F1GP2:PC Player on HW Requirements

Good news for all >P120 owners: The german magazin PC Player gives in its latest issue (4.96) the following table on HW requirements for F1GP2 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VGA SVGA VGA SVGA (full detail) (full detail) (most det. off) (most det. off) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 486 unplayable unplayable just playable unplayable P90 just playable unplayable playable just playable P120 playable unplayable well playable well playable P166 well playable just playable well playable well playable ----------------------------------------------------------------------- where just playable means "not much fun at all..." -- akis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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>Good news for all >P120 owners: >The german magazin PC Player gives in its latest issue (4.96) the >following table on HW requirements for F1GP2 : >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > VGA SVGA VGA SVGA > (full detail) (full detail) (most det. off) (most det. off) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >486 unplayable unplayable just playable unplayable >P90 just playable unplayable playable just playable >P120 playable unplayable well playable well playable >P166 well playable just playable well playable well playable >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >where just playable means "not much fun at all..." >-- akis >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------

What graphic cards did they use ? Markus Morphine ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~scm04312/F1.html http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~ait08097/F1GP.html http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~scm04312/Frentzen.html

Hey Eleutherios Athanassiou ! You burnt somethin' into my screen ! Hey , I read it too and I think that no Pentium 166 could handle the SVGA graphics . Many other mags like PC Games have the same opinion ! ------------- Und das h?tte so ein sch?nes Spiel werden k?nnen !(oh , sorry) And that would have been such a nice game ! Ach ja... have you seen a playable demo anywhere ? * * * * * * BYE and always a good connection ! * * * * * * * * * * * * wishes * * * * * * *** W O D A N ***

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>>Good news for all >P120 owners: >>The german magazin PC Player gives in its latest issue (4.96) the >>following table on HW requirements for F1GP2 : >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> VGA SVGA VGA SVGA >> (full detail) (full detail) (most det. off) (most det. off) >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>486 unplayable unplayable just playable unplayable >>P90 just playable unplayable playable just playable >>P120 playable unplayable well playable well playable >>P166 well playable just playable well playable well playable >>----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>where just playable means "not much fun at all..." >What graphic cards did they use ? > Markus Morphine

No specs were given on the graphics card, RAM or whatso ever. They wrote that there are quite a lot of possible steps between full detail and no details, but the general conclusion was go and get a P120. BTW: I liked your F1 pages ! regards --akis ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello Wodan, Yap. I guess the HW requirements are the main reason for the delay. Theyjust had to wait until the P120 came into the low end /private customer area. No, only the quicktime movie. bis die Tage .... --- akis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Found this in a Games-Area : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, Recently, there have been some questions (and rumors) regarding what type and speed computer will be required to run Grand Prix II. After discussing this issue with the test team in the UK, here are the facts... The VGA version should run reasonably well on a 486DX4/100. If you've got a 120 pentium, you'll be able to get a good frame rate in SVGA, with full textures and full mirror detail. Also the game is fully customizable, so if there is a performance hit you can turn off the textures on, say, verges, the sky, curbs or whatever. You can also play the game at three detail levels. So what does this mean? To get the very best out of the game, yes, you will need a powerful machine (which "future-proofs" the product, bearing in mind that we would like to add to, not change or upgrade, this game engine for the next 2-3 years). However, anyone with a DX4 upwards will have a good game and get the full benefit of the graphics engine. We currently do not regard this as an issue. Regards, Brian/Spectrum Holobyte-MicroProse -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - CU Finn .. . . __ . . . . --==-_()____ .. . . ( o )______(o)__ .-= The race is on ... =-. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- \ \ Finn Klug E-Mail to \ / / Phone: +49-4103-87494 / ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- ## ... the early bird chatches the worm .... ##

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>Subject: F1GP2:PC Player on HW Requirements >Date: 26 Mar 1996 10:17:19 GMT >Good news for all >P120 owners: >The german magazin PC Player gives in its latest issue (4.96) the >following table on HW requirements for F1GP2 : >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > VGA SVGA VGA SVGA > (full detail) (full detail) (most det. off) (most det. off) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >486 unplayable unplayable just playable unplayable >P90 just playable unplayable playable just playable >P120 playable unplayable well playable well playable >P166 well playable just playable well playable well playable >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >where just playable means "not much fun at all..." >-- akis >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >-----------------------------------------------------------------------

So I guess everyne else is just SOL... :( I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!? Eldred Pickett

:-) Found this in a Games-Area : :-) :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- :-) Hi All, :-) :-) Recently, there have been some questions (and rumors) regarding what type :-) and speed computer will be required to run Grand Prix II. :-) :-) After discussing this issue with the test team in the UK, here are the :-) facts... :-) :-) The VGA version should run reasonably well on a 486DX4/100. If you've got :-) a 120 pentium, you'll be able to get a good frame rate in SVGA, with full :-) :-) textures and full mirror detail. :-) Also the game is fully customizable, so if there is a performance hit you :-) can turn off the textures on, say, verges, the sky, curbs or whatever. You :-) :-) can also play the game at three detail levels. :-) :-) So what does this mean? To get the very best out of the game, yes, you :-) will :-) need a powerful machine (which "future-proofs" the product, bearing in :-) mind that we would like to add to, not change or upgrade, this game engine :-) :-) for the next 2-3 years). However, anyone with a DX4 upwards will have a :-) good game and get the full benefit of the graphics engine. We currently do :-) :-) not regard this as an issue. :-) :-) Regards, :-) Brian/Spectrum Holobyte-MicroProse Hi Brian I am about to replace my P60 with P166. Would you suggest me to wait a bit for a even higher performance CPU in order to deliver the best possible result in the GP2, or would you suggest me that P166 is good enough for GP2? I am talking about FULL details and with the ADD-ONs that you mentioned above. Regards Chris Looking forward to the GP2

As much as I want to believe this, excuse me. Take the 4/100 for VGA at 320x200. A SVA game at 640x480 is nearly 5 times as demanding graphically *alone*, and I can't believe a P120 is that much faster than a 4/100. Anyone? -- MarkN

> A SVA game at 640x480 is nearly 5 times as demanding graphically > *alone*, and I can't believe a P120 is that much faster than a 4/100. Well, actually, due to a number of features that the pentium posesses, a pentium120 IS actually _much_ faster than a 486/100. In fact, a pentium75 is faster than a 486/120 in many applications and games where code is optimized for pentiums (an increasing number nowadays). And this is on an equal test (16mb ram/diamond stealth 64 w/ 2mb vram). "people who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it."