Yeah, I have seen both of those... haven't tried them, though, because D2 must recognize the card if it allows me to run in RAVE mode (and why would I want to use OpenGL if RAVE is…

Here's my experience with D2... I'm on a G4/450 w/384 megs of RAM and the latest drivers/updates etc. (200 megs assigned to D2) First, tried full install of D2 onto a partition th…

I wouldn't expect the performance of Diablo 2 to change much between now and any patches that come out. Some of the problems you're talking about seem more RAM related than anythi…

The box says that 64 MB is bare bottom, and runs perfectly on a friend's brand new PIII 800 with 96 MB (and a 48x CD drive), so I still think It's CD access time, not RAM, that is …

Isn't the stock Toshiba 5x DVD also 24x CD? I've had no problems with it. Don't think D2 really uses the Movie CD yet, except maybe the intro movie (couldnt' tell 'cuz I got both c…

If I recall correctly, there isn't that much of a functional difference in CD read times above 24x. I doubt that the CD is what's causing the problems. Do a full install and if the…

Well, if VM causes sluggishness, I will turn it off! I do have 128 MB of physical RAM, so if I allocate 120-or-so MB to D2 and quit the finder, will speed noticeably increase?

The 1.03 beta patch for Diablo 2 fixed my crash bug, but I was disappointed to see that the game isn't as silky as I had expected. I'm used to playing on my friend's P3/550 with 2…

Diablo II Performance Problem SOLVED For those of you experiencing laggy D2 performance, especially when it involves the CD drive flogging away at the disc, here's one more thing …

Where do we PUT that sound file, TheGib??? I WANNA KNOW!!!

Put it in the Diablo II Files folder with similar files such as Diablo II Graphics, Diablo II Speech and Diablo II Game Data (there may be less there depending on which install you…

Does this prevent D2 from using the identical file on the Play Disc? Just wondering... I don't want to have this thing eat up 350 MB of space if it won't even be used by the game.

Well, I just connected to Battle.net and I was updated to v1.03. And I must say... The framerate has increased A LOT. Now it runs silky smooth almost all the time (with 128 MB real…

Yeah, it uses the one on the hard drive as opposed to the one on the Play Disc. I know this for a fact because I used to play it with the music on the CD, and I could consistently…

I found the same improvement by turning the music off. The only thing that bugs me is the stupid save and exit concept. I like the way it forces you to play your character properl…

I am running D2 on 160 mb ram an 266 mhz rev C iMac and it runs very well. I am running in RAVE with thousands of colors if that helps [This message has been edited by PeteL999 (…

I have a 500Mhz Pismo With a Gig of Ram. Yes a Gig. I also have a 400 Mhz PC Desktop with 512 Ram. I would like to know which computer I should run D2 on for I have not yet bou…

What is a pismo?

Just buy the Mac version and try it out on the Pismo. If the framerates and graphical quality isn't to your satisfaction, install it on the PC (the Mac box contains hybrid CD's).

A 'Pismo' is the current generation of Powerbooks (400-500 mHz).

As far as I can tell emulation of a game console is legal, and as long as you own an original copy of a game (or an emulation package such as Namco Museum) you can legally posses a…

By my reckoning, yes. If they don't provide for all users, then it is okay to improvise, which is what you have done. As long as the original author gets credit for it (which they …

Who cares? I mean, if you are only talking about nintendo games... or even super nintendo... I mean, the manufacturer's arent making any money on them right now, because they a…

This coming from someone who posted links to warez sites on this forum (which were quickly deleted).

Bzzzt. They're IP and the company still has the capability to make money from them, as evidenced by the demand for ROMs. However, I agree with Cipher13 in that there is no way for …