Re: GP4 and graphics cards

Not a huge amount I would think. What are the screen resolutions for gp4? Somebody here said, and I agree with it, you get speed from faster CPU's and my Eye Candy from a new vidcard. Surely a new card will increase your framerate some, but not the leaps and bounds you may be expecting. What you will get is the ability to move up a screen rez or two and maybe add FSAA or Anistropic filtering without killing the frame-rate. An XP 2200 is already faster than the target cpu GP4 was probably disigned for, so your increases probably won't be that great. If you have a non-ddr gf3, then moving up to a 128mb with fast ddr vidram may allow you to run 32bit color with little penalty as well. dave henrie "Ken" < > I have an XP2200 with a geforce 3 card and was wondering if I will see an > improvement in frame rates/picture quality with a Radion 9700? > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02

Is there anything you DON'T know Dave? ;-) "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5mkM9.397352$P31.145624@rwcrnsc53... > Not a huge amount I would think. What are the screen resolutions for gp4? > Somebody here said, and I agree with it, you get speed from faster CPU'sand

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> my Eye Candy from a new vidcard. > Surely a new card will increase your framerate some, but not the leaps > and bounds you may be expecting. What you will get is the ability to move > up a screen rez or two and maybe add FSAA or Anistropic filtering without > killing the frame-rate. > An XP 2200 is already faster than the target cpu GP4 was probably > disigned for, so your increases probably won't be that great. If you have

a > non-ddr gf3, then moving up to a 128mb with fast ddr vidram may allow youto > run 32bit color with little penalty as well. > dave henrie > > "Ken" < > > I have an XP2200 with a geforce 3 card and was wondering if I will seean

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> > improvement in frame rates/picture quality with a Radion 9700? > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02 > >

Doug Hook wrote: > > Is there anything you DON'T know Dave? ;-) About Computer problems.......I doubt it, Dave's had them all, about driving.....:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "goyl at nettx dot no" "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ "A man is only as old as the woman he feels" --Groucho Marx--

Thanks for the info people - well appreciated!!!

Thanks for the info people - well appreciated!!!

"Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8alM9.396040$%[email hidden]... > Is there anything you DON'T know Dave? ;-) Those that can drive win...those that can't ...TEACH! dh ps...I pretend to know more than I really do. Mostly it's guesswork...and if it goes wrong..well then GOY told me to do that!!! ddhh --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02

Funny u should ask... Just got a Sapphire radeon 9700 non pro - upgrade from Voodoo 5. Running on a Abit KT7 with a tbird 1.3Ghz. 1280 x 1024 4xFSAA, 8xAA - I get around 70-80% occupancy with car at start of race mid grid. Wet race, Imola. If on my own just practice - around 30%. Some minor graphics are not AA'ed if you stop and look for it. Otherwise looks great. Wheel spray doesn't seem to faze it - that was the big showstopper on the V5. Before with V5 on 2xFSAA had to run 800x600 or sometimes 1024 x768. -- Peter H GPL sucks ... you in "Ken" <NO MORE SPAM> wrote in message news:3e01c9cc$0$231$[email hidden]... > I have an XP2200 with a geforce 3 card and was wondering if I will see an > improvement in frame rates/picture quality with a Radion 9700? > > People say that GP4 is CPU bound more than graphics card bound, but surely a > card that is twice as fast in 3d should be better? > > Thanks guys > >

Goy's from Norway - so you shouldn't really bother.... //M "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HLwM9.434393$QZ.67942@sccrnsc02...

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> > "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8alM9.396040$%[email hidden]... > > Is there anything you DON'T know Dave? ;-) > Those that can drive win...those that can't ...TEACH! > > > dh > ps...I pretend to know more than I really do. Mostly it's guesswork...and > if it goes wrong..well then GOY told me to do that!!! > > ddhh > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02 > >

Badlands wrote: > > Goy's from Norway - so you shouldn't really bother.... Big words coming from a Swede.....:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8alM9.396040$%[email hidden]... > > Is there anything you DON'T know Dave? ;-) > Those that can drive win...those that can't ...TEACH! > > dh > ps...I pretend to know more than I really do. Mostly it's guesswork...and > if it goes wrong..well then GOY told me to do that!!!

Quick thinking there Herr von Henrie :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--

Yeah yeah - I guess it's pretty annoying - but you guys killed our king - so why not :) // M "Goy Larsen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > Badlands wrote: > > > > Goy's from Norway - so you shouldn't really bother.... > > Big words coming from a Swede.....:-) > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > http://www.theuspits.com > > "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" > --Groucho Marx--

Badlands wrote: > > Yeah yeah - I guess it's pretty annoying - but you guys killed our king - so > why not :) Speaking of Royalty, I saw some pics from the Nobel party, I wanna be Prince of Sweden....by marriage :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy http://www.theuspits.com "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........" --Groucho Marx--