And in order to beat the guy named daleth, the video card doesn't matter as much as time in game. Nvidia is the chipset I recommend. I know, I know, the drivers aren't libre, but they are free and available.
Remind me to tell you guys about the time Zulu schooled me on a non accelerated computer that he was getting 15fps on while I was on my souped up computer... CJK On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 11:58, Jason Tower wrote: > it's not ram that matters overly much, it's the chipset. all the video > memory in the world is useless without driver support for 3D > functionality. most ati radeon video chipsets have decent (not > exceptional) open source 3D drivers. a lot of laptops have ati radeon > mobility 7500 video which is supported by the OS radeon driver. my R40 > with the 7500 (32mb) gets mid-30s FPS on bzflag w/ full 3D and an > underclocked CPU, which is good enough to beat most people who aren't > named daleth. > > jason > > On Monday 22 December 2003 11:42, Jim Ray wrote: > > since bzflag is what i'd call an essential business application, one > > interested in buying new notebook might want to consider video > > requirements. > > > > question: > > will the 32mb ati radeon get the job done? there's about a grand > > price difference in hopping up to 128mb video. > > > > thanks, > > > > jim -- Chris Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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