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Before I buy GPL, what frame rate can I expect?

8 posts by 7 people · 25 Oct 1998 - 01 Nov 1998

I have a P1 233mhz overclocked to 250mhz (3X83) with a Jazz Adrenaline Rush (VooDoo Rush) video card. Will GPL run smooth on my system?
Scott Moore 25 Oct 1998#430414
Sorry, but no. The Voodoo Rush is not supported in GPL, so you would have horrendous frame rates.....get a Voodoo Graphics, VII, Rendition, or Riva TNT card....you should be at least playable then. -- Scott Moore Hoosier MotorSports [link lost in import] Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com] t>...
Unless you are running at least a PII 300Mhz with VooDoo 2 card you won't do GPL justice. You can run a bit slower machine but you'll only get acceptable frame rates when running by yourself or maybe with a couple other people. I have a 450 with Voodoo 2 and it still drops down to 15 fps when I have 10 or more players in a race with me. Can't wait till we get up to 800 Mhz and higher as maybe then we can really keep this great game at 36 fps no matter how many people are racing. - Todd - Todd Siechen - RealEyz Imaging - www.realeyz.com - ICQ# 12011473 - Reply by removing "SPAMFREE" from address
>Sorry, but no. The Voodoo Rush is not supported in GPL That's a crying shame. I know the demo didn't support Voodoo Rush but I was sure the final version would. Thanks for the info.
Paul Gra 26 Oct 1998#430676
I have taken to the multiplayer version instead of single player. With 19 AI cars I can bearly reach 15fps with my AMD 233 +Voodoo1 and that's with all details off. But I can get a 20fps minimum with most detail on during an internet game.
>>Sorry, but no. The Voodoo Rush is not supported in GPL >That's a crying shame. I know the demo didn't support Voodoo Rush but I was >sure the final version would. Thanks for the info. I really don't know, but I think I remember someone saying they got GPL to work with a Voodoo Rush card. There's a new demo of GPL available at www.papy.com (and elsewhere by now, I presume). It is based on the final release. Why don't you just download it and try it out? Maybe it does work. -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.
DM 29 Oct 1998#431378
Shades of GP2 when first released...? Regards DM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- To reply please remove < .nospam > from my e-mail address ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----
Quoted text (12 lines)>> Unless you are running at least a PII 300Mhz with VooDoo 2 card you >> won't do GPL justice. You can run a bit slower machine but you'll >> only get acceptable frame rates when running by yourself or maybe with >> a couple other people. I have a 450 with Voodoo 2 and it still drops >> down to 15 fps when I have 10 or more players in a race with me. >> Can't wait till we get up to 800 Mhz and higher as maybe then we can >> really keep this great game at 36 fps no matter how many people are >> racing. >I have taken to the multiplayer version instead of single player. With >19 AI cars I can bearly reach 15fps with my AMD 233 +Voodoo1 and that's >with all details off. But I can get a 20fps minimum with most detail on >during an internet game.
holysmok.. 01 Nov 1998#431951
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:14:25 -0000, "DM" >Shades of GP2 when first released...? ROTF..! <g>. I have an AMD233 (running 250MHz at 83MHz-bus) and got a voodoo-2 about 1 month ago (BIG difference from voodoo-1). I saw frame-rates -triple- (Red-Baron2 for instance) compared to the voodoo-1. GPL is pretty pretty decent with this setup, considering the CPU. Ofline racing with 6 to 12 (more?) is pretty good. Things slow down when I go by the pits, or get near more than 2 A/I cars. Otherwise it's 36fps (practice-mode is almost always 36fps, even with many details on). Many details are "off" during races. A Voodoo-2 would -really- speed things up for you. They're less expensive now too. Otherwise it's pretty tough to drive (much less control) GPL cars at frame-rates less than 36fps. A PII-450 (and voodoo-2) still has a tough time running GPL at full-blown detail (heck, even GP2 still lags a -tiny- bit). Matt -Teehole Quote: "Many games create the ultimate technological experience, but falter when it comes to creating a compelling story to keep gamers interested".<< Author:Tim Royal,Computer Games Strategy Plus.

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