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> I want to upgrade my game system to improve my frames-per-second > when playing Quake III Arena. I'm currently running a overclocked > celeron 266 (@ 400MHZ) with a Voodoo3/2000 and getting roughly 41 fps. > It's playable, but I have to turn off a bunch of features... > > The other day, I borrowed a PIII 500 and got roughly 56 fps with the > same configuration. > > My question is, would my money be better spent getting a nVida GeForce GTS > or a faster CPU. Both appear to be in the $100 - $150 range. By faster > CPU I'm inferring a >700 MHz celeron with a Slocket. I have a slot-1 > MB. Being that you're already running at 400mhz, the difference between a GeForce 2 GTS (just picked one up the other day to replace a Voodoo3 3000) will far outweigh the move from 400mhz to 700mhz, though I'd recommend the latter eventually. As for compatability, I'm very much enjoying my GeForce 2 under X 4.0 and OpenGL (just note that the nVidia kernel module is only supported under 2.2 at the moment, though it worked until 2.4.0-test9 if you really want to backpedal). Tom's Hardware has a couple great reviews of 3D under Linux, I'd suggest checking those out as well, though I think they'll back up my recommendation. Brian J. Conway dogbert at clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Men may control the free world, but women control the boobs. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20001024) - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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