CPR on low end computer

Hey, On the box, it sez min. P-60, 16 megs of ram. I have a P-75 and 24 megs, no 3d card. How would CPR run on my computer?

Good in low-rez, OK in medium and slow in high-rez. >Hey, >On the box, it sez min. P-60, 16 megs of ram. I have a P-75 and 24 >megs, no 3d card. How would CPR run on my computer?

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> Good in low-rez, OK in medium and slow in high-rez. > >Hey, > >On the box, it sez min. P-60, 16 megs of ram. I have a P-75 and 24 > >megs, no 3d card. How would CPR run on my computer?

Depends on how one defines "good," "OK" and "slow". On my P100, without 3D and 32MB ram, I get 12-14 fps in low-res, 9-12 in medium and 5-9 in high. I would classify these in order as, "barely playable," "playable, but not really fun" and in the words of Mr. Bandwidth, "forget it!" Your opinions of playability at these frame rates will vary. Please don't get me wrong I am keeping an open mind and really look forward to this sim after my upcoming computer upgrade and the patch. Until then, the jury is out and I would not recommend it to a P75 user unless you have a high tolerance for a slow frame rate and/or low-res (VGA quality) graphics. Jim

Is this a Joke? I've heard is runs bad on P200!! What do you expect when microsoft is involved Mark Roberts

I run it on a 3dfx 200mhz FF system and it runs beautifully. I also run on a Pentium 60 and Pentium 90 laptops. It runs slow (but runs) on a 60 and runs fine on a 90. The difference can be almost compared to the way quake runs normal and then the GL version. Note how many followers did Quake get before the advent of 3d cards? Highly recommend this game, as I previously did not play many games. Since I got this game and this is the honest truth, I know own a ForceFeedback, have most of the top twenty pc games and am pulling my hair out over how I can create a texture (I have the scheme and idea) to put on my own car with absolutley no artistic skills!! Enjoyable to the extreme! Best Regards Trevor Dwyer >Hey, >On the box, it sez min. P-60, 16 megs of ram. I have a P-75 and 24 >megs, no 3d card. How would CPR run on my computer?

> Hey, > On the box, it sez min. P-60, 16 megs of ram. I have a P-75 and 24 > megs, no 3d card. How would CPR run on my computer? If your not gunna upgrade to at least a p200mmx + 3dfx then forget it. I must admit to being used to sims in 640 * 480 and 30 fps. After that, nothing else is good enough. Recomend p233 OCed to 262.5 + good 3dfx.

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997 03:19:15 -0000, "Trevor Dwyer" >Note how many followers did Quake get before the advent of 3d cards? A lot. An _awful_ lot. Cheers! John

Whoa, hold on there Brian. Remember that one of the issues the patch is primarily designed to address is the frame-rate. If that is accomplished it should redefine what spec of computer would be required in order to make the game playable. CPR could well be a good prospect in that case. Cheers! John

I have a p200MMX, ATI 3D PRO TURBO (Rage II+) w/8m Video-RAM, 40m RAM, DirectX5... To be pleasant: I reaaaalllly hope to achieve a playable frame rate in 640 * 480 with the 'smoothing' enabled. I was plenty happy with my GrandPrix2 until I downloaded the CPR demo and .AVI. Suddenly I HAD to get CPR. -However, I must set the graphics to a much lower setting than on GP2, just to make CPR playable... -Frustrated, Dave.

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> > If your not gunna upgrade to at least a p200mmx + 3dfx then forget > >it. I must admit to being used to sims in 640 * 480 and 30 fps. After > >that, nothing else is good enough. Recomend p233 OCed to 262.5 + good > >3dfx. > Whoa, hold on there Brian. > Remember that one of the issues the patch is primarily designed to > address is the frame-rate. If that is accomplished it should redefine > what spec of computer would be required in order to make the game > playable. CPR could well be a good prospect in that case. > Cheers! > John

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> > If your not gunna upgrade to at least a p200mmx + 3dfx then forget > >it. I must admit to being used to sims in 640 * 480 and 30 fps. After > >that, nothing else is good enough. Recomend p233 OCed to 262.5 + good > >3dfx. > Whoa, hold on there Brian. > Remember that one of the issues the patch is primarily designed to > address is the frame-rate. If that is accomplished it should redefine > what spec of computer would be required in order to make the game > playable. CPR could well be a good prospect in that case. > Cheers! > John

Hope your right! But we have been promised much in the past. And with Dean's departure maybe MS/Tri will all spit the dummy and just say "ah, to hell with it" -- The All-Mighty Lord HOSHUMUNGUS WE, are BORG. YOU, will be ASSIMILATED (if your worthy). RESISTANCE, is FUTILE.