p-90 w/16 mb ram or p-120 w/8 mb ram?

I'm considering buying a new Pentium system soon. I'm not sure whether I should invest the few extra dollars in higher processor speed or more memory. I'm considering either a P-90 with 16 MB RAM or a P-120 with 8 MB RAM. I play both World Circuit and IndyCar (and, soon, their respective updates). Which system would give me the best performance for these games? Thanks. Jonathan

I would invest some extra dollars in a svga graphic card with at least 2 MB VRAM. Seems to me more important than the processor speed or RAM. I run a P75 with 8 MB, and changing the graphics card improved the performance quite remarkably. So : p-90 w/8MB and an Graphics board with > 2MB VRAM cheers -- akis

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>>I'm considering buying a new Pentium system soon. I'm not sure whether I >>should invest the few extra dollars in higher processor speed or more >>memory. I'm considering either a P-90 with 16 MB RAM or a P-120 with 8 >>MB RAM. I play both World Circuit and IndyCar (and, soon, their >>respective updates). Which system would give me the best performance for >>these games? >I would invest some extra dollars in a svga graphic card with at least >2 MB VRAM. Seems to me more important than the processor speed or RAM. I run a >P75 with 8 MB, and changing the graphics card improved the performance quite >remarkably. So : p-90 w/8MB and an Graphics board with > 2MB VRAM

I think 8meg RAM will soon start to look inadequate. I'd go for a P90, 16meg RAM, VRAM-based PCI video card. (More RAM equals nice things like disk caches, ramdisks, etc.; I've got 24 meg and I have a massive RAMdisk setup up to log data to from GPPerf & friends. NASCAR and Indycar also benefit from being able to save long replays; NASCAR on an 8meg machine typically seems to only be able to save a few minuts of replay.) All IMHO, of course. Chisa -- Gizmo http://www.mal.com/~dgymer/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Launchpad is an experimental internet BBS. The views of its users do not necessarily represent those of UNC-Chapel Hill, OIT, or the SysOps. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

In article I would look at "down the road" it's a heckuva lot cheaper to go and buy another 8 megs down the road than it is to upgrade from a P-90 to a P-120! I would go for the P-120/8 megs RAM and get yourself the 2MB Diamond Stealth Video Card (PCI - 64 bit). Later, you can add another 8 Megs!