Hmm...  I have a Celeron 300A with a 16MB Diamond Viper V550.  I installed
Crimson Skies on my machine, and average wait for the game to start was
about two minutes.  Average wait between accepting a mission and waiting for
the graphics to load was about three minutes.  At that time it had 128MB of
PC100 RAM.

I then installed another 128MB of PC100 RAM, and now I wait about twenty
seconds for the game to load and 25-30 seconds for the graphics to load
after starting a mission.  I made no other changes to my system at the time.

Windows 98 may not address anything over 64MB (I firmly believe this is the
case) but some programs could care less how Windows 98 addresses memory.
They do things their own way anyway.  The iron is, this is a MS Publishers
game.

Kyle Elmblade
Distinct Computer Solutions
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From: "Dave A. Anselmi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] New Game, Old Video


> btw, 128MB is more than enough for win98; it actually doesn't address
anything over 64MB with efficiency anyway. You [should] see performance
increases in win2k when you add more ram, viz game performance...but I
didn't [win2k w/ 256MB vs 128MB].
>
> Timchenko Maxim wrote:
>
> > Well, I already anticipate a flow of opinions on this one :)
> >
> > IMHO, in your system the limiting factor (besides the graphics) is the
CPU
> > and the performance benefit of the top cards (Geforce DDR etc.) will not
> > be visible much over the the budget solutions.
> >
> > My recommendation is to get a $100-150 card (TNT2 and Voodoo 3 on the
> > lower side, GeForce MX or Voodoo 4 on the higher side) and another 64
> > (~$35) or 128 Mb (~$70) of PC133 memory to improve on the performance
and
> > to adjust to high RAM requirements of newer games.
> >
> > Next time when the upgrade comes, you will most probably use this
graphics
> > card and the memory you bought (PC133) with a new motherboard and CPU.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > <> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
> > <>
> >
> > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Joe Craven wrote:
> >
> > > 300 Mhz Pentium II
> > > 128 RAM Memory
> > > Number Nine Revolution 3-D Video Card w/8MB
> > > Is it possible to just change out my current video card with a new
Radeon 32DDR or a NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR (like Leadtek) and realize
most of the potential of this game or must I completely rebuild the system
with new MB, CPU, memory and so on? Would the ATI driver problems be a
factor here?
> > > What might be the best video card for my limited system if I wanted to
stay under $200? I appreciate anyone taking a moment to ponder this
not-too-important
> > > problem, since my ignorance factor is higher than most.
> >

>
> --
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave A. Anselmi

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