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> Dave Perry wrote:
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> > My boys have a Cyrix 233 chip in their computer. They play alot of video
> > games on it and are frustrated with how slow it is. Apparently it sucks
> > with QuakeII !!!!
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> > They are considering spending their xmas money on a 300mmx Cyrix. I'm
> > wondering whether they will notice much performance gain for their money.
> > They have a 4MB S3 Virge video card and ideally they would prefer a Voodoo
> > card of some sought. I put a 16mb Voodoo Banshee in their 233mmx the other
> > day just for trial purposes and they didnt notice a great deal of
> > performance difference. So, I've suggested they get a faster processor
> > first and then maybe the expensive Banshee later. Has anyone some thoughts
> > on these points???
My first suggestion is NOT to upgrade with a faster Cyrix processor if
the intended use is games. You won't notice much difference for the
money because the floating point performance is not good. Better bet is
a Pentium MMX or PII processor for this purpose.
More memory will never hurt but may not help much, depending on how much
you have. You didn't mention the size/brand of the HD or the speed of
the CD-ROM drive. If it is an older, slower CD-ROM drive, this could
drag down performance, and a slow HD will hinder things too. Check out
these components and without further data, I would suggest the processor
upgrade first. HTH
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