[TriLUG] bzflag memory requirements

[Chris Knowles]

And in order to beat the guy named daleth, the video card doesn't matter
as much as time in game.  Nvidia is the chipset I recommend.  I know, I
know, the drivers aren't libre, but they are free and available.  

Remind me to tell you guys about the time Zulu schooled me on a non
accelerated computer that he was getting 15fps on while I was on my
souped up computer...

CJK

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 11:58, Jason Tower wrote:
> it's not ram that matters overly much, it's the chipset.  all the video 
> memory in the world is useless without driver support for 3D 
> functionality.  most ati radeon video chipsets have decent (not 
> exceptional) open source 3D drivers.  a lot of laptops have ati radeon 
> mobility 7500 video which is supported by the OS radeon driver.  my R40 
> with the 7500 (32mb) gets mid-30s FPS on bzflag w/ full 3D and an 
> underclocked CPU, which is good enough to beat most people who aren't 
> named daleth.
> 
> jason
> 
> On Monday 22 December 2003 11:42, Jim Ray wrote:
> > since bzflag is what i'd call an essential business application, one
> > interested in buying new notebook might want to consider video
> > requirements.
> >
> > question:
> > will the 32mb ati radeon get the job done?  there's about a grand
> > price difference in hopping up to 128mb video.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > jim
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Chris Knowles <chrisk at trilug.org>
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