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Will this video card help me????

Trevor Lefle

Will this video card help me????

by Trevor Lefle » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I have a chance to buy a diamond monster 4mb video card for 69 dollars cdn,
will this help my p133 run GPL??????? Will it get me better graphics for
n2,icr2 and microsoft flight sim, help please i dunno how long this card
will be on sale!!!!!!!

Trevor Lefler

MeatWate

Will this video card help me????

by MeatWate » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Whoaaaa, slow down, you just made this guy believe that GPL would run on his
machine...remeber, he said he had a P133! To buy GPL to run it on that
computer would be a complete waste of money.

NASCAR 2 won't run any better as well! I had a P166 with a Voo1 until two
months ago, and in 3dfx mode I would have a choppier framerate than in
software mode! This was really amazing as you'd normally expect a game to
run BETTER, not worse.

To get a better performance with ICR2 you should add some RAM. When I
upgraded from 32 to 64 MB I saw a great inprovement - not only with ICR2.

MS Flightsim? Only if it's the 98 version. But then again you'll have to
turn off most of the fancy stuff especially on approach as framerate is
*very* important for staying on the slope - you know what I mean.

BUT: a 3dfx board is simply the best upgrade you could get for the money. It
helped me keep my good old P166 for two years until two months ago when it
finally got replaced. Err, when I finally had the $$ to get a *decent* one,
that is...

Mea***er



>On 30 Nov 1998 07:42:43 GMT,


>>I have a chance to buy a diamond monster 4mb video card for 69 dollars
cdn,
>>will this help my p133 run GPL??????? Will it get me better graphics for
>>n2,icr2 and microsoft flight sim, help please i dunno how long this card
>>will be on sale!!!!!!!

>>Trevor Lefler

>It will definitely help GPL, N2 (if you get the 3DFX patch) and MS Flight
Sim

>It will not affect ICR2, since it does not use 3DFX.

>You will love it!!

>--
>(  rrevved is at mindspring dot com
>(  post in haste, repent at your leisure

MeatWate

Will this video card help me????

by MeatWate » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

On a P166? Well, why should I spread bullshit here? When I say the
performance was worse, I MEAN it. N2 was also the only game that had this
effect.

Dude, what was wrong with the answer I posted? 'Nuff said! A *** computer
without a 3dfx board...naaw. But $69 isn't that much a bargain...it's the
regular price in Germany.

Take care,

Mea***er


John Moor

Will this video card help me????

by John Moor » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00

it will help but for any cpu under the card of choice is a thriller, you can
get the 4meg for the same price and it will run gpl and n2 much better than the
monster. for a little more you can get the 8meg, remember papy sims were
written for the rendition chip in the thriller. to run gpl really well you will
need 350-450 cpu, the best bang for the buck is an abit bh6 mobo and
celeron300a cpu which will clock to 450mhz for under $300!

> I have a chance to buy a diamond monster 4mb video card for 69 dollars cdn,
> will this help my p133 run GPL??????? Will it get me better graphics for
> n2,icr2 and microsoft flight sim, help please i dunno how long this card
> will be on sale!!!!!!!

> Trevor Lefler

Steven Dickso

Will this video card help me????

by Steven Dickso » Tue, 01 Dec 1998 04:00:00


>the best bang for the buck is an abit bh6 mobo and celeron300a cpu which
>will clock to 450mhz for under $300!

$300US = $450 CDN

Not to mention the new case and PC100 SDRAM he'll need (another $300
CDN) as well as all the other peripherals he should probably upgrade at the
same time (e.g. he's probably only got a 1GB HD in that 133 of his; Win98
will eat _huge_ amounts of that up right away; a 12x CDROM probably won't
cut the mustard in that spanking new system either; plus at least another
$150CDN for a decent 3D graphics card, $300CDN if you want a TNT ...)
It all adds up _really_ fast.

MeatWate

Will this video card help me????

by MeatWate » Wed, 02 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Errr, I ain't know he was talking can$.


>On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 14:52:03 +0100,


>> But $69 isn't that much a bargain...it's the
>>regular price in Germany.

>He is in Canada. That Canadian $69 is about $49, U.S.
>I haven't seen them any cheaper. Have you? If so, why
>not help him instead of raining on his parade?

>--
>(  rrevved is at mindspring dot com
>(  post in haste, repent at your leisure


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