> Well, before HLSL, I could run all my games (including STUN Runner) on my old 2.8ghz > P4 and Geforce 6800 (third set of pipelines unlocked). > > Now, with only adding scanlines in HLSL, I'm having trouble getting 100% with games > like Joust.
It's a pretty cheap and easy upgrade: you'll get your speed back and keep HLSL with a newer video card, no other changes necessary. The 6800 is two major redesigns old now in Nvidia terms; the 8xxx and then the 4xx both added significant shader processing capacity, which is what HLSL needs.
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