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Originally Posted by integrable
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That article is typical computer magazine graphics card hype. It tells you what the card can do when its overclocked perfectly and running off like a fucking linux operating system on a setup with what may as well be an infinite amount of RAM for the cpu. IDC that a graphics card can run Quake 3 Arena at 60fps under those circumstances. A game like Quake is going to have fewer models and textures and smaller zones than EQ, doesn't require nearly as much to be kept in the virtual memory of the card, and is not going to need as high a frequency or bit rate for data transfer. And I cant remember playing Quake with anywhere near 50 models on my screen at once.
And I already admitted to being wrong about the pricing. I couldn't remember the price of card, but inflation hasn't changed much so i thought it might be similar to today. Regardless I ran a Pentium IV with 512MB ram and a 128 MB card and the setup couldn't handle anywhere near 100 models. I still have the computer too. Maybe I'll mail it too you and you can try swarming on your Bard if you are really so confident it can handle it.
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I actually play on a laptop I bought in 2002, never had a problem swarming on P99.