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Article #89404Re: descent II again! need help!
From: nkh
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:12
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:12
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as a followup question, would i be better off buying a modern but cheap video card instead? i have get a radeon 9600XT cheap but would D2 run 3D on that? thanks. "nkh" <nkh@consultant.com> wrote in message news:SBsOe.587$rS4.332@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net... > hello gang, > > descent II was my favorite. for some reason, D3 just didn't do it for me. > anyway, i'm putting together a system JUST for D2 since it won't run under > WinXP. so far, i've cobbled together a pentium II 400mhz CPU, 384mb of > PC133 RAM, an abit BHa6 motherboard, and for graphics i have a canopus > spectra 2500 + creative labs 3D Blaster Voodoo2 12MB. not only am i having > trouble finding the right drivers for these last two items, i cannot > remember what else was involved in getting this old 3DFX setup to work. > i've been searching the web and seem to getting more confused all the > time. ANY help on getting my video cards working with D2 appreciated! > thanks. > > norm > aka, "cutthroat" on kali a long, long time ago >
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