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From: Byron Forbes <hosh@ar.com.au>
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Or........... NO!

ymenard wrote:
> 
> Target 12 wrote
> >Hello-
> >I'm getting a new PC (PII 450, w/200+mb of RAM) and I was wondering will I
> be
> >able to use my 16MB STB nVidia TNT 3D AGP graphics card with Grand Prix
> >Legends?
> 
> You will be "able", but at a framerate and graphic quality soo low that you
> will find it frustating. Grand Prix Legends was made to uptimize graphic
> quality with Rendition and 3dfx cards.  Your STB Card uses a nVidia chipset,
> who isn't uptimized for the game.  You will get probably less than 10fps
> with most of the graphics off in 640x480, seriously...
> 
> So as a good news... 3d accelerators are very low these days in price. You
> can get a Voodoo1 card for less than 100$, and a Voodoo2 for around 200. If
> you can buy yourself that sort of PC, I doubt you can't find the money for a
> 3d accelerator. The STB is a great card (I also have an STB card) but for
> Grand Prix Legends and also all the Papyrus games on the market, it's not
> enough... Especially for the future (Nascar Racing 3, per example).
> 
> - Franois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
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