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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