Re: V3 on P2-300

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From: adgdghr
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 00:00

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getting a v3 is a good idea, the extra ram will get you more performance and
let you load bigger more complex/realistic textures. you also might wnat to
look into tnt2 because it does 32 bit.

Tim McKillican <timmck@NOSPAMhome.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering how much a performance increase I would get by
> getting a V3 3000 and getting rid of my 8 meg V2 on my P2-300 w/ 64 megs
> of RAM.  Is it worth getting?  I can sell my V2 for $60 to someone,
> since they've already asked for it.  My main concern is for Halflife,
> since I'll be playing a lot of TFC and probably UT and Q3 when it comes
> out.  And please don't tell me to get a TNT2.  I just want to know if a
> V3 is worth the upgrade from an 8 meg V2 on a P2-300.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

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