On 27 Dec 98 at 17:09, Frank Jr. wrote:

> Personally, I'd junk the Cyrix chip and buy an Intel PII 333MMX,
> assuming the system can handle it.  It's more expensive, but
> they'll notice much better speed than with Cyrix chips.  If you
> couple this with the video card upgrade, Quake shouldn't suck any
> more.

  Since the PII requires Slot 1, this recommendation includes
replacing the motherboard and, quite possibly, the RAM.
  "If you couple this with the video card upgrade," you start to get
into some serious cash -- quite possibly more than Quake is worth to
them.

David G

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