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Article #36Re: TNT or voodoo2 ?
From: Lightbender
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 00:00
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Yep, go with the card that has all the bases covered. If you can afford it, a Voodoo2 SLI setup is to die for. I still haven't seen anything beat dual V2's. Also, if you don't need the usually crappy games shipped with a vid card, check for OEM versions of the card you want. Here's a link to a place with good prices: www.thechipmerchant.com GF Kay-Yut Chen - remove ABC in email to reply wrote in message <36a3754f.1348218@207.126.101.101>... >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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