Will this video card help me????

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

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,

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>>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

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>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

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

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

>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.

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

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>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