GP3 system reqs

Specs below are from James Pickard's scan of the brochure. With my PII 450, 128RAM, TNT it would be nice if I just needed to turn the sky off. Oh well the summer is still far away and this seems to have been written in a bit of a hurry... Win95/98 CD-ROM System Requirements OS: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Mem: 32Mb RAM * Video: 2Mb * CDROM drive:4XCD * HD Space: TBC * Sound: DirectX 7 compatible sound card * DirectX: DirectX 7 (Supplied with game) * Minimum Hardware 3D support: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Memory 32Mb RAM or more * DirectX compatible 3D card with 8Mb RAM * HD Space: TBC * DirectX: DirectX 7 (Supplied with game) * DirectX 7 compatible sound card. Rec. System spec - Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 400MHz * Mem: 64Mb RAM or more * Video: Direct 3D compatible 3D card * HD Space TBC * Sound: DirectX 7 compatible sound card * DirectX: DirectX 7 (Supplied with game).

<snip> <snip> That seems a bit odd. Geoff Crammond kept going on about how the game would be playable on a wide range of machines. There are still a *lot* of 4 meg 3D cards out there in everyday use (eg my ancient Voodoo1, though that will be upgraded to a Voodoo3 soon if I can get one to work with my Intel 810 [ugh]). A choice of software or 8 meg+ only hardware leaves a big gap in the middle. If it was going to be for 8 meg+ hardware *only* (like Rally Championship, which never claimed to be playable on lower-spec machines in any case), I could understand it, but doing it this way just seems pointless. Anyone who's got a PC powerful enough to play GP3 in software mode is going to have a 3D card of some sort already. -- David. "The lawyers are destroying inspiration." (Michael Turner, motorsport artist)

Yeah, it's hard to see that particular number in the scan, maybe someone who has the flyer can verify. You're right though, someone with a 266 is unlikely to have an 8+ accelerator and would have get a better card (16 Mb cards are down to $50-70 US) to enjoy a good combination of framerates and resolution. It will be interesting to see how sofware mode will cater (if at all) to the lower spec machines. -Keith

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> >Specs below are from James Pickard's scan of the brochure. > <snip> > >Minimum > >Hardware 3D support: Win95/98/2000 * Processor: PII 266MHz * Memory > >32Mb RAM or more * DirectX compatible 3D card with 8Mb RAM > <snip> > That seems a bit odd. Geoff Crammond kept going on about how the game > would be playable on a wide range of machines. There are still a > *lot* of 4 meg 3D cards out there in everyday use (eg my ancient > Voodoo1, though that will be upgraded to a Voodoo3 soon if I can get > one to work with my Intel 810 [ugh]). A choice of software or 8 meg+ > only hardware leaves a big gap in the middle. > If it was going to be for 8 meg+ hardware *only* (like Rally > Championship, which never claimed to be playable on lower-spec > machines in any case), I could understand it, but doing it this way > just seems pointless. Anyone who's got a PC powerful enough to play > GP3 in software mode is going to have a 3D card of some sort already. > -- > David. > "The lawyers are destroying inspiration." > (Michael Turner, motorsport artist)