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jiffy   10-21-2001 at 06:45:57 PM

I'm thinking the latest DDR board, XP 1800, latest Gf3. ???Win 98se or XP. Y2X doens't play UT very well for me.????I'm a newbie to SCSI, I know it would be costly and more work, but will it make any difference in gaming. Thanks

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Jake75   10-25-2001 at 02:46:49 PM
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I don´t see why you should "waste" money on a SCSI harddrive if your just into games.
If your doing alot of videoediting and that sort of stuff you might consider to buy a SCSI, otherwise IDE is enough!


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Ron_Jeremy   10-29-2001 at 01:05:22 PM
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I run 3 U160 10000 rpm SCSI drives in RAID 0. My games do not run any faster. I repeat, they do not run any faster. Listen to Jake75. Get yourself a good IDE drive (IBM 60GXP series, Western Digital WDxxxBB, 7200 rpm Maxtor, etc etc) & you'll be fine.

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Ron_Jeremy

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Smilin   11-02-2001 at 10:46:01 PM
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Ditto what Ron J. says. I have a 10k rpm SCSI drive and it makes the levels load just a *little* bit faster, but once it's done, the rest of the game plays exactly the same.

Back in the day when I had SCSI and everyone else was using 5400rpm ATA/33 drives I could usually get in the level and grab some armor and a rocket before my competitors finished loading. Not so much the difference these days. I'm slowly fazing SCSI out of my system. Fast, but not worth the money.

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jiffy   11-03-2001 at 02:24:30 PM
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OK, thanks. I'll stick with the fastest HHD I can find.

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