Questions regarding hardware and NASCAR1

Hello all, I know these are beginner-type questions, so please spare the flames. Would anyone be so kind as to tell me how doing each of the following would enhance my NASCAR experience: 1) Upgrading the motherboard (I currently have a 486DX4/100); 2) Upgrading the video card (I have a PCI 1MB card); and 3) Adding RAM (I have 12 Meg at present) I know doing all 3 of the above would be awesome, but which would be best? I'm mostly concerned in increasing the frame rate, then increasing the detail. Thanks! Bill Woodcock

: Hello all, : I know these are beginner-type questions, so please spare the flames. : Would anyone be so kind as to tell me how doing each of the following : would enhance my NASCAR experience: : 1) Upgrading the motherboard (I currently have a 486DX4/100); : 2) Upgrading the video card (I have a PCI 1MB card); and : 3) Adding RAM (I have 12 Meg at present) Number 1 is the first choice, even though it will be the most expensive (especially after you put in a new more powerful CPU). The others will not provide you with any improvements in frame rate or detail. Well, depending on the speed of your video card, you might see a minor improvement. But your motherboard/cpu is the "drag chute" in your system. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> Would anyone be so kind as to tell me how doing each of the following > would enhance my NASCAR experience: > 1) Upgrading the motherboard (I currently have a 486DX4/100); > 2) Upgrading the video card (I have a PCI 1MB card); and > 3) Adding RAM (I have 12 Meg at present) > I know doing all 3 of the above would be awesome, but which would be > best? I'm mostly concerned in increasing the frame rate, then increasing > the detail.I would recommend that you go for option 1)upgrading m/b and processor,

preferably to a mid-range Pentium. Since (assuming) your graphic card is not 3D specialized, increasing frame rate and graphic detail will be processor intensive. Your 486 may take a heavy toll and still deliver poor results. Your amount of RAM is fine, but why not go for 16mb? That would be better. Hope my comments help, CHeers, Allan Tay

If you want to save money at first, put in a AMD 586/133 chip. I put one in and clocked it at anywhere from 133, 150 or 160Mhz. I can run Nascar with 38 cars and ALL details on. You can get the AMD chip now for around $45 -- Lannie Schafroth

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> >Hello all, > > I know these are beginner-type questions, so please spare the flames. > > Would anyone be so kind as to tell me how doing each of the following > >would enhance my NASCAR experience: > > 1) Upgrading the motherboard (I currently have a 486DX4/100); > If you want to save money at first, put in a AMD 586/133 chip. > I put one in and clocked it at anywhere from 133, 150 or 160Mhz. > I can run Nascar with 38 cars and ALL details on. > You can get the AMD chip now for around $45 > -- > Lannie Schafroth

Everybody can run with 38 cars and all details on. But what is you frame-rate? What version of Nascar are you running - Matrox, Edge, 3DBlaster? There is no way in hell you are running standard Nascar with all detail on any machine and getting close to 20fps, which should be considered minimum acceptable performance. I have a p166 512k cache 4mb Matrox system and I have to turn off asphalt to stay over 20fps. Are you running in SVGA? Tell the whole story. Dana Bailes

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> >Hello all, > > I know these are beginner-type questions, so please spare the flames. > > Would anyone be so kind as to tell me how doing each of the following > >would enhance my NASCAR experience: > > 1) Upgrading the motherboard (I currently have a 486DX4/100); > If you want to save money at first, put in a AMD 586/133 chip. > I put one in and clocked it at anywhere from 133, 150 or 160Mhz. > I can run Nascar with 38 cars and ALL details on. > You can get the AMD chip now for around $45 > -- > Lannie Schafroth