Originally posted by Darkman
It was important, not anymore , atleast if you run a CPU above 1Ghz it should be more then enough to compensate for the lack of HWT&L.
try running any new game with the kyro II...it usually beats out the mx in direct x 7 tests but once you start playing games that require t&l (basically any new game) it'll lag considerably...that's if it'll run at all...or try playing americas army which uses the ut2k3 engine) with a ve/7000...you'll get terrible frame rates no matter what cpu you have...run any game that let's you choose between hardware and software t&l (max payne supports this I believe) and you'll find that hardware helps considerable...believe me...I've served as a tech support person for americas army and a lot of frame rate issues was usually the result of a card not support t&l and most of these cards were radeon ve/7000 cards...