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not exactly right, papy sims are written originally for rendition chips and
were patched for 3dfx

"Mark R." wrote:

> GPL is a 3dfx game, so you need a 3dfx card (voodoo) to really
> see it run.  Your TNT will work fine with a Voodoo card in the
> next slot.  Best bet in your case would be a single Voodoo2 (I
> hear Diamond has a $50 rebate on their 8MB V2).  The Voodoo cards
> do not do 2d... you need two vid cards for this sim (or any 3dfx
> sim for that matter).
>
> Rgds,
> Mark R.
> ==============================================
> On Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:33:36 +0000, dmr4@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> >I just got GPL and installed it on my system, Intel 233 mmx 96 megs of
> >ram with
> >a 16 meg creative graphics blaster riva tnt video card. The install went
> >fine,
> >not even a problem getting my thrustmaster pro wheel to work, however
> >the frame
> >rate, well it needs help. With most all the graphics options on the cars
> >are all
> >but undriveable, so I turned most of the graphics off, after seeing what
> >the sim
> >looked like with everything on, well what do i need to REALLY run this
> >fine sim.
> >Should i get rid of the riva tnt card for a voodoo2? or can i run both?
> >would
> >this help? not enough processing power. Any help would be great
> >

