R=2EV. Gronoff wrote:
FatKat a =E9crit :
I'm still confused about what kind of games you're looking for?
Combat
sims or civil? Survey, stand-alone? Modern or older? Hardcore or
arcade-y?

For a machine of your specs, I'd recommend the first CFS and FS98.
For
modern combat, I'd recommend "EF2000 V2" or TAW, the latter being
an
F-22 sim that allows you to alternate between fighting from the
cockpit
or from the theater level. I'd also recommend the first Longbow
game
for a chopper sim. You may not be able to run Jane's F-18, but
F-15
should be well playable, as was Grapsim's F-18 (both being in-depth
sims). I'd be surprised if you could get decent performance with
anything more sophisticated.

wrote:

Does anyone have sources that list simulators by system specs?
My laptop is older, and I have _zero_ luck in finding games and
reviews based on what my old system can run.
There must be a site somewhere that allows one to filter flight

sims

based on the specific system.

Specs: Thinkpad 600E, PII 333, 128Mb RAM, 2.5Mb VRAM, Win98SE.

As you can see, only older games will work, and since this is a
laptop, I can't easily upgrade the video card without a docking

station

(which I don't have). I am fine with older games, since there is
nothing wrong with them (though I'd love to be able to play Aces

High,

LOC, etc.). I'm having trouble finding the latest games that my
comp
will still run...

I am still in the dark ages: for reference, I really like the

ancient

A-10 Cuba

Thanks for any thoughts.



With an old PCI graphics card (like the 3DFX Banshee, for example),
you
could run MSFS98 and Novalogic/Jane sims. Check eBay for both the
board
and the sims.

I mentioned FS98. As for the Janes sims, you should be specific - F-15
& Longbow are likely to run well; Jane's F-18 & Longbow2 are more
questionable. ATF & USNF will definately run (but why bother? They're
so repetitive) while IAF, USAF & WW2F are probably more questionable.
ATF was choppy on my P200MMX, and it required an unaccelerated P90.
IAF is supposed to require a P266, while USAF demanded an even 300Mhz.
I remember trying out MiG-29 on my nephew's Celeron 330, and being
distinctly dissatisfied with its framerate. Maybe RAM was lackong, or
maybe others here marked smoother framerates.