Re: 3dfx VOODOO2 Wanted

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From: Mike Kay
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 11:09

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On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Falkentyne wrote:

> Oh ya, and I forgot to say...Lets see YOU Get Whiplash 3D accelerated
> working with ANY Nvidia card with a glide wrapper ,in DOS mode.
> Didn't think so.   Descent 2-3dfx?  Don't think so either.  The lists
> go on and on.  If a V2 required tweaking to get old Voodoo graphics
> games working on it, what makes you think a Glide wrapper would work?
> (reality check)

not to mention screamer rally STILL the best arecade rally game out but it
is dos glide :o( & shit in software.

ohhh for a patch :o(

> 
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 07:53:13 GMT, Sam <sonofrage@my-deja.com>
> enlightened us by scribbling this gem of wisdom:
> 
> >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.
> >
> 
> remove the "NOSPAM" in my email address to email me via
> usenet reply...
> 
> Falkentyne Dragon
>   -==(UDIC)==-
> 
> (formerly Antos Dragon)
>

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