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Re: Is slowing my computer necessary?

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From: DervMan
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 20:51
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"Majick" <pushthelionheart@y2j.com> wrote in message
news:c7l32m$1n7$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I have a Athlon 2600 and am about to load up my copy of UFO that was
> optimised for running on PCs back in about 2000. Will I need to use one of
> the pieces of software that can slow a processor down to run UFO properly
on
> my machine, or will the game run okay?
>
> I ask because I remember trying to play my 486-era copy of UFO on my old
PII
> 333 and being unable to cope with the scroll/movement speed, even with
> everything set to '1'.
>
> Can anyone recommend a decent processor slower? I know when I was last in
> this ng there were one or two that were quite popular.


Well, I use SETI, which also fits in quite nicely with the theme! :)

All you have to do is put SETI to have "Normal" processor priority, which
makes quite a dent on X-Com's running speed.

-- 
The DervMan
www.dervman.com
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Subject: Re: Is slowing my computer necessary?
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