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Re: TNT or voodoo2 ?

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From: Lightbender
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

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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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From: "Lightbender" <lightbender@lightbender.com>
Subject: Re: TNT or voodoo2 ?
Date: 1999/01/18
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