ET6000 with F1GP2 - anyone got this combination?

Hi I am very interested in upgrading to this graphics card and am particularly interested in how fast it is with F1GP2. Could anyone who has this combo. please either e-mail or post what sort of fps they get. Thanks in advance Al

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> Hi > I am very interested in upgrading to this graphics card and am > particularly interested in how fast it is with F1GP2. Could anyone > who has this combo. please either e-mail or post what sort of fps > they get. > Thanks in advance > Al

Hello Al We tried several cards with GP2, Diamond/2MB, Matrox/2MB and ARK/1MB. All cards performed well. Matrox and Dianmond are of cause faster, due to the 2MB onboard. And that is about all the difference you will get. 2MB graphic cards, supports 64 bits data transfers, a 1MB card only 32 bit. Because GP2 does not support any accelerator functions, you wont get any gain in speed by bying fancy cards. The speed is determined by your bus-frequency, and by the amount of ram on your card. Unforteunately, a 4MB card does NOT support 128 bit transfer. If you only want to play on your computer, buy a 2MB PCI card, cheap shit. If you use Windows, buy a Diamond, or a Matrox. Its as simple as that... LB

Hi Al, Well, an ET6000 isn't a graphics card, it's a chipset. This chipset is used in several cards, including the rather spiffing Hercules Dynamite 128 which is totally the dog's b&*&%^%$ as far as video cards go at the moment. If you can't find a Dynamite, any card using the ET6000 should be very quick, but the Herc's a winner for sure. Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

<Gulp!> John "reputation on the line" Wallace :) PS - If you can get hold of "CBENCH", benchmark your system before and after. In fact, I'm going to upload CBENCH to the binaries group, so anyone who wants an excellent FREE benchmarking program which handles SVGA, texture mapping, real fps reading, and true readouts, go and download it. _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

I've just ordered a Hercules Dynamite 128 (ET6000 based) on John Wallaces recommendation. I'm currently running a #9 Motion 771, so I'll let you know what sort of improvement I get. -------------------------------------------------------------

> In fact, I'm going to upload CBENCH to the binaries group, so >anyone who wants an excellent FREE benchmarking program which handles >SVGA, texture mapping, real fps reading, and true readouts, go and >download it. Which binaries group are you sending this to John, is it alt.binaries.simulators.autos? I had a look in here and it's empty, apart from something about a live *** show, or something (I didn't look, honest!) [Deek]

..... ..... I don't get that group from my newsserver. Is there another place to download it? TIA, Jo "Gravity doesn't exist; the Earth sucks!"

Try a WWW search on Alta Vista (http://altavista.digital.com) - that should find it. I don't have the URL handy just now, I think it is www.dfw.net Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews