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Marc J.Nelson wrote:

> While the Riva card is a good base, a 3Dfx is needed to get GPL rockin'.

Wrong, the best card for GPL is an 8 meg thriller, kicks sli voodoodoo butt.
Sorry.

JM

>
>
> tylere8267@my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> > First before I start with my system specs
> > Dell XP450
> > 128MEG SDRAM
> > 1- 16MEG Riva TNT
> > 17Gig HD
> >
> > I bought GPL about 2 weeks ago. I installed it....argh!!!!. Sierra has the
> > absolute worst installer! I usually install my games to C:\Games\<GAME> but
> > not here. Then I run the game and go for a quick lap. 12 stunning FPS! Come
> > on SIERRA!! D3D is the way of the future!!!!! Then I got the OpenGL Driver
> > and the 0.48 nVidia drivers. Okay, 30 fps, not great but not bad. Then i
> > tried with some Ai cars. 8 FPS in the lowest res (514 X whatever). Plus the
> > game is way to hard. Tracks are nice. Interface is typical Papy poor.
> > Sounds blah. I don't see why this game is so damn great.
> >
> > I'll be playin Viper and Burnout.
> >
> > Tyler
> >
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> Marc J. Nelson
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