🚀 go-pugleaf

DO NOT GET A CELERON OF ANY KIND TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES. IT WILL WORK BUT
POORLY. GET A PENTIUM 350 AT THE VERY LEAST. A CELERON IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
APPS AND THAT IS IT. FOR VIDEO GAMES, CELERON = POOP.



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"Zeppo" <zeppo_m@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:88ek2r$14p27$1@fu-berlin.de...
> I'd have to say your CPU and memory are causing a bottleneck. Adding that
> other 64 megs back in would certainly help, but you should also consider a
> faster CPU. You can pick up a 366 Celeron for $60 and OC to 550 (assuming
> this is a good time to spend money, of course).
>
> Unless you have a ton of drives and cards the 230W supply should be ok.
>
> Jon
>
> Salvaje <msawyer@cramitspammers.door.net> wrote in message
> news:salitfqm2pd177@corp.supernews.com...
> > Installation went fine, & no 2d problems.  Games, however, are running
> very
> > poorly in both D3D & OpenGL - lots of stuttering, halting, poor
framerate.
> > No lockups or bluescreens so far.
> >
> > Here are my specs:
> >
> > P2 266 MMX
> > Asus P3B-F mobo w/ AGP voltage set to 3.65
> > 64 mb ram (usu. it's 128, but that's another story ;-)
> > Win. 98 SE
> > DirectX 7.0a
> > CL drivers supplied w/ card (I know there are other drivers; I just want
> to
> > get it running & stable before I try tweaking anything)
> >
> > One more thing: my power supply is 230 watt.  Could this be the problem?
> I
> > figured that if the power supply was too weak it would just crash, not
> give
> > bad game performance.
> >
> > The problem has occurred in everything I've run so far, except the
GeForce
> > demos.  (Don't have the processor to run the Dmzg disc).  I've tried
Wheel
> > of Time demo, Need for Speed H.S., Darkstone & Torment.  All behave the
> same
> > way.
> >
> > I figure it's either the drivers or the power supply, but I'm not
> > sure....shouldn't the provided drivers run at least *some* games?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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