🚀 go-pugleaf

Karim Khalfa (karrim*remove**this*@club-internet.fr) wrote:
: On 23 Jul 1998 19:42:56 GMT, pami...@plains.NoDak.edu (Patrick C
: Miller) wrote:

: >: The Millenium G200 would be great for his system, since its an integrated 
: >: 2D/3D solution.
: >
: >  Except the G200 wouldn't work for him because it's AGP only.  For a
: >system with the specs he listed, my advice would be to get a cheap 3Dfx
: >Voodoo card.  If he is satisfied with his 2D card and is primarily
: >interested in 3D, a Voodoo (not a Voodoo 2) would be a good solution.

: Definitely not a Voodoo2, for I have tested it myself. I compared the
: Monster 3D 2 with an M3D1on my P200MMX. What the benchmark people say
: is true, the V2 is strongly limited by the CPU power. I have a 30%
: framerate increase in Quake2 ( on the M3D2 compared to the M3D) with
: my system overclocked at 250Mhz, and only 10% at the usual 200MHz. So
: the difference between a voodoo and a voodoo2 card should be even
: smaller on his P166, definitely not worth a 100% price increase.
: But I'd strongly consider going 3dfx instead of all the other
: chipsets. I have no problems with any game with my Monster3D, be it
: D3D, OpenGL, native 3dfx, they have solid, proven drivers... I found
: out that going against the standards is costly in terms of nerves,
: back from my old DOS days: I went out and bought a Gravis Ultrasound,
: the sound was incomparably better than the Soundblaster's, yet most
: games did not support it, and SB compatibility drivers sucked
: terribly. From what I hear and read from other people the situation
: seems similar today with 3D cards: you've got the 3dfx standard and a
: bunch of runner-ups.

: Karim

I picked up a Creative Labs Voodoo2 8MB card for
$149 recently.  Can't wait to try it out when it arrives!  And now I've
heard that Creative has a download site for the full (or at least a
pumped up) version of Incoming.

Paul