Get more RAM. :) I don't get ANY disk thrashing when zoning. It accesses
the HD for 1 or 2 seconds a couple of times, but sure doesn't thrash. I
have 256Megs. Odd that you'd get D3D freezing with SCSI.. since SCSI puts
even less of a burden on the CPU than IDE does.

> Well, like I said, there's the annoying thing about Direct3D
> freezing when there's heavy disk activity, causing the mouse
> to go into accelerated mode. I cannot begin to count the
> number of times I've zoned, started running and turned, the
> disk (SCSI) grinds to load data, and instead of turning 90
> degrees I get whipped 180 and hit the zone again. I switch
> back to Glide every now and then when I get frustrated with
> this problem, but the framerate hit I take always makes me
> switch back.
>
> I'll probably just end up buying a TNT2 or a GeForce.