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- From: pustule@cats.ucsc.edu (Thaddeus H. Wood)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: 3dbench results (was Re: 3DBENCH.ZIP uploaded)
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 08:30:21 GMT
- Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
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- References: <1993Jan21.021416.4467@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1jno00INNqme@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1993Jan23.014139.5134@athena.mit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan23.014139.5134@athena.mit.edu> dmsilev@athena.mit.edu (Daniel M Silevitch) writes:
- >>
- >>In a previous article, tedboone@ravel.udel.edu (Edward F Boone) says:
- >>
- >>P5/100, ATI VL Mach 128 308.4
- >>
- >Has anyone actually seen this thing? I know that Pentiums are fast, but
- >6 times faster than a DX2-66 on video? It seems that the limiting factor
- >at high speeds is the video card, not the processor.
- >
- >Scary thought: Wing Commander 2 on such a machine.
- >
- >Daniel Silevitch dmsilev@athena.mit.edu
- >Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- >
-
- First of all, the P5, when released, will only run at 66MHz
- initially. Secondly, the new ATI cards are Mach 32 based.
-
- What does all this mean? That you've been duped.
-
- T'would be nice though. Underworld 2 would almost be playable
- at that frame rate. :)
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