Rendition + Cyrix + ?

Needed new machine for upcomming NASCAR II. Went with Cyrix P166+ and jumped aboard the Rendition band wagon on Intergraphs first day. Now I think I may have taken wrong turn in quest for speed. As you may have guessed, this system is fairly quick but will not run INDYFAST. I am pleased with INDYSAFE, but nonetheless dismayed at not being able to run all out. Just how much difference is there between INDYSAFE and INDYFAST? If I switch to Intel CPU will I be able to run DMA mode or does motherboard need to be replaced as well. Is there a chance that NASCAR II will run on Cyrix/Rendition combination in fastest mode, or will it have to run in some compromise mode leaving us Cyrix victims to wonder how much speed we are missing? Perhaps the solution is to replace rendition with ET-6000 for less sophisticated but faster graphics. Comments welcome. ziggy

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> Needed new machine for upcomming NASCAR II. Went with Cyrix P166+ and > jumped aboard the Rendition band wagon on Intergraphs first day. Now I > think I may have taken wrong turn in quest for speed. As you may have > guessed, this system is fairly quick but will not run INDYFAST. I am > pleased with INDYSAFE, but nonetheless dismayed at not being able to run > all out. Just how much difference is there between INDYSAFE and > INDYFAST? If I switch to Intel CPU will I be able to run DMA mode or > does motherboard need to be replaced as well. Is there a chance that > NASCAR II will run on Cyrix/Rendition combination in fastest mode, or > will it have to run in some compromise mode leaving us Cyrix victims to > wonder how much speed we are missing? Perhaps the solution is to > replace rendition with ET-6000 for less sophisticated but faster > graphics. Comments welcome. > ziggy

Roger, I'd be interested in finding out about your machine. It could be a DMA issue. Maybe your machine doesnt do DMA very well. If you call our support line and give us a lot of detail about the motherbarod, bios, etc, we could get our Engineering staff to investigate it further. Call betweeen 7am-7pm central at 1-800-226-4891. -- ?tD