[sldev] Re: SL Target Audience

Tateru Nino tateru.nino at gmail.com
Fri May 30 07:21:14 PDT 2008



Matthew Underwood wrote:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Alissa Sabre <alissa_sabre at yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>   
>>> Ok, what is the working definition of:
>>>
>>> -  a *low end machine*
>>>       
>> I believe it is the machine having the hardware as listed on the
>> minimum requirements.  As of this writing, it is:
>>
>> Pentium III or Athlon, 800MHz
>> 512MB memory
>> Either GeForce 2 or 4MX, or Radeon 8500 or 9250
>>
>> if you run Windows XP or Linux, or
>>
>> G4 1GHz
>> 512MB memory
>> Either Radeon 9200 or X series, Geforce 2, 4, or 5000 series
>>
>> if you run MacOS.
>>
>>     
>>> -  an acceptable frame rate
>>>       
>> I have no idea on this.  10fps?
>>
>>
>>     
> 10FPS is unplayable, just try it for a few minutes and see if you
> don't pull your hair out.
I spent my two years on 8.5fps. I found that 'usable' - for differing 
values of usable.

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