Will Rendition Speed Me Up?

Im running a 486dx100 w/ 32M ram. Ive got an ok 2D card and N2/CART run very well with most of the graphics turned off. I keep Skids, paint, smoke on, and thats about it. This works great on ovals, but for road courses it would be nice to have more objects to judge by. Im wondering if I could just upgrade my video to a Rendition supported card to achieve this, or am i still going to have major hampering by the CPU. Upgrading my CPU right now is not an option. Thanks. --Scott

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> Im running a 486dx100 w/ 32M ram. Ive got an ok 2D card and N2/CART run > very well with most of the graphics turned off. I keep Skids, paint, > smoke on, and thats about it. This works great on ovals, but for road > courses it would be nice to have more objects to judge by. Im wondering > if I could just upgrade my video to a Rendition supported card to > achieve this, or am i still going to have major hampering by the CPU. > Upgrading my CPU right now is not an option. Thanks. > --Scott

Yes, buy one of the first generation Rendition-based cards (V1000 chip). They're very cheap now that the 2nd generation of Rendition cards are out (v2xxx cards). You can buy a V1000 card for about $50. On a P133 you can get full frame rates with all options on in both ICR2 and N2. Plus, if you buy one of these original V1000 cards, most of them include the special Rendition version of ICR2 (has 5 "enhanced" tracks).

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> > Im running a 486dx100 w/ 32M ram. Ive got an ok 2D card and N2/CART run > > very well with most of the graphics turned off. I keep Skids, paint, > > smoke on, and thats about it. This works great on ovals, but for road > > courses it would be nice to have more objects to judge by. Im wondering > > if I could just upgrade my video to a Rendition supported card to > > achieve this, or am i still going to have major hampering by the CPU. > > Upgrading my CPU right now is not an option. Thanks. > > --Scott > Yes, buy one of the first generation Rendition-based cards (V1000

Be careful! Rendition cards are for PCI slots. Unless your 486 motherboard has PCI slots (which is kind of unlikely) you won't be able to use any of the new 3d accelerators. -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports

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> > > Im running a 486dx100 w/ 32M ram. Ive got an ok 2D card and N2/CART run > > > very well with most of the graphics turned off. I keep Skids, paint, > > > smoke on, and thats about it. This works great on ovals, but for road > > > courses it would be nice to have more objects to judge by. Im wondering > > > if I could just upgrade my video to a Rendition supported card to > > > achieve this, or am i still going to have major hampering by the CPU. > > > Upgrading my CPU right now is not an option. Thanks. > > > --Scott > > Yes, buy one of the first generation Rendition-based cards (V1000 > Be careful! Rendition cards are for PCI slots. Unless your > 486 motherboard has PCI slots (which is kind of unlikely) you > won't be able to use any of the new 3d accelerators.

Oh, thats not a problem (having a PCU slot). I knew that going in. Problem is everyone who puts out software/hardware today just assumes we're all new to the world and have only heard of the pentium processor, so thats all they list as compatability (Pentium PCI) etc. So as far as PCI slot is concerned, ive got one, but is the architecture of the 486 PCI incompat with Pentium PCI? Thanks. --Scott