Re Alison Hines Comments - Logitech v MSFF

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 15:49:12 -0400, "Joel Willstein" I am another MSF user. I've had mine for over a year now, and I always get solid 36fps (well, used to before GPL 1.1!). I've had a lot of frame rate problems after the patch but I seem to have got around them, after a lot of work. After the FF patch I just keep getting faster and I can't say one bad thing about this wheel. I have used the LWFF on several occasions at a mate's house and I'd say is also another great wheel, but if offered both I would not think twice about taking the MSFF. I guess I am just too used to it, I suppouse. I guess until I can have an ECCI with FF I'll stick with the MSFF. If you have a reasonably fast pc (properly configured of course) GPL will run at a solid 36fps whether you have a Logitech or MSFF, one thing is for sure: if you buy the logitech, you'll be buying a wheel which the pedals are in my view simply unusable, and why not say unacceptable considering is such a great steering wheel. Mauricio.

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>>So the only weak link for the LWFF is the pedals, but you readily admit >that >>the Microsoft wheel steals cpu cycles. That is not fixable with a >>screwdriver and $2. Seems to me that is a greater flaw in design than any >>commited by Logitech. Steering is only half of it, performance is the >other >>and the LWFF comes out on top. The only area I see that Microsoft excels >is >>in the optical components. >>-Andrew > I've been using a MSFF wheel for more than 2months now,and with my AMD >K6-2/450 and Vodoo3 3000,I get a rock solid 36 pfs online with all graphics >except people and cars only in the mirrors. So loosing some cpu cycles >hasn't been a issue with me. > Joel Willstein