Re: [newbie] Doom question...Hardware that works well?

2000-06-13 Thread michael
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hey Michael, Pretty much any p3 will do. I've got an AMD K6-3 400 that performs on par with my roommates p3 550 for every game we've ever played. A 3dfx card will make playing older games like quake2, doom, etc easy to set up. Quake 3 looks great on my

Re: [newbie] Doom question...Hardware that works well?

2000-06-13 Thread Dacia and AzureRose
Spent a half hour writing a nice reply at work and then accidentally grabbed the resize edge instead of the slider. Boom. Gone. PC133 makes a noticeable difference. Faster ram is worth it. Sometimes you can overclock your ram but it is better to buy faster then overclock. Having said

Re: [newbie] Doom question...Hardware that works well?

2000-06-12 Thread michael
I want to build a doom/quake capable machine that linux loves. I need advice athlon/p3? video card/3dfx/matrox? sound card? is 128 megs enough? mb suggestions? \\=// ( @ @ ) ---oOO--(_)--OOo--- -michael-

Re: [newbie] Doom question...Hardware that works well?

2000-06-12 Thread Trevor Reynolds
. Trevor - Original Message - From: "michael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Doom question...Hardware that works well? I want to build a doom/quake capable machine that linux loves. I need advice athlon/p3?