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GP2 & PC UPGRADE

4 posts by 4 people · 17 Oct 1996 - 27 Oct 1996

Eric Cote 17 Oct 1996#340861
Hello to all GP2 fan.I'm currently investigating on upgrading my PC. Very soon i will do the final move,and with this i hope to see good frame rate and lots of details in SVGA mode. After some research,here's what i'm planning to buy: Motherboard: ASUS P/I-P55TVP4 with intel 430VX chipset Question:which of 430VX or 430HX chipset faster in DOS mode ?? CPU:CYRIX 6x86 P166+ RAM: 16MB 50ns EDO RAM Question:Is 32 MB going to make difference in GP2 ? VIDEO CARD: HERCULES DYNAMITE 128/VIDEO with 4MB RAM Question:which of MATROX MILLENIUM or HERCULES DYNAMITE better overall ? HARD DISK: QUANTUM FIREBALL 1.2 GBytes 10 ms So that was my choice, the reason is mainly due to $$$/quality ratio and availability of the product mentioned above. Last question,anybody who has the same CPU, i would appreciate what kind of graphic details are expected with at least 19.6 - 21 frame/sec in SVGA mode (a must) and a processor occupency lower than 100%. ( i don't care about SKY,SMOKE OFF ) Thanks to any serious reply to this post VIA this newsgroup,take care and have fun racing,Eric
It's my understanding that the HX is a higher performance chipset. The VX supports SDRAM which is too expensive to justify buying now anyway. I have a p150+ oc'd to 166+. Probably not, everything seems to fit well in my 16 megs. I run in low or medium detail with track texture, wall texture, and smoke in the rear view mirrors. CPU occupancy stays ~45% with the only slowdowns in the first turn at the start (if I'm behind traffic). Frame rates don't drop below about 21 fps.
niteha 18 Oct 1996#340946
I recently tried out a cyrix 166 with 64 megs and an 8mb matrox millenium i was able to play gp2 (without sky) in svga at 18 fps with an overall occupancy of 80 %
CarloSa 27 Oct 1996#341719
Yes But what detail did you have on and was it VGA or SVGA. Come on tell the whole story. FORZA FERRARI

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