Is GP2 2D-card dependant?

Ive read reports on the internet and heard opinions to the effect that Grand Prix 2 is not really that dependant on the 2D card used, but more concerned with the CPU power. Has anyone got a conclusive opinion about this? Thanks, Craig **** Posted from RemarQ - http://www.remarq.com - Discussions Start Here (tm) ****

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>Path: >Ive read reports on the internet and heard opinions to the effect that >Grand Prix 2 is not really that dependant on the 2D card used, but more >concerned with the CPU power. Has anyone got a conclusive opinion about >this? >Thanks, >Craig

Logic suggests that a Decent PCI Graphics card, will get a much higher speed than an ISA card. As far as chipsets go, you may find better frame rates depending on the state of the Vesa 2.0 graphics driver for DOS. Perhaps downloading Scitech Display Doctor may help. Z. Please remove NOSPAM from my email address when replying.

As with most high-powered games, your frame rate will be most affected by the weakest component in your machine. If you have a poor video card, say a Trident-based card, you'll likely see a 10-20% penalty compared to a Matrox Millenium in the same machine. Getting that 20% back by buying a faster CPU is a lot more expensive than getting a good video card. OTOH, among decent video cards, say comparing a Millenium vs a Tseng 6000-based card, the difference is probably just a couple of percent. Among the good cards, any is Good Enough and your frame rate will scale up closer to linearly with your CPU speed. Speaking of DOS 2D, anyone know how the Riva TNT fairs?

>OTOH, among decent video cards, say comparing a Millenium vs a Tseng >6000-based card, the difference is probably just a couple of percent. >Among the good cards, any is Good Enough and your frame rate will scale >up closer to linearly with your CPU speed. Seconding that, I tested GP2 with a few cards. Basically, if you have any decent recent card, the odds are, it'll perform the same in GP2. I tried the original Millenium, an ET6000, and an S3-864 based Diamond Stealth. For all intents and purposed, they scored the same. Later, I tested a Stealth2, which is poor in DOS *VGA*. In SVGA, it scored the same as the other cards, ie well. So, yes, once you have any recent/decent card, it's all CPU.

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>> Ive read reports on the internet and heard opinions to the effect that >> Grand Prix 2 is not really that dependant on the 2D card used, but more >> concerned with the CPU power. Has anyone got a conclusive opinion about >> this? >> Thanks, >> Craig

Definately CPU........I just upgraded my CPU & RAM leaving the same 2d card & the difference is massive

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> Ive read reports on the internet and heard opinions to the effect that > Grand Prix 2 is not really that dependant on the 2D card used, but more > concerned with the CPU power. Has anyone got a conclusive opinion about > this? > Thanks, > Craig > **** Posted from RemarQ - http://www.remarq.com - Discussions Start Here (tm) ****

Drake Christensen heeft geschreven in bericht ... This is bulshit! GP2 makes no difference at all if you have an old 2MB S3 card or a brand new TNT. good framerates at Monaco. Geoff Crammond wanted to impress us all with super graphics, when there were still no 3D cards around. Unfortunately, it was unplayable with all detail on. And for most of us still is... Karl

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> Drake Christensen heeft geschreven in bericht ... > >As with most high-powered games, your frame rate will be most affected by > >the weakest component in your machine. If you have a poor video card, > >say a Trident-based card, you'll likely see a 10-20% penalty compared to > >a Matrox Millenium in the same machine. > This is bulshit! > GP2 makes no difference at all if you have an old 2MB S3 card or a brand new > TNT. > good framerates at Monaco. > Geoff Crammond wanted to impress us all with super graphics, when there were > still no 3D cards around. Unfortunately, it was unplayable with all detail > on. And for most of us still is...

Karl You really should have read that post again, he said as long as you had a reasonably good vid card, then the CPU was the most important, the old S3 cards were actually pretty fast in DOS mode, but the Trident cards were not, and with one of those in you PC it wouldn't have mattered how fast CPU you had, but you're right in one thing, I still don't think there are any regular home PC's that can run with all graphics on at Monaco and stay below 100% occupancy Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy