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Video Buyer Guide:
How Much Video RAM Do I Need?
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As video displays have evolved from monochrome to CGA, EGA, VGA and SuperVGA, the amount of RAM needed on video cards has increased.   So, what much RAM do YOU need?

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Purging old video card drivers

Sometimes you have to do this.  The first time it can be a bit difficult to accomplish, but you will be glad you learned how to do it


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DirectX6 removal
I have seen several people have DirectX6 beta hose their systems, and the same is possible, though unlikely, with the release version. Here's a modification of the Directx5 removal that will help you to remove DirextX6 from Win98. Courtesy of Marjan.  Also, here is a link to an automated DirectX uninstaller for all recent versions.

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DirectX5 removal

Sometimes DirectX5 gets hopelessly corrupted and reinstallation just does not do the job. Here's one person's plan grabbed from the web that worked for me. It's a plain text file that I didn't reformat for the web. So, just save it as a text file.

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Clean Windows install without reformat


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Setting up a new Pentium II motherboard under Win95

How to get the Bus Master drivers, USB and AGP working.  Shortcut?? --Get Win98!

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Voodoo2 Tip Page

Now up to 2 questions, besides the Mystique-V2 one above.

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Building a Voodoo2 card cooling device

The cost is only under $10 (probably less than $5)

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