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I have run both cards in a 200mmx and now a celeron 450.
In the 200 there was a noticeable difference in GPL fps
but not much in N2/N99. However, assuming you want to
run N3 you should probably go for the 8 meg.
JM

StoneCold wrote:

> Hi All!
>
> I'm looking to buy an inexpensive graphics card to play my Papyrus games.
> I'm a NR1999 and ICR2 addict. I'm looking at rendition based Hercules
> Thriller3D. Does the 8Mb version is alot better than the 4Mb version because
> the price is almost 3 times hogher (69$ vs 200$ here in CANADA). Also I'll
> be playing those on my old P-166 with 64Mb RAM. Should I way to get a new
> computer before buying a new video card...
>
> Also beside Hercules, what would be other good cards for Papy sims.
>
> Stef...

