Games are not all graphics dependent.  Dungeon siege is very hard on CPU as
well as heavy on graphics power.  Another issue you need to watch out is
that on PCI bus, performance is great limited, you will not see big
improvement even in pure graphics power games (eg UT2003).

Also, my advise on games' minimum requirement - never believe it, no games
run acceptable at minimum configuration.  Take the game "recommended
configuration" as minimum is a safe bet. and always double it if you want
good game experience.  eg.  I have Geforce3 that will meet "min req" by
DOOM3, but I will not play it unless I upgrade to a more powerfull card.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:55 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Video Cards


>        How dependant is processor speed for video card function? I have an
> AMD K6-2+ running at 550Mhz and went from an NVidia Riva 16MB PCI card to
an
> ATI Radeon 7500 64Mb PCI card with no increase in framerate or performance
> running Dungeon Siege.

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