Re: QUAKE II Minimum sys req.

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From: cal
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 00:00

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@europa.com wrote:
> 
> Thanx fellow fraggers, I guess I'll be able to barely play, with my P100/32
> ram.  Crap it was only 2 years ago when I payed a Grand just for the chip
> and motherboard. I need to win the lottery!
> si...@usa.net wrote in message <3433A1...@usa.net>...
> >Min. requirement is a P100 16Mb. It will support hardware GL
> >acceleration, ie cards such as Righteous 3D, Monster 3D - specifically,
> >the 3DFX chipset, and also Verite, as in the Mystique. Intel processors,
> >like Quake, will be faster due to better FPU performance. Quake 2 is not
> >optimised for MMX.

Makes me wonder if my system will be up to the task.
Using a AMD586x133 overclocked to 160 here with 40meg Ram.
Overclocking to 160 brought it up from a P75 to P90 performance.

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Date: 1997/10/02
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