Best system for GP2

Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2 smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates. I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics) How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher frame rates than the pentium lines? I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading soon (real soon I hope).

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> Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2 > smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates. > I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can > run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with > an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with > 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics) > How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there > comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher > frame rates than the pentium lines? > I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically > no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading > soon (real soon I hope).

I have a Micron P200 with 32 megs of ram and I can't run with full graphics in svga. If I'm doing something wrong please tell me.

I am running a Pentium 200mmx with 64mb RAM, Mystique card. It will run with everything but the clouds on and i turn in 26+ frame rate. It sure beats my 133 I was running before. The car is actually drivable now. Chris Opie Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2 smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates. I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics) How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher frame rates than the pentium lines? I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading soon (real soon I hope).

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> > Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2 > > smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates. > > I read from one of the computer magazine saying that a Pentium-166 can > > run at 26 fps with full graphics options. It also said that running with > > an P-133 is probably the next best answers for a good game of GP2 (with > > 18-20 fps, but reduced graphics) > > How about processors like AMD PR133 or Cyrix P150/166+ ? Are there > > comparable to P-166 ? Will there be capable of running GP2 at higher > > frame rates than the pentium lines? > > I'm currently running my GP2 with a 'pathetic" 486/2-66 with basically > > no graphics at all and would appreciate some advices before upgrading > > soon (real soon I hope). > I have a Micron P200 with 32 megs of ram and I can't run with full > graphics in svga. If I'm doing something wrong please tell me.

Its the same ole' story my man. How to get GP2 to run fliud. It wont happen for some time. Maybe when the pent 300 comes out you might be close, but by then there will be a hell ova lot better Formula1 sims that actually HAVE multi-player option, sound, wet weather, decent utilities, etc.... As for a Micron p200, thats a hellava system. To bad you spend that type of cashola to only find out that you have to deal with incomplete simulations from a company as large as Microprose! If you did anything wrong it was buying GP2 and supporting Geoff Crammond's bank account! I guess alot of us were wrong. -as usual, David Gary-

Do you get the 26 fps with no clouds on in SVGA mode or in VGA mode?

>MMX?? GP2 is not coded for it... Doesn't matter, the MMX chip is faster than the "classic" P200 so you can still expect an improvement. The P200-MMX is pretty much equivalent to the Pro-233, especially if you whack it up to 75Mhz bus speed, or even 83Mhz if your peripherals can take it. Cheers! John Sim Racing News (Europe)

i've got a standard P200 and run GP2 in VGA (not S :) to get a good framerate... and I don't know if 17 is good... got everything turned on, the system says I can do 25 frames but I need to put it on 17 to keep my processor use under 100% all the time... I just don't like playing in slow motion... :) Consider the new AMD K6 processor coming out in April or May - that one will be SUPERfast on existing Pentium (socket 7/dual voltage) mainboards... Yves

>Does anyone has any idea on what is the better system for running GP2 >smoothly, by that I mean at a higher frame rates. I run a Pentium Pro 200 with 64Mb RAM and a Matrox Millenium card. Guess what? I skip sky detail and the smoke that surrounds my car when I make a big error? 300%+ CPU usage. Oh dear. Still, I can run everything else on which is rather nice. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Oxfordshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

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> >Doesn't matter, the MMX chip is faster than the "classic" P200 so you > >can still expect an improvement. > I don't think the "extra" cache is going to help the game that much. > Are there any "MMX" people out there with a MMX running GP2?? If so, > is there a difference, meaning, did the frame rate increase or you > could add more detail???

Julian, I picked up 3 frames with the MMX over a regular 200. The plus is I didn't have verges and road textures turned on with P5 200. So it may be closer to 5 frames but can't compare now because it is gone. Systems were identically configured though. The 200-MMX is much smoother. With it over clocked to 225 I can get 23.6 frames with all detail except sky turned on and it gives me an occupancy of 90 to 100 at Hockingheim once you get through first corner. I'm using a S3 Trio card and the tests I have run so far indicated it is being overwhelmed. I have a 128 bit card on order. Hope this helps. Pete