GP2 and K6-200 & Sierra Screamin' 3D

I just upgraded my video card from the Graphics Blaster 3D to the Sierra Screaming 3D and GP2 is FAST! I can run with all the details (including sky) turned on at TI-circuit. I'm not sure if it's the K6-200 or the video card, but with my old Cyrix 6x86-PR166+ and a Tseng ET-6000, I didn't get great frame rates. Then I changed my machine to the K6 and Graphics Blaster 3D and the processor occupancies didn't decrease too much. Now with the Screaming 3D, it absolutely flies! Is it because of the processor or is it that the Rendition does a good job in 2D? -- Proud owner of a USR X2 v.everything modem. -- *****The WINGMAN*****

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> I just upgraded my video card from the Graphics Blaster 3D to the Sierra > Screaming 3D and GP2 is FAST! I can run with all the details (including sky) > turned on at TI-circuit. I'm not sure if it's the K6-200 or the video card, > but with my old Cyrix 6x86-PR166+ and a Tseng ET-6000, I didn't get great > frame rates. Then I changed my machine to the K6 and Graphics Blaster 3D and > the processor occupancies didn't decrease too much. Now with the Screaming > 3D, it absolutely flies! > Is it because of the processor or is it that the Rendition does a good job in > 2D?

I would say it's your CPU. GP2 doesn't use Rendition 3D code, it use standard VESA code. The sierra card is OK with VESA (I have this card myself), although not outstanding (there are a lot of boards with much better SVGA speed), combining this fact with the fact that GP2 is very much dependent on CPU speed gives us a receipt for fast GP2 action: Use the K6!!! What kind of processor occupancy combined with framerate do you get? I always go driving with frame rate of 25 fps, the game is much more playable with high framerate... GP2 reports extremely low SVGA speed, but this is of course a false alarm (on my computer I can double the speed reported)... The Sierra card is very good, if you are into racing sims, you'll have to try IndyCar2, currently one of the very best sims (the graphics/speed is probably the best)! ---Asgeir---> Long time racing sim fan (my first was REVS for BBC...)

says... Well, GP2 estimates the framerate (with everything turned on) as 12.4. But I set the rate to 21.3 and it seems ok... the processor occupancies never broke 100% at Aida. So I take it that means that I'm getting the full 21.3. From what someone told me, GP2 uses the estimate as kind of a maximum frame rate and the manual setting as the minimum (like N2 or ICR2). I don't know if this is true or not... -- Proud owner of a USR X2 v.everything modem. -- *****The WINGMAN*****