-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 dene maxwell schrieb: > I intend running Win 98se as my primary OS but as can be seen have > allowed enough room on the system partition for dual boot should I > choose (but that's a different topic)
As others wrote: use Linux. You can download it legally for free (e.g. Debian, OpenSuse and Fedora (= RedHat)). Oh, and having a Win98 licence allows you to use it on only one computer. You musn't run it on two computers at the same time. (And if you go towards Windows you should definitely use XP. You might get it quite cheap whe you are buying the new computer) > Ø Motherboard > § PIII or P4 > § 500Mhz + processor speed That look ancient to me. If you like Intel you need IMHO at least a P4 2 GHz. But you might get it cheaper and faster by taking an AMD Athlon. Also 2 GHz min I recon. > § 512Mbytes system RAM plus 512 MB is a good start. More doesn't hurt - but try to get a faster processor first (RAM can easily extended later) > § AGP or PCI-E slot for video card > Ø Video > § 512Mbyte Nvidia graphics card (interface to suit m/board) > Ø Storage If you've got the choice: PCI-E. 512 MB on the Graphics Card are overkill. Take 128 - 256 as Curt wrote. It's more important to look for the latest features in the shaders (version 3.0). We won't use them yet, but who knows. An easy guide it to look for DirectX 9.0c compatability. (And don't let yourself get fooled by nVidia TurboCache cards. Avoid them. The other nVidias are great - I'd prefer them to ATi) > § 40Gbyte plus 7200rpm HDD configured as 10/15/15 partitions > (System/Program/Data) OK, but also a bit ancient. 80 GB shouldn't cost much more these days > [...] rest looks ok. You should note that the CPU and the GPU are important. Making one too slow it will also slow down the other. (The FDM can't be updated when the CPU waits for the GPU. The graphics can't be drawn when the CPU waits for the data) CU, Christian -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFDs7I0lhWtxOxWNFcRAk+aAKCL2BCDVE+eT3HGdhutxEptzbpK2wCfTWxx ZGjdd/vNA4k+r7UsCuk/2Rc= =w/N9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv37&alloc_id865&op=click _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
