Re: TNT or voodoo2 ?

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From: Kay-Yut Chen - remove ABC in ema...
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00

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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:56:39 -0600, "red_head"
<red_head@earthling.nospam.net> wrote:

>I've got a p2 350, 64MB Ram, win95.  I also have an "built in high
>performance 64bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 8MB frame buffer".  This
>thing is built into my mobo so I don't have an AGP port.  My question is
>should I get an
>
>a)  nvidia based TNT 2D/3D card
>or
>b)  3Dfx based voodoo 2 card
>or
>c)  3Dfx based banshee card
>or
>d)  none of the above
>
>The onboard accelerator isn't very good.  At one point I had a voodoo1 and
>3D games looked a hell of a lot better than they do now.  Any suggestions?
>Any cards in particular (brands)?  Thanks in advance
>


There are some debate over whether a V2 is better than a TNT. I have
seen some comparison and they are close enough that I think software
support should decide the issue.

A V2 would run glide, D3D and OpenGL games while TNT cannot run glide
games. The choice is obvious.


Kay-Yut

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Subject: Re: TNT or voodoo2 ?
Date: 1999/01/18
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