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Richard wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 29 Dec 1997 02:46:52 -0600, Smiloid
> <ae424_@_sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca> wrote:
> 
> >Does anybody know how Quake 2 would run on my computer? I'm running a
> >133MHz Intel Pentium, 32mb RAM, and a 4mb S3 ViRGE (shitty, eh?) under
> >Win95... (Win98 in a few days!).
> buy a 3dfx card.  For /$100 it'll make all the difference to the
> visual appeal of the game.  It'll still run at around 12 fps, but
> it'll look far better.
> 
> FWIW, I'm running Q2 on a P90, 2mbDiamond Stealths3 video card and a
> Diamond Monster3d accelerator.  8fps, which is perfectly playable, and
> it looks real good.
> 
> Richard

You should be getting way more than 8 fps!!!  3dfx will give basically
any pentium over 20fps in QI and QII.  I downclocked my 166 to 133 and
still got 28fps in QI with 3dfx.  Have you got 3dfx opengl turned on in
the video menu???
