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Article #722390Re: Best Video card?
From: Gregory Cook
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00
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Arnie wrote in message <34888082...@news.firstnet.co.uk>... >On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 05:41:53 -0600, "Gregory Cook" <gfox...@rice.edu> >wrote: > >> >>STB's Velocity 128 kicks ass, 2-D AND 3-D. >> > >Sorry to piss on your fireworks Greg, but the benchmarks would dispute >your statement. With the new 250 MHz RAMDAC the Millennium II >certainly 'kicks ass' in 2D - but for 3D, yes, the Velocity wins by a >mile (better still, the Number Nine Revolution 3D - 80% faster than >the Millennium II for 3D... but for such a high price it should be). Well, I didn't say it kicks the Millenium II's ass. I wouldn't know since I've never seen a computer running with a Millenium II. >Simple rule - if you want 3D performance then stick with OpenGL-based >cards if you can afford it, or DirectX-based cards (eg. Velocity 128) >if you can't. But for overall Windows performance plus more than just >reasonable 3D performance thrown in for good measure, you can't beat >the Millennium II at the current low price. A real bargain. > >BTW - I also made the mistake of buying the 128, so don't feel too bad >it... :)) It's not a mistake! It runs all my games better than my old system and my old ATI Mach64 ever could. --//�����������������������������������������������������������\\-- -// Greg "gfox" Cook -Defender/Lover/Soulmate of Tifa Lockheart \\- -\\ Official AGFF Procrastinating Keeper of Useless Information //- -// Official AGFF Keeper of Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary \\- // Official AGFF Sex Fiend and All-Around Perverted Studly Man \\ \\ X-Files/Star Wars/ST:TNG/*U2*/The Who/Tori Amos/Orbital fan // -\\ http://www.wco.com/~coolness/ - ftp.wco.com/users/coolness/ //- --\\Third Member of the CTCITL - Keep the Lifestream line alive//-- --// \\-- -//�������������������������������������������������������������\\- -\\ Spoony: Don't they usually have hentai hanging up here? //- -// Me: Yes, they usually do, and I'd like to know where it is! \\- //_______________________________________________________________\\ \\ angry words won't stop a fight,two wrongs won't make it right // -\\ a new heart is what I need, oh God make it bleed //- --\\ ... is there nothing left... -- U2 [Like a Song...] //-- --//___________________________________________________________\\-- -// ______ ______ ___ \\- -\\ ********** |||__||| |||__||| "._`-. (\-. //- -// 2000 posts \/ \/ \/07\/ my '-.`".--.___/ _`> \\- // on AGFF!!! (2000) (POTD) fennec `"( ) , ) \\ \\ ********** \__/ \__/ fox, Fenneca \\----\-\ // -\\ ___________________________________________ "" """ //- --\\___________________________________________________________//--
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From: "Gregory Cook" <gfox...@rice.edu> Subject: Re: Best Video card? Date: 1997/12/06 Message-ID: <66bd53$h8e$1@joe.rice.edu> X-Deja-AN: 295728881 References: <6674em$jo7$1@gte2.gte.net> <668p9u$t7t$1@joe.rice.edu> <34888082.7094807@news.firstnet.co.uk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas Newsgroups: alt.games,alt.games.daggerfall,alt.games.elder-scrolls,alt.games.final-fantasy,alt.games.final-fantasy.rpg,alt.irc.games,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,rec.games.computer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit