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GP2 runs fine on a pentium 90

2 posts by 2 people · 21 Jul 1996 - 26 Jul 1996

Jason Smit 21 Jul 1996#327606
Quoted text (20 lines)> I had just purchsed GP2 today and ran it on my custome built Pentium 90 > with 16MB of EDO ram and an ATI Mach64 with 2MB VRAM. Initially I wanted to > upgrade to a P166 because I had some doubts about running it in svga after > hearing so many people having slow frame rates even with a P133 but after > fooling around with the detail settings I was satisfied with running it at > 15 fps with medium detail and only sky and banks turned off. I also limited > the mirror details to track, curb, and verges. With this setting, all the > tracks including Monaco was quite playable even with the processor > occupancy at 120-160%. I was very surprised at how nice it ran at Monaco > without changing the detail setting. 15 fps might sound low for some people > but believe me it's definitely playable. I also tried it on my friend's > Dell P90 with 16MB and 2MB VRAM and had similar results. So for the people > worring about slow frame rates, my advice to you is to go buy the game > because of your love for racing and not be deterred simply becaue you can't > run it at 30 fps with all details on. Everyone is got a different setup so > just because it runs too slow on their machine doesn't necessarily mean > that it will run just as slow on yours. I am truely satisfied with the > game, its definitely worth the wait. Way to go Jeoff Grammond!!!!!!!! > Enjoy the endless hours of fun with this game, you'll love it.
But at 120-160% your playing in slow motion and that suxs. It's best to set it at 50% if you want to look at your replays. So get the 166. Jason.
Lawrence Wi 26 Jul 1996#329345
120-160% is still very playable. It certainly isn't slow motion > > I had just purchsed GP2 today and ran it on my custome built Pentium 90 > > with 16MB of EDO ram and an ATI Mach64 with 2MB VRAM. Initially I wanted to > > upgrade to a P166 because I had some doubts about running it in svga after > > hearing so many people having slow frame rates even with a P133 but after > > fooling around with the detail settings I was satisfied with running it at > > 15 fps with medium detail and only sky and banks turned off. I also limited > > the mirror details to track, curb, and verges. With this setting, all the > > tracks including Monaco was quite playable even with the processor > > occupancy at 120-160%. I was very surprised at how nice it ran at Monaco > > without changing the detail setting. 15 fps might sound low for some people > > but believe me it's definitely playable. I also tried it on my friend's > > Dell P90 with 16MB and 2MB VRAM and had similar results. So for the people > > worring about slow frame rates, my advice to you is to go buy the game > > because of your love for racing and not be deterred simply becaue you can't > > run it at 30 fps with all details on. Everyone is got a different setup so
Quoted text (8 lines)> > just because it runs too slow on their machine doesn't necessarily mean > > that it will run just as slow on yours. I am truely satisfied with the > > game, its definitely worth the wait. Way to go Jeoff Grammond!!!!!!!! > > Enjoy the endless hours of fun with this game, you'll love it. > But at 120-160% your playing in slow motion and that suxs. It's best to > set it at 50% if you want to look at your replays. So get the 166. > Jason.

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