> At 04:14 PM 5/31/99 , Donna Doty wrote:
> >I finally broke down and decided to build a new system, 2 megs of video
> >RAM wasn't cuttin' it anymore.
> >
> >I decided on AMD K-6-III 450, ASUS PSA board, my 32 megs of SDRAM can be
> >transferred along with my 2 G harddrive (temporarily).  I'm not into
> >gaming or great sound so an ESS PCI sound card and a 770 (?) video
card...

  2 Meg of video ram is, while insufficient for any gaming, pretty good
amount of memory for work: it allows 800x600x16 and even 800x600x24, which
is a recommended setting for a 15" monitor.

  Almost any 8Mb or 4Mb card should be good for you. The price tags
for either are pretty similar, so I'd take a 8 meg. 16 Meg card is not
rewuired nor would do any difference for typical work.

As for the brand, I got ATI 8M Rage [with some 3d
accelerating capabilities] for $45, an OEM version. If you are building a
system yourself, buy OEM and save cash. On video card, fancy packaging
doesn't do any good for the performance. Same about the sound card.

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