GPL and the Green Stuff

Hi gang, Well, someones just gotta help me here.... had my new pc delivered yesterday (PIII 600, 128mb RAM, 32mb TNT2 AGP, 17gb HD) and have just installed GPL on it and patched it up to 1.2, using the OpenGL driver. Trouble is I now find that there's all this this green stuff all around the tracks and buildings and fluffy stuff up in the sky... whats going on ;O))). Have been driving GPL previously on my trusty ol' P233mmx, 64mb RAM, 16mb Voodoo Banshee with lots of detail turned off so this has cmoe as quiet a shock to the ol' eyes. Boy it's hard enough dribing this thing without all that scenery to admire as well. Anyway, have to say this absolutely rocks... already loved the sim since I first got the demo but to be able to run it with everything on and 19 ai cars is a wonder to behold.... OH boy... gotta get back to some driving... work in the morning but know i'll be thinking of nothing but GPL all day. Cheers Peter Hooper Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

I think you missed the point Dave. Peter was being ironic. The screen is covered with green stuff cos he hadn't seen that much detail before with his old graphics card. Besides, I'm not sure what you're on about. As another post said, I too have been running GPL for 4 months with a TNT2 Ultra 770 and everything works fine. 1028x760, 19 AI cars, all the details on, 36fps all the time except for the starts when it drops to about 22fps. No problems at all. I think it's becoming a myth that you can't play GPL with a TNT. Kev

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> Peter, this isn't directed at you but at alllllll the users who > keep posting about getting gpl working with tnt cards....(at least it > isn't directed at you personally :> ) > over and over again....users try and run gpl with a Nvidia card and > come up with all sorts of problems...guys guys guys...and ladies... > IF YOU ARE GONNA RUN GPL, IF YOU RUN GPL AS YOUR PRIME SIM....DO NOT GET > A TNT CARD! yes you can fix things, yes there are workarounds, but > c'mon...yer smart enough to post on RAS, you should be smart enough to > figure out GPL prefers 3dfx. > and this is not a rant about which card is better blah blah blah..just > face facts...gpl and tnt or geforce is not the best option. > dave henrie > > Hi gang, > > Well, someones just gotta help me here.... had my new pc delivered > > yesterday (PIII 600, 128mb RAM, 32mb TNT2 AGP, 17gb HD) and have just > > installed GPL on it and patched it up to 1.2, using the OpenGL driver. > > Trouble is I now find that there's all this this green stuff all around > > the tracks and buildings and fluffy stuff up in the sky... whats going > > on ;O))). > > Have been driving GPL previously on my trusty ol' P233mmx, 64mb RAM, > > 16mb Voodoo Banshee with lots of detail turned off so this has cmoe as > > quiet a shock to the ol' eyes. Boy it's hard enough dribing this thing > > without all that scenery to admire as well. > > Anyway, have to say this absolutely rocks... already loved the sim > > since I first got the demo but to be able to run it with everything on > > and 19 ai cars is a wonder to behold.... > > OH boy... gotta get back to some driving... work in the morning but know > > i'll be thinking of nothing but GPL all day. > > Cheers > > Peter Hooper > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy.

I run GPL with a TNT 1, and I get 36fps all the time (1024x768). I had to adjust the mirror refresh rate, thats true, but I feel the whole anti TNT hype makes no sense at all. If you bought banshee or Voodoo and you like it, thats fine with me. I'm very sure that those who got a TNT or TNT2 card are just as happy.

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> Besides, I'm not sure what you're on about. As another post said, I too > have been running GPL for 4 months with a TNT2 Ultra 770 and everything > works fine. 1028x760, 19 AI cars, all the details on, 36fps all the time > except for the starts when it drops to about 22fps. No problems at all. > I think it's becoming a myth that you can't play GPL with a TNT. > Kev > > Peter, this isn't directed at you but at alllllll the users who > > keep posting about getting gpl working with tnt cards....(at least it > > isn't directed at you personally :> ) > > over and over again....users try and run gpl with a Nvidia card and > > come up with all sorts of problems...guys guys guys...and ladies... > > IF YOU ARE GONNA RUN GPL, IF YOU RUN GPL AS YOUR PRIME SIM....DO NOT GET > > A TNT CARD! yes you can fix things, yes there are workarounds, but > > c'mon...yer smart enough to post on RAS, you should be smart enough to > > figure out GPL prefers 3dfx. > > and this is not a rant about which card is better blah blah blah..just > > face facts...gpl and tnt or geforce is not the best option. > > dave henrie > > > Hi gang, > > > Well, someones just gotta help me here.... had my new pc delivered > > > yesterday (PIII 600, 128mb RAM, 32mb TNT2 AGP, 17gb HD) and have just > > > installed GPL on it and patched it up to 1.2, using the OpenGL driver. > > > Trouble is I now find that there's all this this green stuff all

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> > > the tracks and buildings and fluffy stuff up in the sky... whats going > > > on ;O))). > > > Have been driving GPL previously on my trusty ol' P233mmx, 64mb RAM, > > > 16mb Voodoo Banshee with lots of detail turned off so this has cmoe as > > > quiet a shock to the ol' eyes. Boy it's hard enough dribing this thing > > > without all that scenery to admire as well. > > > Anyway, have to say this absolutely rocks... already loved the sim > > > since I first got the demo but to be able to run it with everything on > > > and 19 ai cars is a wonder to behold.... > > > OH boy... gotta get back to some driving... work in the morning but

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> > > i'll be thinking of nothing but GPL all day. > > > Cheers > > > Peter Hooper > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Before you buy.

But GPL is my sim of choice so Glide is what I need. Why would I want to waste my money on a card that isnt supported by the software I run ? When the next great sim arrives, I'll get whatever card suits it. -- Ian Parker UKGPL League http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl ==