RE: [LI] note 2 rohit

[SubramaniA@xxxxxxxx]

right now the best graphics card is creative Riva TNT Costs around (9000).
The drivers for this card came in PCQ August 99

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> From: 	Chetan Gopal Kashinath[SMTP:chetugk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Sent: 	Tuesday, October 05, 1999 2:59 PM
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> Subject: 	Re: [LI] note 2 rohit
> 
> Rohit wrote:
> 
> > Thanks to Taiwan bhookamp! Another friend suggested the same. If we bar
> gaming on
> > the machine, will I still need 128 Mb? Many off the shelf PCs still
> carry the same
> > 32 Mb RAM..
> > please tell me.
> 
> if u intend to play only and do nothing else... in general do only one job
> at a time
> then 32 mb is enough.... i run on 48 mb and P133..... the problem is u
> wont do that
> for  a long time
> 
> > Cool. I heard that Trident gives some problems like flickering etc after
> a while,
> > say a year or so. What does your experience say?
> 
> this is the first time i am hearing this :-0 .... maybe one in a million
> case....
> trident  AGP is good.... u can even think about S3 AGP which is also
> supported off the
> box
> 
> > I thought 48x would make noise as well as probably wear out faster...
> was I right?
> 
> noise is one thing but though the manufac. say 48X it will run only about
> 2X faster
> than 40X ....  why pay extra for no considerable change in performance ;)
> 
> > I am taking a P-2 400, does it change the picture?
> 
> that improves the picture a lot according to intel people.... by the way
> in which part
> of india do u live ??? according to my knowledge intel has stopped the
> production of
> PII and only gray market cpus are available now.... it makes no difference
> but check
> out the one year guarantee even on the cpu and buy from a reliable
> source....
> 
> on second thoughts maybe ur assembler has some out stock of PII with
> him.... ask for
> the box and manual that came with the cpu to confirm its genuinity.... (
> the stickers
> are available anywhere... hence dont be content with just the sticker )
> 
> bye
> chetu
> 
> 
> 
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