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Article #76Re: 3dfx VOODOO2 Wanted
From: Ben Miles
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:30
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:30
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You are calling me an idiot, and yet you have not tried a wrapper on a GF2U. Please dont comment on things about which you know nothing. Also, although many glide wrappers work with UltraHLE, there are many more games that will not start unless a proper 3dfx card is detected. Anyway we are loosing sight of the topic in question. Sam <sonofrage@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:95lm58$783$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > God, what an idiot. Using a Voodoo2 with any of the high end cards of > today is like having a little kid with a slingshot ride on top of a > tank. Last time I made this argument someone made the same point about > old glide games but there's no way you're gonna tell me that a V2 will > run a game faster that a gf2 ultra with a glide wrapper. I've used glide > wrappers in the past (for UltraHLE on my girlfriends ati xpert128) and > it didnt run much slower on an ati xpert128 so you cant tell me it wont > be perfect on a gf2 ultra. > > In article <4oWe6.3087$9g3.409892@news3.cableinet.net>, > "Ben Miles" <benmiles@cableinet.co.uk> wrote: > > And now we know how stupid you are, no glide wrapper works as well as > a V2, > > even when on a GF2 Ultra. Do you honestly think there will be a > defference > > between a V2 and a V3 at 640x480 - 800x600? Not when coupled with a > K6-300. > > As i said, i am not willing to pay �60, Now fuck off and leave this > thread > > to people who have a brain. > > Ben George <ben@73welly.freeserve.com.removethis> wrote in message > > news:95hb05$eph$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk... > > > Why do you have a V2 and a GeForce DDR? You can't get the effects of > both. > > > If you want to use Glide, then get a Glide wrapper for your GeForce. > > > > > > "Simon Blom" <famblom@algonet.se> wrote in message > > > news:95h88t$p0g$1@zingo.tninet.se... > > > > > > > > "Ben George" <ben@73welly.freeserve.com.removethis> wrote in > message > > > > news:95h7qe$9f1$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk... > > > > > Never owned what? A Voodoo 2? I had one of them, infact I had > two of > > > them > > > > in > > > > > SLI mode... > > > > Then either you're f*cked up, or your cards were... The V2 (and > V1) are > > > the > > > > only good to ever come from 3dfx.. and they were *really* good.. > still > > are > > > > actually, I still use my V2 alongside my Geforce DDR > > > > > > > > /Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/
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