GPL/AMD K6-2??????

How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? Thanks!!! RayD

It will run on 350 but it would run better on 400 just as it would run better on 500 or 600. GPL is VERY cpu dependant so higher is better. 3D accelerator is less important as long as it is Rendition v2x00 or 3dfx voodoo2 , banshee ). Borut >How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 >Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? >Thanks!!! >RayD

Running on a Tyan 1590S w/K6-2 350 and a Voodoo Banshee. Runs very well. It slows down a bit at race starts with too many cars. Definitely go with the fastest processor you can afford. PII's will be better, but they do cost more. A Celeron 300A and an Abit BH6 are the way to go for price/performance, IF you want to fool around with an overclocked system. Not for the weak hearted in my opinion, but bang for the buck is tremendous. > How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 > Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? > Thanks!!! > RayD

My K6-2 350 runs fine at 4 x 100mHz FSB (400mHz CPU speed) on a Soyo EHM mainboard. All graphics on it gets a steady 36fps in training and >30fps racing against 19 competitors (20fps at start..). =rez= >How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 >Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? >Thanks!!! >RayD

>How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 >Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? >Thanks!!! >RayD Runs great! I have a 350 w/ a voodoo 2, and I get at least 30 FPS. I can get more if I***around with the graphics, but it's ok now. Eldred Put your message in a modem, and throw it in the ***-sea... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>How well does GPL run on an AMD K6-2 350 or 400 >Will it run on the 350 or would the 400 be better? >Thanks!!! >RayD Ray, I just upgraded to a AMD K6-2/350 and a new motherboard with 100 front side bus with 64 mb of SDRAM,just so I could "play" gpl and be ready for N3 (N2000). I run a Diamond Monster Voodoo 1 graphics 3dfx accelerator card. I was going to upgrade to a Voodoo 11,but there have been so many posts reguarding problems with the V2,that I opted to stay with my old card for now. I get 30-36 fps with all graphics on except just cars/track in the mirrors in practice. In a race I run full 19 car fields. The fps at the start really varies according to where I qualified,but even defaulting to the rear,I get only 6-8 fps,but once the race starts it quickly increases in to the low 20s fps. Decreasing the number of cars dramatically increases my frame rate. But I bought gpl to race against a full field. Joel Willstein

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> I just upgraded to a AMD K6-2/350 and a new motherboard with 100 front >side bus with 64 mb of SDRAM,just so I could "play" gpl and be ready for N3 >(N2000). I run a Diamond Monster Voodoo 1 graphics 3dfx accelerator card. >I was going to upgrade to a Voodoo 11,but there have been so many posts >reguarding problems with the V2,that I opted to stay with my old card for >now. I get 30-36 fps with all graphics on except just cars/track in the >mirrors in practice. In a race I run full 19 car fields. The fps at the >start really varies according to where I qualified,but even defaulting to >the rear,I get only 6-8 fps,but once the race starts it quickly increases

in >to the low 20s fps. Decreasing the number of cars dramatically increases my >frame rate. But I bought gpl to race against a full field. I had a PII350. With a 19 car AI-field and detail-bias 3/4 to the left, and only cars in mirrors I got about 30 fps at the back of the grid. Most evidence indicate that the K6 is not the best choice for GPL. Regards K.S. Br?nnick

<<Most evidence indicate that the K6 is not the best choice for GPL.>> Maybe not the best, but better than I P200, which is what I was runing <G> I know I know, for *almost* the same money I couldve have a celeron system running at 450, but there was about a 75 dollar difference that at the time I was'nt prepared to spend. prepared to spend <G> However, tomorrow I'll be ordering my celeron CPU, with a new MB and case soon to follow, but I will keep my K6-2 as a 2nd system, I have no complaints about it. In GPL with the detail bias set at half, with a full field of 19 cars in 800x600 I get 14 fps at the rear of the field at Monza, Watkins, Monaco it goes down to about 9, but quickly moves int the 20's. T

While I wouldn't expect him to get the same numbers as you, he should be getting more. I'd say he needs a Voodoo2. My K6-2/300 does better than his 350, and I'm always at the back :o). The only time I've gotten 6-8fps is when there was a big crash in the esses at Watkins Glen.

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> > I just upgraded to a AMD K6-2/350 and a new motherboard with 100 front > >side bus with 64 mb of SDRAM,just so I could "play" gpl and be ready for N3 > >(N2000). I run a Diamond Monster Voodoo 1 graphics 3dfx accelerator card. > >I was going to upgrade to a Voodoo 11,but there have been so many posts > >reguarding problems with the V2,that I opted to stay with my old card for > >now. I get 30-36 fps with all graphics on except just cars/track in the > >mirrors in practice. In a race I run full 19 car fields. The fps at the > >start really varies according to where I qualified,but even defaulting to > >the rear,I get only 6-8 fps,but once the race starts it quickly increases > in > >to the low 20s fps. Decreasing the number of cars dramatically increases my > >frame rate. But I bought gpl to race against a full field. > I had a PII350. With a 19 car AI-field and detail-bias 3/4 to the left, and > only cars in mirrors I got about 30 fps at the back of the grid. > Most evidence indicate that the K6 is not the best choice for GPL. > Regards K.S. Br?nnick