right now the best graphics card is creative Riva TNT Costs around (9000). The drivers for this card came in PCQ August 99 > ---------- > From: Chetan Gopal Kashinath[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 2:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search > the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question > to avoid repetition and save bandwidth. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.