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Article #6422Re: Upgrade Recommendations Needed For Gaming
From: Thomas Russell Hong
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00
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On 18 Sep 1995, CMStr wrote: > I think I know the solution. Probably DX4 would help with the > performance, but What's your CD-Rom Speed. I'd think that Origin(not sure > if this is official...) would at least recommend 3x speed. Nowadays, most > games would benefit from triple or Quad speed cd-Rom. So I'd suggest > Cd-Rom first, then the processor. I think your VRAM is fine for now, but > if you want to waste your $$$, so be it. Hmm... I don't think a 3x speed is necessary. I have a humble Panasonic CR-562B double-speed and WC3's video runs fine. I think the original poster's thought on upgrading the video card is probably a better idea-- He's got an ISA card and a local bus card would do a whole lot more I think. Regards and clear skies, TRH Sends ________________________________________________________________ Thomas Russell Hong Columbia University in the City of New York Department of Biological Sciences email: th...@columbia.edu The W3 USNF Graphical Landing Tutorial on my WWW homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~th34
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