GPL Mega Monster Setup Question

I just purchased my second 12 meg monster 3D card. I could not find the procedure on diamonds web page as instructed in the pamplet. I placed the card in the next slot and connected it with the provided jumper. When the computer rebooted, it was recognized by the machine. I don't seem to be getting any added benefit. Could someone please tell me what accelerator settings I should be trying? I got good performance with one card but thought I could increase the resolution with two cards and maintain the same frame rate. I haven't been able to tweek this yet. I typically get a frame rate of 20 when sitting on the line with 19 cars running most of the eye candy. By the time we are to the first turn the frame rate would be up to or approaching 36. I don't seem to be able to improve on this with the second card and same config. I have a 400 PII, matrox card with 16 meg, the two above mentioned 3dfx cards and 128meg memory. What should I be able to get out of this setup? Thanks, Bob Agee

GPL really isn't a fill-rate limited app, so you'll likely see little (if any) improvement with the addition of the second Voodoo2. Eric

Unfortunately GPL does not take advantage of your 24meg (40?) of video memory. A hercules thriller 8 meg gets me 26+ on the grid and 36 before second gear with all graphics on at 800x600. Papy sims were originally written for rendition chips. JM

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> I just purchased my second 12 meg monster 3D card. I could not find > the procedure on diamonds web page as instructed in the pamplet. > I placed the card in the next slot and connected it with the provided > jumper. When the computer rebooted, it was recognized by the machine. > I don't seem to be getting any added benefit. Could someone please > tell me what accelerator settings I should be trying? > I got good performance with one card but thought I could increase the > resolution with two cards and maintain the same frame rate. I haven't > been able to tweek this yet. > I typically get a frame rate of 20 when sitting on the line with 19 > cars running most of the eye candy. By the time we are to the first > turn the frame rate would be up to or approaching 36. > I don't seem to be able to improve on this with the second card and > same config. > I have a 400 PII, matrox card with 16 meg, the two above mentioned > 3dfx cards and 128meg memory. > What should I be able to get out of this setup? > Thanks, Bob Agee

As long as you've got a reasonable Voodoo 2 card, the limiting factor I've found is pure processing GRUNT...like, I WANT MORE OF IT!!! I've got an AMD K62-300 and get a tidy 36fps in testing, anywhere, with everything (except spec lighting) on a 640x480....HOWEVER...even the SNIFF of an AI car and BABOOOOM....flickering to 25 fps My money's being saved for a CD Writer at the moment, so no chance of an upgrade, but one can dream!! Doug

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>GPL really isn't a fill-rate limited app, so you'll likely see little >(if any) improvement with the addition of the second Voodoo2. >Eric >> I don't seem to be getting any added benefit. Could someone please >> tell me what accelerator settings I should be trying?