About a year ago or so - I did some research on video cards - and people
told me that TNT2 and better video cards -- with a processor speed of less
than 400 Mhz (I have a p2 300) you wouldn't see any improvement over a TNT
or a Voodoo3. I got a Voodoo 3 2000 real cheap -so I stuck with that.
BTW - I'm oversimplifying what they said and these WERE people who knew
what they are talking about...
Has anyone upgraded a Pentium II box ~300 Mhz to GeForce from a Voodoo3?
Did they see a significant improvement?
Basically - I"m holding out till fall or so to upgrade - and figured I'd
just sit with what I have.
Another question - how many games actually use 32-bti video? I thought it
wasn't supportred in DX7?
Thanks
Dan
--- Original Message -----
From: "Webber, Jessica" <
webber@...>
To: <
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Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:44 PM
Subject: RE: Tech Advice - WAS [eqbards] New messages (Getting WAY off to
pic)
> > From: Jeff Illian [mailto:jeff@...]
> > If you are running a PII computer and think you need to
> > upgrade to a PIII to
> > play some of these new games, I'd highly recommend dropping
> > the $300 or so
> > (got my GeForce for $275) on a new video card instead and buy yourself
> > another 6 to 9 months before your framerates start to go south.
>
> Hmm, what if that PII is only a 300 w/ 64 MB RAM? Worth getting the card
or
> should I stick to my original plan of buying a whole new PC this coming
> winter? <sigh> It's like deciding whether to keep sinking money into an
> older car or buy another that you can barely afford.
>
> I always run low res so I can open bags from keypads. Did someone say
that
> you don't see the improvement as much until you get up to 1024x768?
(Sorry,
> deleted the message)
>
> Peace
> Evulia, bard of 10 verses, Tunare
>