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echo: apogee
to: DAMIEN WELLMAN
from: CHASE MARTIN
date: 1996-08-14 20:02:00
subject: Duke playing speed

-=> Quoting Damien Wellman to Jeremy Complese <=-
 DW> :: From: Jeremy Complese  To: Damien Wellman Subj: Duke playing speed
 DW> :: DW>  that's so important, it's your amount of RAM. 8 Megs is a 
_minimum_ 
 DW> amount.
 
 JC> I have 8 megs and it runs just fine in low detail with the screen at
 JC> about 1/2.  But that's not bad considering my processor is only a
 JC> 486SX25!! 
 DW> Low detail sucks, though. I have a 486DX/50 (not a DX2/50) with eight
 DW> megs, and the games gets very choppy when there are a lot of textures
 DW> or sprites. I really need to get 16 megs. Good thing SIMM prices are at
 DW> a low... 
 DW> -!-
 DW> * TLX v4.00 * AD&D Lesson #231 - Backstabbing a skeleton doesn't
 DW> work. ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR]
 DW> -!-
 DW>  ! Origin: The Stargate BBS - (304) 453-6625 - Kenova, WV - (1:262/20)
Man, I have a 486SX25 (at least that's what it says) w/ 8 m RAM and it runs
really good at about 3/4 screen and high detail. 
... DOOM:  Welcome to Hell.  Here's your shotgun.
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