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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 and save several hundred dollars.

broennic@my-dejanews.com wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have a PPRO 200, CL V2 12 mb, Sound Blaster 32 ISA, 128 MB EDO ram,
> Thrustmaster T2 wheel and a MS Precision pro optical joystick.
>
> GPL is an insanely great game, but it has finally made me take initiative to
> upgrade my good old friend the PPRO 200. I have ordered an ABIT BH6 with a
> PII350 (Will run at 112 mhz bus: 392 mhz), a SBLIVE PCI sound card and 128 MB
> PC100 ram.
>
> What I really wanted to share with you was the difference i got in FPS between
> the T2 and the MS Optical joystick.
>
> With the Joystick I got about 34 fps at the start-position training at the SPA
> with all graphics options at 640x480, but detail-bias almost at zero. When I
> tried to use the T2-wheel I only got 27 FPS. In other word, I got about 25 %
> more FPS with the MS-joystick!
>
> My guess is that this is caused by the fundamental difference between the two
> technologies. Perhaps the analogue device must be polled for a longer time to
> determine its current state?
>
> Regards K.S. Brnnick
>
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