NASCAR and More Memory

I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 Meg anyway. thanks John

Quoted text (7 lines)

> I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking > about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in > NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and > off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 > Meg anyway. > thanks > John

I'm reading this news group daily, some times twice a day. My options are set to -show only unread mail-. Every time I read I see the same thing. "Whats the best way to upgrade my pentium 9000, One hundred million gig ram, 7000meg vidio card memory,....ect massive stuff???" I have a two year old 486 sx 33, 8 meg ram, 1 meg vidio...ect $500.00 Wal-mart special Packared Bell, running VGA. Don't get me wrong, but, I have no problems running 5 ahead, 3 behind, 2 heard, skids on, wall on, smoke on, car tecture auto, grand stand auto, every thing els off. The only problem is in the tri at daga when there are three or more cars crashing the screen pauses-starts-pauses-starts till half way between the tri and the start finish. The frame rate is set to 11 max and I can't remember the minimum. (I have no proboblems with any other track). In any case, I have no problems with my machine but I see every one with a $10,000.00 machine cant do too good and continuesly ask for advice on how to fix problems with frame rates, vidio cards...ect. :-) I'm *NOT* ***ing, just making an observation is all. :-) MikeBa

Quoted text (7 lines)

>I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking >about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in >NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and >off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 >Meg anyway. >thanks >John

Extra RAM won't make a bit of difference, only CPU/MB/Video card will. The benefit of extra RAM is that you can save longer replays. Bill.

: I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking : about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in : NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and : off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 : Meg anyway. I'm not sure how the cache would affect NASCAR, but in general it does speed up your computer. The extra memory will only provide you with longer replays, no increase in performance. Though it might come in handy for Windoze. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Quoted text (7 lines)

> I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking > about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in > NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and > off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 > Meg anyway. > thanks > John

From my experience, the cache will help your frame rate, but the memory will not. I added 16M EDO to my existing 16M regular RAM and didn't see any noticeable increase in frame rates or in the benchmarks I ran. On the other hand, I have previously compared 256K to 512K cache with noticeable improvement. The added RAM will give you the capacity to get

Quoted text (10 lines)

>: I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking >: about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in >: NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and >: off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 >: Meg anyway. >I'm not sure how the cache would affect NASCAR, but in general it does >speed up your computer. The extra memory will only provide you with >longer replays, no increase in performance. Though it might come in >handy for Windoze.

Adding memory will not speed up Nascar racing (but it will let you save longer replays). Adding more cache beyond 256k will not speed up Nascar racing (at least not by a noticable amount). If your motherboard does not support pipelined burst cache, get a motherboard that does (I use a Tyan Tomcat 1). Everything goes faster with pipelined burst cache. To speed up the game, get either a) a faster CPU, or b) a faster video card. The fastest vieo cards out right now use the new ET6000 chipset, and there are several manufacturers out there with cards using this chipset (Herculese, STB, VideoLogic).

> I'm not sure how the cache would affect NASCAR, but in general it does > speed up your computer. The extra memory will only provide you with > longer replays, no increase in performance. Though it might come in > handy for Windoze. ^^^^^^^ Gee, we musta been in the same 'pooter school together! Mike

I've added 8 more meg of ram and STILL can't save replays on Hawaii. I have a total of 16. Everything else is great. No hop, skips or jumps, SMOOOOOOTH. Anyone have any idea whats wrong, why can't I save replays? John

Quoted text (7 lines)

> I have a Pentium 150 with 16 Meg Ram and 256k cache. I'm thinking > about adding 16 Meg Ram and 256 more cache. Would I see any change in > NASCAR frame rate? It runs good with 16 but the stands turn on and > off so i set them to stay off. No big deal but I'm thinking about 16 > Meg anyway. > thanks > JohnAs far as I know the only thing more memory will change is the length of

the film in the replay area - it has no effect on frame rates. To get the stands to stop turning on and off just set them to manual rather than auto at the graphics menu in the options area then turn 'em on - they will then stay seen at all times.