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Started by Barry
Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:00
3d
Author: Barry
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:00
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Hi, Can anyone take a guess as to what will be needed to play Quake 2 hardware wise? I have a P200-MMX, 32MB EDO a Righteous 3d and a 4MB MB Mystique 220. Can anyone predict the frame rate with that setup? (I've guessed <15). Thanks -- Barry barry....@btinternet.com
Re: 3d
Author: blues02
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 00:00
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15 fps? I would think you will get alot better rates than that. I get 44 fps on GLQuake with a PPro 200, 32 meg, And Monster3D. Quake2 will be more graphically intense but I don't think that I will lose more than 5-6 fps. As long as I get 30 I'll be happy. Barry <barry....@btinternet.com> wrote in article <60ik58$i...@neon.btinternet.com>... > Hi, > Can anyone take a guess as to what will be needed to play Quake 2 hardware > wise? I have a P200-MMX, 32MB EDO a Righteous 3d and a 4MB MB Mystique 220. > Can anyone predict the frame rate with that setup? (I've guessed <15). > > Thanks > -- > Barry > barry....@btinternet.com > > >
Re: 3d
Author: Matt
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:00
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Barry <barry....@btinternet.com> wrote in article <60ik58$i...@neon.btinternet.com>... > Hi, > Can anyone take a guess as to what will be needed to play Quake 2 hardware > wise? I have a P200-MMX, 32MB EDO a Righteous 3d and a 4MB MB Mystique 220. > Can anyone predict the frame rate with that setup? (I've guessed <15). > > Thanks > -- > Barry > barry....@btinternet.com > > > Hey, you're be up in the high 20's at least!! Figure it out - Mystique won't be used, the Righteous will handle most of the graphics itself. Also, it will do all the effects for you (transparency and such) in hardware (excluding the other extras - mip mapping, filtering etc. - which will be hardware specific), as opposed to software. 32 mb will suffice (16 will be the minimum, but 32 will be greatly better - less disk access). MMX not important (it won't be used, or if it is I'll be shocked - I mean, 50 clock cycles to go from floating point - which Q2 will use - to MMX integers, it's just too slow; unless you have a P2 - 1 cycle to change!!). So, with a 200 handling the AI, physics, and other stuff, with the 3DFX concentrating on the graphics, you'll get 23-28 fps in 640x480 EASILY. What do you get in GLQ? Probably 40 + (with it optimized), so 30 fps seems a realistic figure. Pity the fools who have to do it all in software (640x480 = 5fps, est.). Matt
Re: 3d
Author: Robin Sequira
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00
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Considering PC Gamer said the min. requirements will be a *P90* and 16 MB RAM, you should get *at least* twice that. <<Phoenix>> Barry wrote in message <60ik58$i...@neon.btinternet.com>... >Hi, >Can anyone take a guess as to what will be needed to play Quake 2 hardware >wise? I have a P200-MMX, 32MB EDO a Righteous 3d and a 4MB MB Mystique 220. >Can anyone predict the frame rate with that setup? (I've guessed <15). > >Thanks >-- >Barry >barry....@btinternet.com > >
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