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Thief 3 Preview Shows Excruciating Detail, Insight
Thanks to EvilAvatar for pointing to an extremely in-depth preview of Ion Storm's PC/Xbox title Thief 3:Deadly Shadows, courtesy of fansite Thief: The Circle. The piece deals with some of the more controversial changes ("Loot glint is there whether you like it or not. It sort of clashed with the look/atmosphere to see this bright twinkling light across the room, but it aids in what has been one of the most frustrating elements in the earlier games: the loot hunt"), whether this is anything like Deus Ex 2 ("No. This game is actually finished at the time of its release") before concluding by noting: "Loot glint and arrow streaks mean exactly zip when you're actually... playing the game... and for once in the history of the series, the game actually looks GOOD." Update: 05/17 16:39 GMT by S : An anonymous reader also points to a detailed retrospective of the Thief series on the delightfully named FourFatChicks.com.
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I would increase your RAM to at least 512, preferably 1 gig, as XP tends to eat up a good 256 right at boot. Also, your CPU would not be a huge bottleneck for a newer 3D card, so 1 gig would probably last you for a little while longer. Your biggest bottleneck would probably be AGP (does it support 4-6x on your board?) and your limited FSB which, hopefull is at least 266mhz. You may want to look into seeing if your motherboard supports something faster. I just bought a 1.6ghz AMD Athlon XP 2000+ for like $60 off of Pricewatch a few weeks ago. All it took to recognize the chip was a bios update, you should look into maxing out your CPU if it only costs you like $50-60.
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