Greg,
I have a K6-200, Asus TX97 with 64 megs and a Thriller 4 meg.
I've been testing the GPL Demo in 800x600 mode and it runs flawlessly. I
haven't seen any screen jurk, great graphics.
I have a SB 32 and the Sound needs a little work in the Demo.
Jim
Close, the sims GPL and N3 will run with either the 3dfx or the Rendition based
vidcards. FWIW. I'm running a stock DSII no overclocking etc and a P200mmx with
32meg edo and the 1 car demo of GPL runs very smooth at BOTH 640x480 & 800x600.
dave henrie
> It should run in that config. however I believe that GPL and the up and coming
> N3 will require a 3Dfx card. Food for thought
> Johnie
I'd appreciate a little advice from you folks testing the GPL demo.
I'm planning my next system upgrade for the main purpose of being able
to run GPL. For a little background I'm an amateur racer and I've
had every Papyrus game except SODA going back to about 1990.
The hardware I can afford will probably be either one of the new
Super Socket 7 boards with a P233MMX or maybe I'll go up to a PII
board, but it will still have to be a 233. I'm targetting 32 Mb of
RAM unless I hear otherwise here. Also, I'm trying to decide
between a Stealth II 220 or a Thriller 3D AGP card. Don't bother to
recommend anything else, since I want to run CART and NASCAR II in 3D
mode, too. I already have a NASCAR Pro wheel.
Is anyone running GPL with this kind of configuration? If so, how is
it? Should I wait until I can afford a faster processor?
Thanks for your help.
-Greg
It should run in that config. however I believe that GPL and the up and coming
N3 will require a 3Dfx card. Food for thought
Johnie
Actually, Papyrus has always been partial to Rendition cards, and GPL
is no exception. GPL plays and looks best on my Stealth II vs. my
Voodoo1. Since N3 will be using the same graphics engine, I'd expect
it to be the same.
Darin
>I'd appreciate a little advice from you folks testing the GPL demo.
>I'm planning my next system upgrade for the main purpose of being able
>to run GPL.
Since I'm in the same position, I've given this matter some thought.
Sounds reasonable. I'd stick to socket 7, but only for political
reasons (not giving Intel a new monopoly). Don't expect new socket 7
chips from Intel. A PII with the same clock speed will be a bit faster
than a regular Pentium. Don't buy one of those new PII "light" (don't
know what the official name is). They have no on-chip L2 cache. Since
slot one mobos don't offer L2 cache either, you'll end up without any
L2 cache. Not advisable.
Go for 64 MB. It's not that expensive (especially if compared to other
components), and 64 MB are recommended for the demo. If you buy a
socket seven board, make sure it can cache more than 64 MB, or you
won't be able to upgrade memory later on. And buy SDRAM DIMMs, not EDO
SIMMS.
I have no opinion on these cards. If you're mainly interested in
Papyrus sims, a Rendition card is a good choice, anyhow. Especially
since you can always add-on a Voodoo (II) if feel it necessary later
on.
Good.
From what I read in this newsgroup, anything above an Intel P166MMX
(coupled with a 3d card, of course) is capable of running the GPL demo
with satisfying speed. Slower processors, even if equipped with fast
3D cards, seem to have problems. This leads me to the conclusion that
the physics model requires quite some calculating power. Now,
considering that the AI cars of the full program will also eat up some
processor cycles, it might be possible that a P233 will not be able to
run the sim at full speed. This remains to be seen, however. Why don't
you postpone your purchase until GPL comes out?
And don't forget to buy a soundcard for the new machine.
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Interesting. It looks better on my Canopus Pure 3d card than on my v1000
rendition card. Will be interesting to compare rendition v2000 to Voodoo2.
--
Don Burnette
I-65 Racing
Dburn on Ten
AOLL Iroc Series Administrator
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Buy a new computer ! I'm planning on purchasing 2 -Pentium333 Mhz systems
each at 4 grand a piece one to run GPL on sunny days the other for overcast
only. I enjoy wearing a helmet when
driving for the true experience of racing. I applied for a job at Nascar
explaining that I have 2 years
experience of driving nascars to no avail. Seems they snub us real drivers
with the real sim experience!
BoB BaRker
Where do you get your ***?
Does your supplier have any more?
> The hardware I can afford will probably be either one of the new
> Super Socket 7 boards with a P233MMX or maybe I'll go up to a PII
Go ahead and get a good socket 7 board with the P233MMX you mentioned or
even a less expensive AMD K6 processor (my K6-200 machine runs the game
very smoothly). PII-233 is actually a little slower than the AMD K6 for
most software including games. Despite common misconception, the floating
point performance of the K6 is very fast and comparable to intel socket 7
chips. Your call here...
By all means, get 64 MB of RAM. Don't shy away from plain old EDO RAM
either, as it is only 5% or so slower than SDRAM (yet less expensive and
less confusing to buy). I bought 64MB recently for less than $100. RAM
is such a good deal now, you may as well get at least 64 if you are
building a machine.
I run, as I said, a K6-200/Screamin'3D/Monster3D combo and the game runs
great on either video card. I'm sure that a Rendition 2200 will run the
game very well and with better picture quality than my 3dfx does. Go for
the Thriller 3D if you can afford it! Good luck on the upgrade!
matt
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