🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 17:55:16 -0800, Wallace <wal...@thegrid.net>
wrote:
>I've got a Matrox Millenium.  Do the 3d cards you all are talking about 
>plug into the millenium??  I keep reading about people using 2 cards.  
>Just trying to find out how to speed mine up.  I saw that matrox makes a 
>3d "daughter" card but I don't see any posts on it.  

	The 3dfx cards (Orchid Righteous 3D and Diamond Monster 3D) are
both add-on cards with a pass-thru connector. This means your 2D card
is still used for all non-3D apps. Since you have a Millennium - this
is the only route I'd consider. While there are some good 2D/3D combo
cards (Rendition chip based) - you'd have to drop your Matrox. For you
- that would be a "downgrade."

	While the PowerVR is also a 3D add-on card, it lacks some key
features and have (in the past) plugged their drivers so they would
perform better based on executable name. Not a terribly honest way to
determine benchmarks. Maybe the PowerVR II, if I decide to overlook
their "driver cheating" in the past.

>I'm only getting 15 
>fps, i thought the millenium was "the best" when I bought it.

	The Millennium was the best 2D card - and probably still is the
best overall 2D card. But it just can't compare with either the
Rendition cards or the 3dfx on 3D enhanced software. If you are a
serious Descent II player - buy a 3dfx. You won't regret it.

Yama