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<b>Message ID:</b> 20300 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Jul  5 17:53:44 BST 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Elijah Meeker <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [eqbards] Newbie Bard needs hunting suggestions <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-559616692"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; OK, but what kind of improvement did you see when you got the <br/>
&gt; new PC?  And<br/>
&gt; what are the stats on the new PC...err, specs that is, if you <br/>
&gt; don&#39;t mind my<br/>
&gt; asking. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Well, after asking my friends who all were hardware guys before becoming<br/>
software programmers, I decided against Compaq for their use of cheap mother<br/>
boards, Gateway for mixing and matching motherboards (you might get a good<br/>
one, you might not) and settled on a Dell p3 700 with 256 meg and a geForce<br/>
64 meg video card. I now run with clipping on full in all Kunark zones<br/>
except Warslik&#39;s Woods. I also got a cable modem which helps.<br/>
I have to say that this is the first computer I ever bought which I hooked<br/>
up and it *just* worked..what a freakin relief. I had always built them from<br/>
parts before. <br/>
One note, pay the little bit extra for a MS mouse with IntelliEye, it uses a<br/>
light sensor instead of a trackball and is a HUGE improvement for very<br/>
little money.<br/>
<br/>
Tszaaz<br/>
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