What do I need to upgrade?

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Posted by BilldaCat on 5, 2001 at 11:35 AM:

I'm getting some very slow FPS in some games like MK2, etc.. here's the specs of what I got:

PIII 500, 128 mb of ram
ATI Rage II 8mb video card

I assume the machine is sufficient, but perhaps need a video card upgrade.. any recommendations? Price is not really an issue.

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Re: What do I need to upgrade? BilldaCat 2/05/2001 (0)
Re: What do I need to upgrade? Mr Arcade 2/05/2001 (0)
Re: What do I need to upgrade? Commander Raven 2/05/2001 (17)
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        Re: THE LACK OF OPTIMIZATION DOES NOT JUSTIFY BUYING A 1GHZ COMPUTER FOR SOME GAMES Demente 2/05/2001 (2)
        
        Getting what you want Jason 2/05/2001 (0)
        
        OK, enough already... jmark 2/05/2001 (0)
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