🚀 go-pugleaf

> > I have an Athlon XP-M 2500+ (an
> > $85 chip), clocked to a bit over 3200+ levels, and it runs D3 with all
> > bells, whistles, and options turned on quite smoothly on my 6800GT.
> 
> The 6800 GT is a great chip. Your cpu is a probably a bottleneck for it,
> especially in Doom 3.
 Notice on the link I gave that the fps doesn't drop
> much for the XP chips as the resolution increases. That is the clue that the
> cpu is holding back the  6800 Ultra graphics card from achieving its
> potential. The small change when resolution increases is probably
> similar for the 6800 GT.
> 
> The XP 2500+ is a great chip for business software, but doesn't
> really have the muscle to run demanding games as well as the
> Athlon 64 chips.

    Wow.  I'm guessing that you haven't played D3 on one, have you?

    I'm guessing you haven't, especially since you're talking about a
regular XP 2500+.  Like I said, I'm talking about an overclocked
Mobile AthlonXP - the same core, but hand-picked from the bins.  I've
never heard of one that would *not* overclock to a *minimum* of 3200+
levels.  Mine's running noticeably faster than a 3200+.

    Like I said, with all bells and whistles on, it plays D3 smooth as
silk on my machine.  I have a hard time believing that it doesn't have
the muscle for games.  Now I'm not a game addict, I haven't tried
every game out there, but so far I haven't found a single game that I
can't play in a *minimum* 1024x768, 4X antialiasing, 8X anisotropic
filtering with perfectly acceptable frame rates.

steve