You might also have to replace the sound card and modem, I understand that
some Compaq's have these integrated into the motherboard.
If it were mine.
StrangeBrew
I know this sounds pretty wild, but I have a really good hardware dilemma.
I have a Compaq Presario 5296 with PIII450 and 128 MB ram. It have two PCI
slots and a onboard ***ATI chip. The PCI slots are filled up with a SB Live
Value card and a Creative Voodoo2 12 MB.
I got my system from a Home-PC deal with my employer, so please don't tell me
what a chump i am who bought compaq, I can't at the moment affort soemthing
real.
I'm not really happy with it, because the jumper cable from the V2 is to short,
and I had to visit every computer shop in town to get a longer one, and when
I finally found one in the last shop, but it has very bad quality and the
monitor, so it just doesn't cut it.
I bought a Voodoo3 2000 PCI card but i won't work in my system, and Compaq,
even though they fixed the problem for about every presario system than the
one i have, refuse to look into the problem. Compaq tech support is sometimes
very good, and sometimes on another planet.
So, today i got this really wild idea: What about the Triller 8MB. It has a
TV out, it runs GPL at ridiculous speed, and that would be fun on my 32"
widescreen TV.
My questions are:
Will I get solid 36 fps in 800x600 with all graphics on in GPL? My V2 handled
it with some minor trouble, but after the 1.1 patch the framerate wen't a bit
down due to FF.
How will it work with the other sims like SCGT and so on.
Do anyone know how it would work in Half-Life or Unreal (yeah it's OT, but I
guess people don't play sims always)
Thanks a lot for any input.
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Olav K. Malmin
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Bart Westra
> I know this sounds pretty wild, but I have a really good hardware dilemma.
> I have a Compaq Presario 5296 with PIII450 and 128 MB ram. It have two PCI
> slots and a onboard ***ATI chip. The PCI slots are filled up with a SB
Live
> Value card and a Creative Voodoo2 12 MB.
> I got my system from a Home-PC deal with my employer, so please don't tell
me
> what a chump i am who bought compaq, I can't at the moment affort
soemthing
> real.
> I'm not really happy with it, because the jumper cable from the V2 is to
short,
> and I had to visit every computer shop in town to get a longer one, and
when
> I finally found one in the last shop, but it has very bad quality and the
19"
> monitor, so it just doesn't cut it.
> I bought a Voodoo3 2000 PCI card but i won't work in my system, and
Compaq,
> even though they fixed the problem for about every presario system than
the
> one i have, refuse to look into the problem. Compaq tech support is
sometimes
> very good, and sometimes on another planet.
> So, today i got this really wild idea: What about the Triller 8MB. It has
a
> TV out, it runs GPL at ridiculous speed, and that would be fun on my 32"
> widescreen TV.
> My questions are:
> Will I get solid 36 fps in 800x600 with all graphics on in GPL? My V2
handled
> it with some minor trouble, but after the 1.1 patch the framerate wen't a
bit
> down due to FF.
> How will it work with the other sims like SCGT and so on.
> Do anyone know how it would work in Half-Life or Unreal (yeah it's OT, but
I
> guess people don't play sims always)
> Thanks a lot for any input.
> --
> Olav K. Malmin
> remove spam when replying
> Bart Westra
But my monitor is Compaq too, so make one qualified guess if there are two
inputs on it :)
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