Wesy Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 Well, it's really a gift for my wife, who feels disconnected with the high tech world. She has a government job, which doesn't allow for surfing or email outside of the firewall...I work for a rather large software company based in the Northwest please no flame, I'll even try and run CM on Whistler (I think it should run, since it runs on Win2K Pro)...Anyhow, here's my spec, and if there are any suggestions or issues that you may run into with my config, please comment (Clearly I'll upgrade my video card)... Dell 4100 CPU - 866 Intel PIII Video: 32MB Nvidia TNT2 (yes a bit old in the tooth, but will it run CM acceptably unti I upgrade my Video Card?) HD - 20GB (7200 RPM ATA100) RAM - 128MB DVD, CDRW 56K winmodem 3Com 10/100 NIC 19" Flat Screen Dell Monitor I just cant wait to get it... ------------------ If all men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely?" - Emperor Hirohito (1940) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MantaRay Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 Go out and burn that Winmodem, or Winslowem as I used to call mine. Other than that, nice rig for CM. And buying a computer for the "Wife" that you intend to play CM may lead to regular fights over the computer, and cause you to sue for divorce on the common, "She wouldn't let me play enough turns" grounds. And do not buy games for her like, The Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon, or Myst. Then you will never see any turns of CM. I just tell my wife that they wont work on our PC. Yes, she knows I am lying, but I am bigger than her. Welcome to the community, you will be assimilated soon. Ray ------------------ When asked, "How many moves do you see ahead?", CAPABLANCA replied: "One move - the best one." New CM Site. In process of switching. Brought to you by Hardcore Gamers Daily The Red Army of the Rugged Defense Group Ladder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellros Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 That TNT2 card should work fine with CM, including showing fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesy Posted December 17, 2000 Author Share Posted December 17, 2000 I would have spent the extra bucks on real modem, but it's more or less backup for our DSL connection. Thanks for the feed back though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MantaRay Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 Well then you are all set. Maybe in the future you can get another 128MB Ram, but CM will run great for ya. Ray ------------------ When asked, "How many moves do you see ahead?", CAPABLANCA replied: "One move - the best one." New CM Site. In process of switching. Brought to you by Hardcore Gamers Daily The Red Army of the Rugged Defense Group Ladder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rune Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 Wesy, With the first build of Whistler, CM did NOT run. However, if on a newer build you may have better luck. I also didn't try on beta 22, I tried with a much earlier beta of CM. Let me know if you get it working... Rune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooktrout Posted December 17, 2000 Share Posted December 17, 2000 I would suggest dropping the internal modem and buy a router for your DSL that has a serial connection and then hook up an external modem as a backup for when DSL is down. That way either PC can use the external modem without having both PC's turned on for ICS. SMC and Asante have broadband routers that have the serial connection for modem sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted December 18, 2000 Share Posted December 18, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by brooktrout: I would suggest dropping the internal modem and buy a router for your DSL that has a serial connection and then hook up an external modem as a backup for when DSL is down. That way either PC can use the external modem without having both PC's turned on for ICS. SMC and Asante have broadband routers that have the serial connection for modem sharing.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And don't forget the gigaplex of the gigahertz and the dual parallel port I/O and then use a common digi-converter to up your amptitude of the sin curve to enable superior ultra-hertz. Geez! Ever see those commercials where someone is rattling off a bunch of Network related jargon that the ordinary human wouldn't have a clue to what they were talking about??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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