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In article <43teph$7...@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>, mnim...@gpu3.srv.ualberta.ca (Marc Nimchuk) writes:
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|> 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!

Depends on the game.  I have a P-120, and Wing Commander III runs
great in SVGA, Nascar does fine (I have to turn off a few options)
and System Shock runs well in 640x400 (or whatever the second-to-
highest resolution is).  However, there are games out there that
can choke any PC.  Flight Unlimited can run, I think, at 1024x
768, a resolution designed for future PCs, not current ones.

A lot also depends on the video card.  I have a card (ATI GX)
that's good in DOS and Windows, but it ain't state of the art.
I could get better performance by upgrading the card.

Don't worry.  Your P-120 will do fine for action games.  But 
if you're expecting to play action games at 640x480 that 
completely fill the screen with texture mapping and play at 
30 frames/second, you'll be disappointed -- the PC just can't
handle that with today's hardware.

jeff s.
jso...@marcam.com