On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 03:19:33PM +0530, Sthitaprajna wrote:
> On 1 May 00, at 9:36, Adityan S.Murthy wrote:
>
> > I have an AMD k6-3 450 (1 MB cache) and a Riva TNT2 with 32 MB RAM and it can
> > run any game thrown at it at full res. I can run Quake 3 at 1024x768 and 32
> > bit color depth smoothly without any jerks at all.
are u talking doze here? or are u using the closed src NVIDIA drivers?
> What fps are you getting with Linux?And does it handle the fogs well?
>
> > I did a lot of reseach before i upgraded my PC. I realized that i could
> > compromise on my processor and get a good video card. And BTW, K6-3 in not
> > bad by any standards. I can do all raw processing very well but only when it
> > comes to FPU does it get a beating. But thanks to my video card, i don't have
> > any problem in games.
> Compromise on a preocessor is OK, only if you used the saved bucks to
> get a cartload of RAM(128MB maybe) and a fast hdd(atleast 7200rpm)..
>
compromise on the proccessor is OK, till it doesn't become the bottleneck of
other components. A V5 cant be used to its full even on a PIII800. what say? ;)
Nikhil.
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