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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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Subject: Re: GPL woes-Forced to move from Cyrix :)
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My suggestion would be an Abit bh6 motherboard, Intel Celeron300A, 64meg ram.
You will also need a new case, and more ram won't play better but you get longer
replays. Take it to a local dealer and pay them $50 to assemble the system. Run it
at 300 for a while then up the bus speed in steps until you hit 100 which gives you
a 450cpu! This is easily done via a "softmenu" which you access during bootup and
can change easily anytime. This will run you under$500, check pricewatch.com for
the best deals. This combo is run by many GPL and longtime simdrivers.
JM

WildOregon wrote:

> Alright.  The ineveitable has finally happened.  Since I enjoy GP2 and have now
> purchased GPL, the life expentancy of the original Cyrix P-166+ in my machine
> is extremely short...
>
> Without flogging the horse too much, what recommendations can be made on a
> Pentium chip, 3Dfx card and other peripheral necessities (at reasonable
> expense) to get *up to speed* ?
>
> I don't mind admitting that I am not all that versed on this stuff, so give me
> the *plain english* versions (i.e.  feature=benefit).
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Scott........................

