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mnim...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Marc Nimchuk) wrote:
>I just purchased a P120/8 megs ram/ATI WinTurbo 2megsVRAM for equal duty 
>between schoolwork, telecommuting, and yeah, games.  I was under the 
>impression that a 120 mhz pentium would be more than adequate for running 
>action games in SVGA mode (the 66mhz Powermac I was using before was 
>*almost* enough to drive 3D action games such as Dark Forces and 
>Marathon2 in SVGA at high frame rates), but after sifting through many of 
>the threads in the various c.s.i.p.g.* groups I now find myself concerned.
>
>Does the 120 mhz pentium have enough guts to run these 3D action games in 
>SVGA?  I'd be very disappointed in the hardware if it doesnt.  The switch 
>from Mac to PC was painful enough to make, if performance is going to be 
>less than stellar I'll be doubly crushed...
>
>Any real info?
>
>TIA!


I belive programing knowledge and processor-power
TOGETHER will bring 640x480 SVGA real-3D graphics
to the PC this winter. Magic Carpet 2 for example
runs 70 % - 100% faster on same Pentium system.
The same will probably be the case for Descent 2,
Quake, and other 3D-games from quality progamming
teams like Id, 3D Realms, Bullfrog etc.

Together with 120, 133, and 150 MHz Pentiums these
should give SVGA at 30 fps.

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