Will N3 work w/200mhz MMX? Opinions/Experiences Please

I currently have Nascar1999 but am planning to upgrade to Nascar 3. My problem is, I still have a 200MHZ MMX system. I've got an almost full 4GB hard drive, and 64 MB RAM. Video Card is an ATI Rage II. N99 is running satisfactory, although after a while of racing it tends to get jerky. I hate to spend money on N3 without some knowledge of what I'm in for. If anyone has attempted N3 on a similar setup, please let me know what you've expereinced and your opinion of whether or not to stick with N99. Thanks Alot, CaseyBrown

On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 16:17:58 -0500, CaseyNBrown <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I currently have Nascar1999 but am planning to upgrade to Nascar 3. >My problem is, I still have a 200MHZ MMX system. I've got an almost full >4GB hard drive, and 64 MB RAM. Video Card is an ATI Rage II. > N99 is running satisfactory, although after a while of racing it >tends to get jerky. I hate to spend money on N3 without some knowledge >of what I'm in for. If anyone has attempted N3 on a similar setup, >please let me know what you've expereinced and your opinion of whether >or not to stick with N99. > > Thanks Alot, > >CaseyBrown >

I'm running a K6233 MMX also with 64 RAM and AWE64. My video however is a Monster Fusion 16Mb. With full field at Atlanta, I got about 10/15 fps while the pack was in front of me. With clear track, about 20/24fps. (All detail on, 800x600x16). You probably should change video at the least or you won't get close to these figures. The video is the real workhorse in this version, with the improved graphics. Recommend a V3 3500. Realistically, we should be using at least a Celeron 450. Hope this helps.

I was able to run it reasonably well on a P166 MMX with a 12 meg Canopus 3D 3dfx. All options turned on except antialising and I got around 12-15 fps in a crowd and got to 30 fps on my own. Two weeks ago I upgraded to a Celeron 466 with same 3dfx and now hold 30 fps all the time. N3 is no way the CPU hog that GPL is. -- Redline Race Controls http://www.wave.co.nz/pages/lakewood/Redline2.htm Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports Hamilton New Zealand

I was running a 200 without MMX and using a Monster Fusion and with everything turned off was getting 9fps. It was playable but you miss a lot of good graphics. As far as multi play that is a different story. Upgraded to a PIII 450 and a 3dfx Voodoo3 2000, beacause Banshee was overheating and couldn't cool. I now get 30 fps. Multiplayer still sucks. CaseyNBrown wrote:

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> I currently have Nascar1999 but am planning to upgrade to Nascar 3. > My problem is, I still have a 200MHZ MMX system. I've got an almost full > 4GB hard drive, and 64 MB RAM. Video Card is an ATI Rage II. > N99 is running satisfactory, although after a while of racing it > tends to get jerky. I hate to spend money on N3 without some knowledge > of what I'm in for. If anyone has attempted N3 on a similar setup, > please let me know what you've expereinced and your opinion of whether > or not to stick with N99. > > Thanks Alot, > > CaseyBrown