🚀 go-pugleaf

: If I spend $165 for the additional memory, I believe it would run
: faster (more space to sort the info out).  Is 8 meg what I really
: need?  I thought the 25 Mhz had something more to do with it.  :/  Any
: 486, 8meg players out there who can give me some advice?

It will sure run faster with +4 megs, but i'd prefer more efficient
processor. For about $10 you can find a new oscillator running at 33 MHz,
iNTEL's 486sx/25 is easily ran at 33 MHz. On your main board may be
DIP-switches or jumpers choosing the clock-rate of your computer (MHz) - If
so, change it to 33 MHz..Otherwise, Look at your mainboard for an
oscillator, It should be 1 * 2 cm metalbox with text: 25.000 MHz or
something like that. Cut it off. You don't have to melt tin or anything.. 
Just go to nearest radiocomponent store and ask for oscillators.. and those
white plastic binders - I don't know the word in English.. but anyway. It's
easy! You can't break anything.. Or you differ from us.

	Another way to get more speed to your system is buying a new
mainboard or a videoboard. If your mainboard has only 8- or 16-bit ISA
slots, it's DOOMed to be slow. If it has VLB or even PCI slots, find a Tseng
or S3 videoboard with less than $200, and you will have a very fast dos
system, Descent will run smoothly. 

	If it's not a question of money, then sell your system and buy a new
one: Gamer's Choice is here:

	Pentium 90 MHz
	S3 864 PCI Video adaptor
	8 Megs of RAM
	Gravis Ultrasound (MAX) Sound board
        
With those: You can't find a game not running smoothly nowadays.. (Well, I
haven't seen ORIGIN's games with that system, but.. ;)
 

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