On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, John Kim wrote:

> From: John Kim <kim@...>
>
> Does anyone *not* have this problem? My system is pretty high
> end (Celeron 450, 128MB RAM, Voodoo 3 card) and ever since I
> got the extra lights at L24, unless I turn particle density
> off (meaning I don't see spell effects like root at all), I go
> from twisting 3 songs easily to barely twisting 2. I'm
> thinking of changing my video card because a friend with a
> Riva TNT said it wasn't that bad on her system (same CPU
> speed, RAM). Of course she isn't a bard so she doesn't have
> to juggle songs. Do any of you have an easy time twisting
> with lots of spells flying? What video card do you use?

Well so far I have been able to twist three songs together without too
much difficulty, though I usually lose the buff for a split second. This
is with a Celeron 450 128MB Ram and a Voodoo2 8MB. Not exactly the
greatest setup. Though I cannot be one hundred percent sure at times
because my cable modem connection is really bad. I usually get spikes of
70%-80% packet loss at times. Last night I was able to do it in Guk while
adventuring with 2 wizards and a Druid and everything seemed responsive
enough for me to twist the standard bello, bellow, anthem combo.

Treilanin Bard of Kelethin
Aariel Mage of Felwithe