F1RS with non-MMX Pentium

Should work okay as long as you have the Voodoo.

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>The 400MZ PII is on hold for now, so wanting to give F1RS a try, >I thought I'd slide a Voodoo 1 card into my old, non-MMX 166MZ >Pentium. >Is this a pointless exercise? I'm used to driving GP2 on tracks >with alot of graphics missing. But considering the 3D graphics >are part of the lure of F1RS, will my old 166 ( 32MB RAM ) be >able to do get decent FPS AND be able to display some trackside >goodies for a change? Does the non-MMX status of my old box >doom this effort? >TIA

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> The 400MZ PII is on hold for now, so wanting to give F1RS a try, > I thought I'd slide a Voodoo 1 card into my old, non-MMX 166MZ > Pentium. > Is this a pointless exercise? I'm used to driving GP2 on tracks > with alot of graphics missing. But considering the 3D graphics > are part of the lure of F1RS, will my old 166 ( 32MB RAM ) be > able to do get decent FPS AND be able to display some trackside > goodies for a change? Does the non-MMX status of my old box > doom this effort? > TIA > -- > " My smile is stuck..." - Don Van Vliet -

MG, My old system was a non-MMX P/166, and F1rs ran just dandy with a Voodoo1 card. The more system RAM the better, but 32 may get you by. With RAM prices as they are now, heck, just slap in 128 megs and a Voodoo1 card and I'll guarantee it'll run just great. All the best, Mike -- Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works Computer/Audio/Video Convergence "from Creative minds spring Creative solutions." http://www.creativemedia-works.com

Hi, I have P200, non MMX, Voodoo 1 (Canopus 3D), 80 MB F1RS runs absolutely fine. I'm sure the magic word is Voodoo, the CPU doesn't play that role. Regards Jens

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>The 400MZ PII is on hold for now, so wanting to give F1RS a try, >I thought I'd slide a Voodoo 1 card into my old, non-MMX 166MZ >Pentium. >Is this a pointless exercise? I'm used to driving GP2 on tracks >with alot of graphics missing. But considering the 3D graphics >are part of the lure of F1RS, will my old 166 ( 32MB RAM ) be >able to do get decent FPS AND be able to display some trackside >goodies for a change? Does the non-MMX status of my old box >doom this effort? >TIA

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m> The 400MZ PII is on hold for now, so wanting to give F1RS a try, m> I thought I'd slide a Voodoo 1 card into my old, non-MMX 166MZ m> Pentium. m> m> Is this a pointless exercise? I don't think so. I'm playing F1RS with a AMD K6, Monster 3D I and 64 MB SDRAM...very smooth...no problems at all ;-) Also, man mailt sich... .\\atze [ FmMW2109 - FmMB2139 ] *home* : http://www.home4u.de/buesing/

I've got your same system, and to get acceptable starts I need to limit the field to 10-12 cars. Graphic detail doesn't limit it nearly as much as # of cars.

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