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To: Zeddie88 who wrote (9813)	12/30/1999 8:07:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

1. How does the performance of a 433 Celeron compare with a PII 366 or a PIII 450? A 433 Celeron is faster than a PII 366 and slower than a PIII 450. 2. I'm a bit worried about the 2.5Mb video RAM found on both the Sony and Acer. That doesn't seem like much Video RAM considering that most desktop systems are using a minimum of 8Mb (like an ATI Expert '98 8Mb AGP card that I have on my PII 400 desktop). 2.5 megabytes of video memory is fine for 2D displays. All you need is 1024 x 768 x 3 = 2.36 megabytes for a 16 million color display. See page 834, RAM Calculations, in your recent acquisition for more information on this calculation. It is when you get into 3D animation you need 8 megabytes or more of memory. Page 851 through 855 in your recent acquisition has an overview of how much more difficult 3D animation is than 2D but unfortunately it doesn't explain how all of the additional memory in a video card optimize for 3D is used. Notebook computers are not suitable for playing 3D games.