a reality > check for those thinking were all going to need a 800 Mhz processor to run > the game well. > > Just my opinion, don't kill me. :)

Kai Fuller wrote in message ... >actually Hardware T&L is the issue, since T&L is already done on allsystems >one way or another via the processor >T&L is Texture and Lighting if I'm not mistaken. > >am I? AFAIK it's Transformation&Lighting ... but I have been worng before. Hena