[geeks] Video card recommendations <cont.>

[Andrew Weiss]

On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 02:50 PM, Big Endian wrote:

>> So the 64 MB won't help for playing at higher resolutions?
>
> Depends on the game but you are *SERIOUSLY* CPU bound here so probably 
> not.
>
>> Right now I have a TNT 1 16MB the sound stutters and when there are a 
>> lot of guys in the room on Wolfenstein it is intensely jerky.  If you 
>> add detail it doesn't seem to change it too much until you bump the 
>> res a notch higher.  I'd like it to be slightly sluggish perhaps but a 
>> whole lot more playable (smooth sluggishness if you know what I mean).
>
> This is a CPU loading issue from the sounds of it.
>
>> The 64 is still in the right price range since the girlfriend is going 
>> to buy it.
>
> Can she buy a new mb/case/cpu/ram?
>
I'm also looking to retire all the x86 equipment in the house after this 
anyhow.

Andrew