Poll: Your System

i'm gonna wait to see what specs the gp4 game requires to run at top whack, before i spend any money on a geforce 3 or 4






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Mine's pretty good, then

Right now it's:

PIII 500mhz
128mb RAM
SB Live! 5.1
Matrox G400 32mb graphics (+tv tuner)
10gb Maxtor 5400rpm HDD
Siemens 17" CRT
Cambridge Soundwords Desktop Theater 5.1 speakers
Windows xp

But hopefully by this time next week, it'll be:

Athlon 1.2ghz running on an Epox 8kta3 board
256mb RAM
SB Live! 5.1
Matrox G400 32mb graphics (+tv tuner)
60gb Maxtor 5400rpm HDD
Siemens 17" CRT
Cambridge Soundwords Desktop Theater 5.1 speakers
Windows xp

Not too bad, if i do say so myself!

OK, here's mine...


AMD TBird 1.2G
256MB PC133 RAM (Should be 512MB by the end of the week)
Asus A7v-133 m/b
30Gb Seagate IDE 7200rpm
52x Sony CDROM
12/8/4 Sony CDR
Asus GeForce2 MX 32MB
SBLive & Cambridge FPS1500 Surround Speakers (w/- subwoofer
17" Monitor

Win98SE


LWFF GP Wheel & Pedals.
RRC Analogue pedals (These are _fantastic_!!!)
Logitech optical wheel mouse


I run GP3 @ 10x7, full detail and 25.6fps.



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-Nick



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On the topic of systems:

How much would a FF MS SideWinder wheel be, the one you guys all have? Second hand, I mean. I know a guy selling one, and he asked me to make him an offer.

£30?

Oops.

Not SideWinder. The Precision Racing Wheel, I think.

My year-old system is already outdated. It's a HAL9000 with integrated soundcard. All I can get out of it now is "Daisy...Daizzzeee....". It used to have a pretty good voice recognition system, though.

I've got the best system out there:

Celeron 466
192 RAM
13 gig HDrive
Windows 98 SE
Geforce2 64meg MX400 TV-out
17" Monitor
Internet Keyboard
Guillemot FF Racing Wheel (For GP3)

this pc runs like @!#$



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Zcott, 30 pounds is OK, no more than 50. It depends if it is the USB or the serial version. Check it for feel, and check the pedals that they are in OK condition, because after a while they can feel very soft and press down easily. You want them to be taut.

Ozzy

I had a K62 500 til yesterday with a Geforce Mx and 128mb Ram and could run 1024x768 with mirror details off except for the track and car.

I now have

AMD Duron 1000
ECS K7S5A mobo
256 mb Ram
Geforce2 mx
Maxi Sound Muse soundcard
Crappy old 14 inch monitor
little old 4gb hard drive
Win 98se

Guess which is next in line for an upgrade?

Haven't tried GP3 yet with this but I expect a big improvement

Yo Sup

350 Mhz
382 Mb RAM
ATI Rage Pro 3D
Windows XP Pro, and Windows 98 on double partition
7.1GB HD




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

I thought you were going to get rid of XP Pro because it was hopeless?

hey ellis2kx,
can you run that ati rage pro in hardware mode?
and if, does it work better than the software mode?
ive one also, but never could get it to work properly...
;[

Yo Sup

Im going to get rid of it soon hopefully but its my whole familys PC and they prefer it and dont want me to get rid of XP

The ATI card doesnt work in Hardware mode, and i emailed ATI and they said they werent going to develope drivers for it to work under XP, so looks like a new graphics card for me. It does work in SW mode but not better, if anything slightly worse actaully! They do have Windows 2000 drivers for this card, but they dont work either, i tried them cos often win2000 drivers work under XP




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

wow these pcs suck ass man :|

My additional PC is
Pentium II 400 Mhz
192 mb SDRAM
16 mb Riva TNT2
15" Samsung
What do ya think now?



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AMD Athlon 855Mhz
128MB RAM (Cant remember what sort)
TNT2 Ultra 16Mb (I think)
SoundBlaster Live
WinME


I also played GP4 on this system for a while..heavens knows why

Well first i played on a:

Intel P3 450
256 MB RAM
NVidia Riva TNT 2 Ultra 32 MB (Gamers edition)
Microsoft Force Feedback wheel
800x600
Terratec XLerate Pro soundcard
mirrors off
20 fps

And now i use:

Intel P4 2.53 GHz
Intel D845PESV mobo
Siemens 512 MB RAM
NVidia GeForce Ti 4800 SE 128 MB
Microsoft Force Feedback wheel
Deawoo 17" at 1280x1024
Terratec DMX 6 fire soundcard (damn i love this)
All on
25 fps
Allthough the calibration crashed it running like crazy

Both running on a special Windows 2000 without Internet Explorer and Outlook installed.



Post Edited (10-16-03 12:50)

OK, I don't feel so 'skanky' now. Here's my (daughter's (who is only nine)) PCs spec:

Celeron 333Mhz
192 MB SDRAM (more to be added)
4 gig HD + 1 gig HD
A crappy 4 Meg graphics card (soon to be updated)
15" (old) monitor
Some version of Sound Blaster
33k modem
Windows 98 SE
Internet Keyboard (USB)

I use software mode with all details on, with 640 x ???? what ever. Runs pretty fast.


I own an even worse PC (I do only use it for internet, music and chat, though) It 'just' about runs GP3 but I don't play it on this.

Pentium 200mhz (non MMX)
128 MB EDO RAM
3 gig HD + 10 gig HD
8 Meg ATI Rage Pro
A Sound Blaster comp Sound card
A decent 15" monitor
56k V92 modem
Windows 98 SE
Old keyboard (Windows 95 style)

I will buy me a better PC one day. Then I'll be able to play GP4 on it.

LOL, this thread is OLD!




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

hehe, i used to play GP3 in this machine:

AMD K6-III 400 MHz
Soyo Motherboard (i don't remember which one)
64 Mb RAM
2 Mb Video Card (yeah, believe that!)
Sound Blaster AWE64
14' Samsung Monitor
6.4 Gb Seagate HDD
Win 98 SE

GP3 in software mode


But now i play GP4 in this one:

AMD Athlon XP 2000+
DFI AD77
256 Mb DDR266
GeForce4 MX 440 64Mb TV out
OnBoard sound (AC97 i think)
17' LG Monitor
40Gb 7200 RPM Samsung HDD
Win XP Pro

GP4 in 1024x768, very highly detailed (not the highest, but very good graphics indeed) at 32 FPS

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