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Re: What is the bare minimum for a video card in the "New Doom" era? by foolio 08/29/2003, 10:34pm PDT I don't see that as a problem, but I might be unpleasantly surprised. After all, a 600MHz P3 isn't running as slow as you'd think. The hard drives are running at about 1/3 of the current ones (DMA/33), the RAM is about 1/5? maybe of current RAM, the processor is at about 1/4 of up-to-date CPU hotness, and the FSB same (I don't remember if I 'upgraded' to the 133MHz FSB or not). Either way, the shooters have yet to utilize all of the CPU resources as compared to the video card. So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I don't need to upgrade. Then again, Half-Life 2 may require a more worthy CPU. But it won't, because Gabe Newell simply WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ME!

What is the bare minimum for a video card in the "New Doom" era? by foolio 08/29/2003, 10:03pm PDT     Re: What is the bare minimum for a video card in the "New Doom" era? by FoK 08/29/2003, 10:21pm PDT         Re: What is the bare minimum for a video card in the "New Doom" era? by foolio 08/29/2003, 10:34pm PDT     Who farted? by foolio 08/29/2003, 10:21pm PDT         I'll be going with the 9800 Pro in the next 5-6 months, myself. Also . . . by Senor Barborito 08/29/2003, 10:37pm PDT             I'm doing more reading, and apparently minimum spec is 733MHz by foolio 08/29/2003, 11:15pm PDT