Is my computer bullshit??

I Have An AST dx2-66 (Local Bus) with 8 meg of Ram. If I put all detail, the animation is so choppy that It makes the game unplayable(IN VGA)!!! Is There something's wrong with my computer?????

They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in full detail. Some things have to be shut off.

> I Have An AST dx2-66 (Local Bus) with 8 meg of Ram. If I put all detail, > the animation is so choppy that It makes the game unplayable(IN VGA)!!! > Is There something's wrong with my computer????? Not really. I just upgraded to a DX4-100, and I'm still choppy with all detail on. I found that removing the crowd in the stands -- which doen't affect the experience much for me -- does wonders. -------------------------------------------------------- Doug Broda, Broda and Burnett, Attorneys Troy, NY, USA My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my firm. This disclaimer is *really* necessary because my partner is my wife. And she reads this stuff.

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<<They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in full detail. Some things have to be shut off.>> This is only in SVGA. I run a P60 and turn off grass and track texture. All other detail is set to on. I get very smooth graphics. I prefer to lose the track and grass instead of the crowd though. The crowd adds so much to the racing experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------ NASSCAR Series Director "Go fast, turn left!" ------------------------------------------------------------------

>>They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in >>full detail. Some things have to be shut off. > What do you mean by 'lots of memory'? I have a P90 with 16megs >and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems. Yes.....but do you fun in SVGA and at what frame rate. It is a personal matter of choice, but to run at 12 fps and with most all of the graphics flipping on/off has little appeal to some. I have a P90 with 16 megs, and perhaps not the best DOS video card. Even in VGA mode, I have to limit the graphics to get what I consider an acceptable frame rate and to avoid the in/out display which is important to me.

What do you mean by 'lots of memory'? I have a P90 with 16megs and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems. bryon -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Names never chosen for a NFL team: the lemurs, the sloths, the duck-billed platypi and the pandas. Bryon S. Lape

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>Subject: Re: Is my computer bullshit?? >Date: 12 Jun 1995 14:42:53 GMT >>They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in >>full detail. Some things have to be shut off. > What do you mean by 'lots of memory'? I have a P90 with 16megs >and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems.

You guys are damn lucky!!!! I stuck with a piece of shit when you are with the highest quality machine. I would give my last pair of pants to get a p90 with 16 megs!!!

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>bryon >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- >Names never chosen for a NFL team: > the lemurs, the sloths, the duck-billed platypi and the pandas. >Bryon S. Lape

>>They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in >>full detail. Some things have to be shut off. > What do you mean by 'lots of memory'? I have a P90 with 16megs >and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems. What do you mean by 'no problems'? Do you run in VGA mode? Some might consider that a problem. What sort of frame rates? Many of us want frame rates well over 20. To us, anything less is a problem. So I (P90, 16M) don't think you can run will full detail and 'no problems.' - Max in CA

writes: says... >>>They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in >>>full detail. Some things have to be shut off. >> What do you mean by 'lots of memory'? I have a P90 with 16megs >>and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems. >What do you mean by 'no problems'? Do you run in VGA mode? Some might >consider that a problem. What sort of frame rates? Many of us want >frame rates well over 20. To us, anything less is a problem. So I >(P90, 16M) don't think you can run will full detail and 'no problems.' I recently purchased a Pentium 120 with 32M RAM expressly to run NASCAR. Even with this setup, my racing gets a bit choppy unless I turn off at least grass texture and occasionly pavement texture. The folks at Papyrus told me the key to good racing is **LOTS** of RAM and that video card quality has little bearing on decent fps speed.

I don't think the DOS extender (16 bit) that they are using will use more then 16 meg or RAM - same as Windows. The only way I see to use other 16 Meg ( I have 32M also ) is to setup large smartdrive cache. Nick > I recently purchased a Pentium 120 with 32M RAM expressly to run > NASCAR. Even with this setup, my racing gets a bit choppy unless I > turn off at least grass texture and occasionly pavement texture. The > folks at Papyrus told me the key to good racing is **LOTS** of RAM and > that video card quality has little bearing on decent fps speed.

It runs reasonably well with all features on but you are right to get optimum frame rates I have several of the features set auto. Grass textures Track textures Fans in the stands (this one I set on/off depending on the track) Chris

I don't think the DOS extender (16 bit) that they are using will use more then 16 meg or RAM - same as Windows. <<< DOS/4GW (the extender we use with NASCAR) allos you to address up to 4 Gigabytes (the full 32-bit address space). (Thus the name DOS/4GW.) Rick Genter Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II Papyrus Design Group, Inc.