N2- is it fixed yet?

I've read on this board about the numerous bugs etc. in N2. I was wondering if it had been fixed yet? I was also wondering how it would run on my machine. I have a 486 upgraded to the 83 Mhz overdrive, a 1 MB cirrus Logic video board, 32 Mb RAM. Thanks for any response, Richard

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> I've read on this board about the numerous bugs etc. in N2. I was > wondering if it had been fixed yet? > I was also wondering how it would run on my machine. I have a 486 > upgraded to the 83 Mhz overdrive, a 1 MB cirrus Logic video board, 32 Mb > RAM. > Thanks for any response, > Richard

The slowest part of your system is the 1mb video. This is what needs to be upgraded for serious racing. If you don't, I guarantee lots of choppiness in N2. For a mere $265 you can get the Diamond Stealth 64 (3000 series) with 4Mb of VRAM in the PCI flavor. Don't get DRAM cuz it is much slower than VRAM. And no, N2 is still buggy. Jim Fitzgerald hawaii: ingenious

I disagree. I have a video card with 1 meg ram and have no problems with all textures on.. Cowen Wilson http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/7137 --------------------------------------------------------------- Head Car Designer AJ's Nascar Garage http://www.webstorage.com/~ajs > > I've read on this board about the numerous bugs etc. in N2. I was > > wondering if it had been fixed yet? > > I was also wondering how it would run on my machine. I have a 486 > > upgraded to the 83 Mhz overdrive, a 1 MB cirrus Logic video board, 32 Mb

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> > RAM. > > Thanks for any response, > > Richard > The slowest part of your system is the 1mb video. This is what needs to > be upgraded for serious racing. If you don't, I guarantee lots of > choppiness in N2. For a mere $265 you can get the Diamond Stealth 64 > (3000 series) with 4Mb of VRAM in the PCI flavor. Don't get DRAM cuz it > is much slower than VRAM. > And no, N2 is still buggy. > Jim Fitzgerald > hawaii: ingenious

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997 23:36:49 -0500, Jim Fitzgerald >(3000 series) with 4Mb of VRAM in the PCI flavor. Don't get DRAM cuz it >is much slower than VRAM. Is not DRAM faster with dos apps (e.g. NASCAR 2)? I could, of course, be mistaken. Have a nice day. -True Death

Acceptable frame rate is in the eye of the beholder... -- ..

After RENDITION, less than 30fps is like playing a game in a strobe light. Jet.

I doubt seriously if he could use any PCI card in his formerly 486 system. He is probably stuck with the old style video cards.. N2 is going to be mighty slow..... I do have a PCI slot open. I guess I could upgrade to a PCI video board. RB

: > : > I've read on this board about the numerous bugs etc. in N2. I was : > wondering if it had been fixed yet? : > I was also wondering how it would run on my machine. I have a 486 : > upgraded to the 83 Mhz overdrive, a 1 MB cirrus Logic video board, 32 Mb : > RAM. : > : be upgraded for serious racing. If you don't, I guarantee lots of : choppiness in N2. For a mere $265 you can get the Diamond Stealth 64 : (3000 series) with 4Mb of VRAM in the PCI flavor. Don't get DRAM cuz it : is much slower than VRAM. : : And no, N2 is still buggy. ^ really i've been very patient have yet to complain about the lack of speed on getting a patch out but I believe this is a bit crazy... i've had my copy now for over 4 months and have yet to see anything to fix it. this may well be my last piece of papyrus software due to their inability to produce a patch. I've worked as a programmer and realize it takes time but when you have as many customers as N2 does I don't see any reason to release partial patches, especially when the game is unplayable in multiplayer mode (unless you play with damage off). I've had a lot of people ask me about it before they buy it and i've told them not to buy it and will continue to do so until papyrus does something about the software. -- Ph. 540-831-5978 Radford Univ. CS SysAdmin http://www.runet.edu/~pac Nascar Pick12 Contest: http://www.cs.runet.edu/~pac/pick12.html All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.