Please help - Psygnosis F1

The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 with 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a 4Mb card like those mentioned on the box? How big a market can Psygnosis expect if that's a damned *requirement*, at least for now? They should be renamed to PsyCHOsis. Thanks for any advice. Andrew.

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> The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 with > 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. > After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have > sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a 4Mb > card like those mentioned on the box? How big a market can Psygnosis > expect if that's a damned *requirement*, at least for now? They > should be renamed to PsyCHOsis. > Thanks for any advice. > Andrew.

I think it's been WIDELY advertised as a game specifically for users with a high-end 3D card (Read: 3DFX, and others), alot of cards may say "3D" on the box, but they really don't cut it. The market they are expecting is the market that is on the horizon, because, like it or not, games are going to require better and better hardware in the future. Go to http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/97/06/12/msft_x000_4.html and read about the OpenGL issue with Microsoft and most big name game designers. Microsoft's Direct3D is too hard to design for, and Windows95 doesn't support OpenGL very well, and that is the direction of tomorrows games. So for now, you need an expensive card with patches specifically for each game to support the accelleration since Win95 won't. Of course, this is all my own opinion, but I believe you get the idea. Craig

On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:09:02 -0500, Craig Marcho

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>> The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 with >> 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. >> After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have >> sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a 4Mb >> card like those mentioned on the box? How big a market can Psygnosis >> expect if that's a damned *requirement*, at least for now? They >> should be renamed to PsyCHOsis. >> Thanks for any advice. >> Andrew. >I think it's been WIDELY advertised as a game specifically for users >with a high-end 3D card (Read: 3DFX, and others),

But not in Hong Kong where I live. When the '95 season in the game would be ancient history. Agreed. That's the way how vendors keep us buying. The link has expired. Why can't they just get it right in DOS, like Rally Championship? Anyway, thanks . Andrew.

erm.....ATI Mach 64 WITH 3d acceleration? nope there's no such card out there...the ATI Mach 64 is 2D only...ATI Rage cards are 3d accelerating, though they're laughably pathetic. Methinks thou needeth to brush up on the basics of 3d.

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>On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:09:02 -0500, Craig Marcho >>> The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 with >>> 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. >>> After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have >>> sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a 4Mb >>> card like those mentioned on the box? How big a market can Psygnosis >>> expect if that's a damned *requirement*, at least for now? They >>> should be renamed to PsyCHOsis.

Just done the same thing my self, got a dimond 2000 3d in my p200 but that gives the same message, hope pc world will take it back. -- Russell A Smith

No doubt. I was hoping that DirectX 5 would provide bindings to OpenGL, but I guess it won't since all of the developers who signed that letter probably already have the DirectX5 beta. I have no doubt that OpenGL is the direction that simulations will take in the future. It really is a bummer that Microsoft won't realize how horrible Direct3D is and just support OpenGL, since it is already a proven 3d API. Just a thought. Jason Reineri

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> The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 with > 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. > After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have > sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a 4Mb > card like those mentioned on the box? How big a market can Psygnosis > expect if that's a damned *requirement*, at least for now? They > should be renamed to PsyCHOsis. > Thanks for any advice. > Andrew.

Andrew, I feel sorry for you buying this piece of crap. The last thing Psygnosis made that was any good was Destruction Derby 1 -- most everything else has been ***ever since. Oh well, I'm not holding out much hope for Thunder Truck Rally ... Doug -- ===== Are you concerned about the high cost of Long Term Care for your parents, a friend, a family member or yourself? You probably should be ... the average cost of a 3 year LTC stay is over $150,000 !! Have you ever considered private Long Term Care Insurance? Visit the

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> > The graphics card on my IBM P-133 16Mb RAM Aptiva is ATI Mach 64 > with > > 3D acceleration (2 Mb), latest ATI drivers, Direct 3D and DirectX 3. > > After installation, I tried to run it but it says I don't have > > sufficient hardware for the damn thing. Is it true? Do I need a > 4Mb > > card like those mentioned on the box?

Yes and Yes. The ATI is fairly underpowered as 3d accelrators go. I think that Matrox Mystiqe is the lowest 3d accelerator which works with F1. I too feel sorry for you. I've heard the game itself is totaly unrealistic and falls far short of GP2.

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997 11:48:24 -0400, Kevin Gardner >I too feel sorry for you. I've heard the game itself is totaly >unrealistic and falls far short of GP2. You guys are way too *** these things. Where does Formula 1 claim to be a simulation in the same realm as GP2 or Indy Car II? I just bought it yesterday and for what it is it is awesome. I find it just as realistic as Edio's Formula 1 but more fun. It is definitely arcade but there are several games out there that are much more arcade then this. If you have a 3dfx card this is the most awesome game out yet that uses it. Steve [Remove the "NOSPAM." from my e-mail address if you wish to e-mail me]