Anybody try GP2 on a PPro?

I ordered a PPro 200 with 32 MB Ram and a Matrox Millenium last nite :) I will post the info once I have it. Personnaly I will sell my P6 + board once the PPro's MMX will be available. I guess PPro is the way to go, since it's only $100 more expensive than the P5/200 and you need to think about the future of ***....Windows NT will eventually be the platform, then the PPro will run at about the double the speed of the P5/200 due to it's 32bit optimized archictecture (see CPUmark results of the Ppro 200 with NT and the P5/200) big difference! BTW, think about getting a new comp? Try www.qtx.com (Quantex), that's where I bought mine last nite..very cheap and good (I have a 486 quantex as well and am very satisfied). Happy driving! Tom, ToxicBlaster Team Toxic ***strike Champions 95 Soon on AOL!!!

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> I ordered a PPro 200 with 32 MB Ram and a Matrox Millenium last nite :) > I will post the info once I have it. Personnaly I will sell my P6 + board > once the PPro's MMX will be available. I guess PPro is the way to go, > since it's only $100 more expensive than the P5/200 and you need to think > about the future of ***....Windows NT will eventually be the platform, > then the PPro will run at about the double the speed of the P5/200 due to > it's 32bit optimized archictecture (see CPUmark results of the Ppro 200 > with NT and the P5/200) big difference! > BTW, think about getting a new comp? Try www.qtx.com (Quantex), that's > where I bought mine last nite..very cheap and good (I have a 486 quantex > as well and am very satisfied). > Happy driving! > Tom, > ToxicBlaster > Team Toxic > ***strike Champions 95 > Soon on AOL!!!

I have a P6/200 with the Matrox 4 meg card and I think you are going to be quite happy with it... JEB in Vegas

I remember Microsoft saying that they will continue with both NT and 95. NT is designed for business, with it's stong network and file capabilities. 95 is for home use, more suitable for games. The next release of 95 WILL have less 16-bit code, if any at all. So I agree with your statement that the P6 is the processor to buy, but your OS statement is wrong. I hope you have better luck with Quantex then I did... I ordered a P6 system from them and was told i'd have in in 2.5 to 3 weeks. After 5.5 weeks and countless excuses ("i'm sorry, there's nothing I can do, you'll just have to wait") I cancelled my $3400 order and took my business elsewhere. Their prices are low but you get what you pay for.

TT> about the future of ***....Windows NT will eventually be the TT> platform, then the PPro will run at about the double the speed of TT> the P5/200 due to it's 32bit optimized archictecture (see CPUmark TT> results of the Ppro 200 with NT and the P5/200) big difference! Think you might find OS/2 an excellent 32-bit system to play games from with your PPro.....since when it's running Dos stuff it's actually emulating it via it's own 32-bit code..... And GP2 looks just fine - with no apparent differences in perceptible speed or CPU overhead reported between running it from Dos and from OS/2. So I've got it one click of an icon away - with 640k of base memory and the rest of the 32 Megs as DPMI for it to play happily! Cheers! --- * RM 1.3 U0414 * If puns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have puns.