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I have a K62 450 64Meg ram Ati xpert 98 Thinking of buying a Voodoo 3 3000. Now the big question- What framerates can I expect from it for GPL, GP3, F1200? My current Ati card just doesn't cut it with gpl, GP3 if I turn off loads of eye-candy I can get just below 100% occupancy, F1200 - say no more. :o) Tia Mark

Thanks for your replies. The V5 was out of the question with a wife, mortgage & two kids :o) I bought the V3 (68ukp) very reasonable, going to fit it now. Mark.

On Thu 19 Oct 2000 11:07:04p, Mark wrote: >I have a K62 450 64Meg ram Ati xpert 98 > >Thinking of buying a Voodoo 3 3000. Now the big question- >What framerates can I expect from it for GPL, GP3, F1200?<snip> Right - first off, you'll get a lot of people saying "don't get a 3dfx, they're on their way out". Ignore them. By the time 3dfx stops being good enough, the next wave of cards will be cheap. I have a Celeron 500 with 64 megs and a v3-2000 PCI - the slowest 3dfx card you can buy new. With my old Voodoo 1 I got about 20fps ina 10-car race. Now it's 36 all the way except the start (and at the start if I turn off some graphics options). IMO, you'll notice the difference a lot. GP3 is a bit odd - its 3D mode is barely better than software - so it's less good as a guide. You should be able to get it running smoothly (aghain, except the start) with a V3. Haven't any idea about F1-2000 as I don't have it. HTH (a bit). -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

After upgrading to a V5-5500 from a V3-2000, I could run F1-2000 up to 1024x768 with the same details as the V3-2000 at 640x480. No overclocking anywhere. I recommend the V5-5500 for the FSAA which F1-2000 needs. I haven't tried the V5-5500 with GPL nor GP3, but everything else I have runs flawlessly on my P3/550 V5-5500 setup. Jason. Mark wrote:

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> I have a K62 450 64Meg ram Ati xpert 98 > > Thinking of buying a Voodoo 3 3000. Now the big question- > What framerates can I expect from it for GPL, GP3, F1200? > > My current Ati card just doesn't cut it with gpl, GP3 if I turn off loads of > eye-candy I can get just below 100% occupancy, F1200 - say no more. :o) > Tia > > Mark

-- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL, Fun Run Sims) http://www.racersdomain.com - Race hosting. (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Well, works like a dream. I'm just having tooooooo much fun :o) As a little side note, is there a 'No CD' patch for the Sierra Originals version of GPL? The UK version I tried was looking for a different filesize. I have applied the 1.2 patch that was on the CD. Thanks again for your earlier replies. Mark Jason Monds <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > After upgrading to a V5-5500 from a V3-2000, I could run F1-2000 up to1024x768 > with the same details as the V3-2000 at 640x480. No overclockinganywhere. I > recommend the V5-5500 for the FSAA which F1-2000 needs. I haven't triedthe

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> V5-5500 with GPL nor GP3, but everything else I have runs flawlessly on my > P3/550 V5-5500 setup. > > Jason. > > Mark wrote: > > > I have a K62 450 64Meg ram Ati xpert 98 > > > > Thinking of buying a Voodoo 3 3000. Now the big question- > > What framerates can I expect from it for GPL, GP3, F1200? > > > > My current Ati card just doesn't cut it with gpl, GP3 if I turn off

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> > eye-candy I can get just below 100% occupancy, F1200 - say no more. :o) > > Tia > > > > Mark > > -- > Jason Monds > http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL, Fun Run Sims) > http://www.racersdomain.com - Race hosting. > (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying) > >

Thanks for that. I read the 'readme.txt' on the CD & it says there that you don't need the CD on a full install. Ah well, if all else fails, read the instructions. Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > Mark, > > If you don't need the CD for the un-patched version, you've > the US version. And yes, there is a no-cd patch for the UK 1.2 > version, you can get it at: > > > http://www.the-fastlane.com/ > > > Remco > > "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Well, works like a dream. I'm just having tooooooo much fun :o) > > > >As a little side note, is there a 'No CD' patch for the Sierra Originals > >version of GPL? The UK version I tried was looking for a different

filesize. > >I have applied the 1.2 patch that was on the CD. >

Mark, If you don't need the CD for the un-patched version, you've the US version. And yes, there is a no-cd patch for the UK 1.2 version, you can get it at: http://www.the-fastlane.com/ Remco "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Well, works like a dream. I'm just having tooooooo much fun :o) > >As a little side note, is there a 'No CD' patch for the Sierra Originals >version of GPL? The UK version I tried was looking for a different filesize. >I have applied the 1.2 patch that was on the CD.