Re: Intro/Questions from a returning old timer

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From: Moon
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 06:54

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ZiggyPopp wrote:

> How do you like D3 over D2?

I think it rocks simply because of the better graphics, the always 
usuable Afterburner and Phoenix ship which gives the fastest flying 
experience so far.

> What vid cards should I look at?

Any current one will be sufficient.

> Are either Win2k or XP more D2/3 friendly?

I've been running D3 under XP with no probs. As long as you use D1X and 
D2X they should run too.

> How high can frame rates get on today's high end PC's?

Too fast for D1 and D2 due to a bug that makes homing missile framerate 
dependent and thus almost undodgeable. IIRC these are also fixed in D1X 
and D2X. Otherwise you can always run with a framecap on 30 FPS.

-- 
Moon's Descendarium - THE single-player guide to D1-D3
http://moon.descent-3.com
Maintainer of The 'Official' D3 FAQ
http://www.descent-3.com/faq/

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From: Moon <Moon@Uni-Duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Intro/Questions from a returning old timer
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