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Product:
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Racing Wheel
Company: Microsoft
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware
Estimated Street Price: $79.95/£50
Review By: Byron Hinson
Final
Results and Overall Mark
Well we have reached the end of the
review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft's
SideWinder Precision Racing Wheel controller.
Final
Comments
| How
It Grades |
|
|
Installation:
91%
Manual: N/A
Performance: 90%
Drivers: 90%
Look: 88%
Feel: 87%
Help Files: 90%
Price: 90%
Overall: 89%
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The SideWinder Precision
Racing Wheel is great in terms of control, ease of installation and the
wealth of games it supports. It is also very reasonably priced.
| Specs
& Package |
| Overall
Score |
89% |
| Version
Reviewed |
SideWinder
Precision Racing Wheel Revision 1.1
Sidewinder Gaming Control Software 4.0 |
| Release
Date |
Out
Now |
| In
The Box? |
1
USB Racing Wheel
1 Set Of Pedals |
| The
Good Points |
Easy
To Install
Looks Good
Lots Of Buttons
Reasonable Price |
| The
Bad Points |
USB
Only |
| Reviewers
PC Setup |
Pentium
II 450
Windows 98 Second Edition
128 Meg SD-Ram
Voodoo 2 - 8mb
DirectX 7 Gold
SoundBlaster Live! Value
17" LG Electronics Monitor
Matrox G400 32MB AGP Graphics Card
Microsoft Force Feedback Pro
Microsoft Game Pad Pro (USB)
Microsoft Digital Sound System 80
DVD Setup: Toshiba SD-1202
DVD-ROM - 32x
DVD TV Player - Samsung 807
|
| PC
Required |
Pentium
166 or higher microprocessor
16 MB of RAM Hard Disk
10 MB of hard disk space
Quad-speed CD-ROM drive
Super VGA, 256-color monitor
Windows 98 operating system
SoundBlaster-compatible audio card
Enclosed Driver - USB compatible only
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
Miscellaneous Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0a or later, Netscape
Navigator 3.0 or later, or other frames-compatible browser for use
of on-line tutorial |
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