GPL Framerates - Voodoo2 + AMD 350 or Celeron a

Okay race fans, I'm planning a second PC at home, and want to make sure the new box is sufficiently faster than the old box (PPro 200). What kind of frame rates will the AMD get versus a NON overclocked 300/333a or 333a? I'm guessing non-overclocked Celery isn't really worth it, correct? The old box is very playable at higher detail, lower car-levels, and should do nice for home-network games. :^) Budget won't allow more than this, but I would like to make sure it adds enough ummpphh. tia Steve

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>Okay race fans, >I'm planning a second PC at home, and want to make sure the new box is >sufficiently faster than the old box (PPro 200). What kind of frame rates >will the AMD get versus a NON overclocked 300/333a or 333a? I'm guessing >non-overclocked Celery isn't really worth it, correct? >The old box is very playable at higher detail, lower car-levels, and should >do nice for home-network games. :^) >Budget won't allow more than this, but I would like to make sure it adds >enough ummpphh.

If you have a PPRO, a K6 won't be an upgrade for non-3d-now utilizing games. My new PII350 (runnning at 360) is twice as fast as my old PPRO200 in GPL with a V2 card. My PII 360 is also twice as fast as a K6-300 in GPL. (13.5 fps vs 6.5 fps at Monace, 19 AI opponents, all graphics on, full detail bias, 5 sounds, at the back of the grid at start) Regards K.S. Br?nnick

...K.S., just wanted to tell you that overclocking a 350 to 360 really isn't worth the risk...I have even better framerates with my NON-overclocked 350 :)

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>>Okay race fans, >>I'm planning a second PC at home, and want to make sure the new box is >>sufficiently faster than the old box (PPro 200). What kind of frame rates >>will the AMD get versus a NON overclocked 300/333a or 333a? I'm guessing >>non-overclocked Celery isn't really worth it, correct? >>The old box is very playable at higher detail, lower car-levels, and

should >>do nice for home-network games. :^) >>Budget won't allow more than this, but I would like to make sure it adds >>enough ummpphh. >If you have a PPRO, a K6 won't be an upgrade for non-3d-now utilizing games. >My new PII350 (runnning at 360) is twice as fast as my old PPRO200 in GPL >with a V2 card. My PII 360 is also twice as fast as a K6-300 in GPL. (13.5 >fps vs 6.5 fps at Monace, 19 AI opponents, all graphics on, full detail >bias, 5 sounds, at the back of the grid at start) >Regards K.S. Br?nnick

I realize you're query was non-o/c, but here goes... Celery 300A, running at 450, Banshee.... 1024x768, most grafx on... 30FPS at the back of a 10 car grid at start..... 32FPS when sitting in pits will all cars present.... 36FPS when racing alone. 800x600, turn on whatever you want, 36FPS solid, anywhere. I've been an AMD fan in the past but it's history. Rgds, Mark R. ================================= On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:47:16 GMT, "Someone"

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>Okay race fans, >I'm planning a second PC at home, and want to make sure the new box is >sufficiently faster than the old box (PPro 200). What kind of frame rates >will the AMD get versus a NON overclocked 300/333a or 333a? I'm guessing >non-overclocked Celery isn't really worth it, correct? >The old box is very playable at higher detail, lower car-levels, and should >do nice for home-network games. :^) >Budget won't allow more than this, but I would like to make sure it adds >enough ummpphh. >tia >Steve

>...K.S., just wanted to tell you that overclocking a 350 to 360 really isn't >worth the risk...I have even better framerates with my NON-overclocked 350 >:) Thanks for the tip, however I find a linear increase (original fps*(103/100)) in fps in all cpu-limited games and the system is rock-stable. (Actually I tried 112 mhz FSB, but the machine wouldn't even post.) Regards K.S. Br?nnick

I know I will probably be drowned out by the Overclocking happy Celeron people........BUT, the BEST deal I have yet to see is this "Small??" known fact of Intels own making.....they mistakingly over produced alot of PII450's, and rather than flood the market and lower the prices, they marked them as PII 300's to run on 66mhz boards. Well, when installed on a 100 mhz board, they run in all the glory of a 450, without any risk of overheating, any system freezes, or any painstaking taks of jumpers, increasing voltage, raising clock speed, etc. So for a $150 (more or less ) more than the CeleronA package, you can get a full fledge PII 450. The key is in the numbers....make sure the PII is marked as an SL2W8, as this is most common. There are a few others that "could be" and for more info, visit http://www.tweak3d.com/ JT