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Article #270984Re: Celeron vs. P3 for gaming?
From: Frank Bals
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 02:16
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 02:16
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Spend the extra money on a good video card. I'm using a Celeron 333, 96 MB RAM, with an Nvidia TNT2 video card, and it runs even Quake 3 flawlessly! I'm not kidding, I guess you don't need a Pentium 3 or Athlon to run Quake 3!! Frank <qwer...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8urj96$1f0$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > I can't take it any more, the P166 is going to server duty and I'm > building a new system. My question is this: I have been advised by > several game-junky friends that it's not worth the extra $ to get a P3 > chip over a minimum 600mHz Celeron. True of not? Cause I certainly have > better things to do with the extra bucks. I just want something that > won't choke on wide-open maps with lots of models (ie- arena-type > railgun only servers). Thanks!! > > Mark > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.
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