I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ machine.
What do you find works the best with nascar2?
200 Pentium, 32 mg ram, 4 mg Rendition 3D video card, 17 inch monitor. At
least that's what I want!
A P133 with 32 meg ram and a Verite 3d board would make anybody happy.
Q.B.M.
> I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ machine.
> What do you find works the best with nascar2?
A cray
I just bought a computer specifically for NRO and N2.
It is a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 64 meg edo memory, Intel VX motherboard,
Intergraph Reactor,
Viewsonic 17PS (1600x1200) , 33.6 fax modem, 12x CD rom, 3.5gig HD, NE2000
network card.
Cost $3100 delivered.
I run N2 with all detail on and 12 cars ahead with 30fps. It looks totally
awesome!
My backup machine is a amd 133 with SoundBlaster 3D and 32meg. There is a
BIG
difference between the two.
Regards,
---Wayne.
> > I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ machine.
> > What do you find works the best with nascar2?
> A cray
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> I just bought a computer specifically for NRO and N2. > It is a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 64 meg edo memory, Intel VX motherboard, > Intergraph Reactor, > Viewsonic 17PS (1600x1200) , 33.6 fax modem, 12x CD rom, 3.5gig HD, NE2000 > network card. > Cost $3100 delivered. > I run N2 with all detail on and 12 cars ahead with 30fps. It looks totally > awesome! > My backup machine is a amd 133 with SoundBlaster 3D and 32meg. There is a > BIG > difference between the two. > Regards, > ---Wayne. > > > I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ machine. > > > What do you find works the best with nascar2? > > A crayYour freakin backup machine is better than mine. Must be nice.
DaMan
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>I just bought a computer specifically for NRO and N2. >It is a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 64 meg edo memory, Intel VX motherboard, >Intergraph Reactor, >Viewsonic 17PS (1600x1200) , 33.6 fax modem, 12x CD rom, 3.5gig HD, NE2000 >network card. >Cost $3100 delivered. >I run N2 with all detail on and 12 cars ahead with 30fps. It looks totally >awesome! >My backup machine is a amd 133 with SoundBlaster 3D and 32meg. There is a >BIG >difference between the two. >Regards, > ---Wayne. >> > I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ machine. >> > What do you find works the best with nascar2? >> A cray>>I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZ
>machine.
>>What do you find works the best with nascar2?
>A P133 with 32 meg ram and a Verite 3d board would make anybody happy.
I might up that to a P166 (to make *everybody* happy), but I'm
pretty happy with one month old PC with the same config as you
mentioned (not to say it may not get a CPU upgrade in a year or so,
but right now the 133 was a lot of HP for few $$$ ;).
PS - B. Morphin, sounds like a way cool setup you've got. What part
of the country do you live in -- any chance you need a new friend to
stop by and play sometime? :)
Pick one or more: Model Rockets (competition-NERCB) / PCs (even Atari!) /
Papyrus ICR-ICR2-NCR / Who needs a life when you have multiple non-lives?
Perhaps, but most games are 32-bit. On the PPros, Win95 runs slower
than NT because it is a mix of 16-bit and 32-bit code.
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The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative
Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/
Just one question. Have you actually tried this? Or are you relying on old
PPro hype.
The *ONLY* reason MMX P5's *MIGHT* make a difference is because the chips have
a 64K internal cache. BTW, A poorly written P5 MMX application will stall in
a similar manner to the way the old PPro did with 16-bit apps. So there :-)
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> -- > Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences > The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative > Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/ > > I am under the impression that that the MMX Pentiums will be better > > suited for what I will it for as the PPro's are not supposed to be > real > > good with 16bit apps. Had any problems??I would not have got this setup if not for Nascar and the
new NRO. Since there is going to be real competition I
think that demands a premium configuration.
I had to really push myself to spend the money but you can't
take it with you so what the heck.
Regards,
---Wayne.
NE2000
> >network card.
> >Cost $3100 delivered.
> >I run N2 with all detail on and 12 cars ahead with 30fps. It looks totally
> >awesome!
> >My backup machine is a amd 133 with SoundBlaster 3D and 32meg. There is a
machine.
> >> > What do you find works the best with nascar2?
> >> A cray
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> Your freakin backup machine is better than mine. Must be nice. > DaMan > >I just bought a computer specifically for NRO and N2. > >It is a Pentium Pro 200mhz, 64 meg edo memory, Intel VX motherboard, > >Intergraph Reactor, > >Viewsonic 17PS (1600x1200) , 33.6 fax modem, 12x CD rom, 3.5gig HD,Quoted text (12 lines)
> >BIG > >difference between the two. > >Regards, > > ---Wayne. > >> > I need a new computer to run nascar2. I presently have a 66MHZYes I've seen a PPro duel boot to NT and 95, and it was slower in the
95 sessions. There have been plenty of benchmarks done by computer
magazines that quantify what I saw.
there :-)
There's also a few other enhancements over the current Pentiums:
(Taken from Tom's Hardware and Performance Guide:
http://sysdoc.pair.com/cpu.html)
?doubling of the L1 caches, 16kB data and 16 kB instruction cache
?doubling of the Write Buffers, now 4 instead of 2
?new branch prediction unit, taken from the Pentium Pro
?implementation of a Return Stack, as known from the Cyrix/IBM 6x86
?increase of the Pipelines by one step
?improvement of the Parallel Processing Ability of the two pipelines
?ability to pair up two MMX instructions in one go, hence 2 SIMD
instructions can be processed with 16 byte data in one clock cycle
Early reports with normal (non-MMX) applications that the MMX CPU's are
about 20% faster than a Pentium Classic of the same clock speed.
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Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/
Mick,
I have heard some good things and bad things about the MMX so I decided I
could
not wait. THe way I figure it the Pro should last me until end of next year
and
then I will get whatever the new standard is then.
This machine runs everything fast. It is the quickest computer I have ever
used.
It seems to make the most difference with NT as that is all 32bit but WIN95
has quite
a bit of 32bit in the OS and it really screams.
Regards,
---Wayne.
And that is why I would get one. Not for it's MMX capability :-)
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> Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
> The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative
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That's partially my point as well. After you throw in the larger
improvement with MMX-enabled applications (24-bit color at 8-bit speeds
for example), it really looks to be a good upgrade: for not much more
money, it's quite a better CPU. I can't understand why anyone would
buy a Pentium Classic right now.
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The IWCCCARS Project: Q & A Representative
Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/
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>> Just one question. Have you actually tried this? Or are you relying >on old >> PPro hype. >Yes I've seen a PPro duel boot to NT and 95, and it was slower in the >95 sessions. There have been plenty of benchmarks done by computer >magazines that quantify what I saw.>That's partially my point as well. After you throw in the larger
>improvement with MMX-enabled applications (24-bit color at 8-bit speeds
>for example), it really looks to be a good upgrade: for not much more
>money, it's quite a better CPU. I can't understand why anyone would
>buy a Pentium Classic right now.
REPLY:
There's a sound issue that in the MMX which almst eveybody never
mentions. From what Epic has stated there will be a very big a
noticeable advancment in the quality of sound. Just something else to
ponder.
Q.B.M.
I just got done putting mine together and it works well...
Pentium 200 / 512 Cache / Intel VX PCI bus / 32Mb RAM
Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller with a 2Gb Baracuda drive
Intergraph Reactor PCI video card
Thrustmaster T2 wheel
100W stereo speakers attached to a 16 bit sound card
and... my helmet :) Can't forget that... LOL
-Andy
Are you using SDRAM with the VX?
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