F1RS & monster 1

I have purcheased F1RS, and need to upgrade my 3D accelerator. I am considering a Monster 1, and would appreciate yout input. I don't want to cough up the higher prices for voodoo2 cards, and am wondering how F1RS runs with the Monster 1. My current card is a S3 virge 4 Mb. Thanks Kai St-Louis

>I have purcheased F1RS, and need to upgrade my 3D accelerator. >I am considering a Monster 1, and would appreciate yout input. >I don't want to cough up the higher prices for voodoo2 cards, and am >wondering how F1RS runs with the Monster 1. >My current card is a S3 virge 4 Mb. What CPU do you have? On my 200MMX with Voodoo1, I'm satisfied with the framerate of F1RS. I have occasional first lap slowdowns that I attribute to texture thrashing, and I often have the usual first turn slowdown due to CPU/bus(?) overload with all the sounds/cars/etc. I'm not sure how much a voodoo2 would buy you if your CPU isn't much faster (or so common wisdom goes). Still, if I didn't have a Voodoo1, I'd pay the extra $80 or so and get a Voodoo2 8MB (at least). Though maybe you have access to a cheap used Voodoo1...

On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 21:36:39 GMT, "kai st-louis"

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>I have purcheased F1RS, and need to upgrade my 3D accelerator. >I am considering a Monster 1, and would appreciate yout input. >I don't want to cough up the higher prices for voodoo2 cards, and am >wondering how F1RS runs with the Monster 1. >My current card is a S3 virge 4 Mb. >Thanks >Kai St-Louis

I've got a Orchid Righteous I which is basically the same thing. Runs great with F1RS. Fast frame greats and great 3dfx resolution. Dan P. _______________ Remove 55 in my address to reply

David Masten wrote If you can swing it, I agree, get a Voodoo 2. The image quality is better, and contrary to common wisdom, it IS faster on the same processor than a Voodoo 1. And some newer games will start to use some of it's features that aren't on the Voodoo 1's. It IS 10%-20% faster on a 200 mhz PC than a Voodoo 1, just it get's twice that fast on a P2-300. I think some thought pop this in a 200 and get double the framerates vs. the Voodoo 1 and so are disappointed. I wouldn't really recommend buying one to replace a Voodoo 1 on a 166 or 200, not THAT much better, but since you're starting from scratch I'd say get it. And if you do like me, and move from a K6-200 to a P2-400, the card goes with you and does spectacularly on the new processor, whereas a Voodoo 1 wouldn't be able to keep up with the new system - so if you think you might upgrade in 6 months that's another plus for the V2. But, if you can get a good Voodoo 1 used for $50-75 or a new one for $100 and aren't upgrading for a while, it's a great addition - you'll love it! Ken

Salve Kai ! ks> I am considering a Monster 1, and would appreciate yout input. ks> I don't want to cough up the higher prices for voodoo2 cards, and am ks> wondering how F1RS runs with the Monster 1. It would be interesting to know what kind of CPU you use...if it is a CPU up to 233mhz you should take the Voodoo I, above I would prefer the Voodoo II. Regarding your question: I'm running F1RS with a Monster 3D I, AMD K6 200 and 64 MB RAM and it really kicks ass ! <g> Also, man mailt sich... .\\atze [ FmMW2109 - FmMB2139 ] *home* : http://www.powerteam.de/ph/buesing/

>What CPU do you have? On my 200MMX with Voodoo1, I'm satisfied with the >framerate of F1RS. I have occasional first lap slowdowns that I attribute to >texture thrashing, and I often have the usual first turn slowdown due to >CPU/bus(?) overload with all the sounds/cars/etc. I'm not sure how much a FYI, with 80MB EDOram and a PCI soundcard (AudioPCI) the first lap slowdowns are gone. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.