eternaldrake
11-05-2001, 07:42 PM
Ok, here's the deal, I'm still working on upgrading my Ram, and boy what trouble I've had with that, but if the stuff I got coming in the mail(again) works this time, I'll end up with something that looks a bit like this...
Gateway Select 700
AMD K7 700 mhz processor
640megs Ram
70 Gigs HD space
Nvidia 256? video card w/32 megs onboard
Assuming my ram works this time, (pray for me!) I'm thinking the next thing I need to hit on is the video card, now things get interesting, I really want to get one that will either A. work with my existing card(ergo, 2 monitors) or B. Will run two monitors at the same time on its own. Either way, its gotta be ready and able to run the upcoming SoL expansion slated for Dec 4, 2001.
And the reason for the second monitor, I want to be able to access the web while gaming. I know Verant has made it so you cannot Alt-Tab between windows while playing, but I'm thinking might be able to beat this with two monitors running. (anyone know if this is possible?)
I have of course tried and tried to switch to Linux, or some such veriant, cuz I figured it being so much more configurable, I might be able to beat Verant's little conspiracy right there, but after having tried like 7 different flavors of Linux, and not getting a single one of them to run in graphics mode, I've pretty much given up on that one.(go figure)
Anyways, I'm thinking this thing will post my email, but incase it don't, any info you could send me, I would very much appreciate.
eternal_drake_2000@yahoo.com
Or post to this thread, you can bet I'll be back to check :)
Gateway Select 700
AMD K7 700 mhz processor
640megs Ram
70 Gigs HD space
Nvidia 256? video card w/32 megs onboard
Assuming my ram works this time, (pray for me!) I'm thinking the next thing I need to hit on is the video card, now things get interesting, I really want to get one that will either A. work with my existing card(ergo, 2 monitors) or B. Will run two monitors at the same time on its own. Either way, its gotta be ready and able to run the upcoming SoL expansion slated for Dec 4, 2001.
And the reason for the second monitor, I want to be able to access the web while gaming. I know Verant has made it so you cannot Alt-Tab between windows while playing, but I'm thinking might be able to beat this with two monitors running. (anyone know if this is possible?)
I have of course tried and tried to switch to Linux, or some such veriant, cuz I figured it being so much more configurable, I might be able to beat Verant's little conspiracy right there, but after having tried like 7 different flavors of Linux, and not getting a single one of them to run in graphics mode, I've pretty much given up on that one.(go figure)
Anyways, I'm thinking this thing will post my email, but incase it don't, any info you could send me, I would very much appreciate.
eternal_drake_2000@yahoo.com
Or post to this thread, you can bet I'll be back to check :)