GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

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#409

Author: tnaw
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:40

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GeForce3 can be preordered at a price of about $550 now. 
Is the GeForce3 worth the price? Under antialiasing modes, 
GeForce3 gets ahead Voodoo5 6000 by +18% to +41%.  Is it 
a good deal to get a GeForce3 that is not only faster 
than Voodoo5 6000 but also having extra features such as 
hardware T&L and DirectX 8.0 compliance with a lower price? 
And for your entertainment, there are also some Voodoo5 6000
card pictures and a 8xFSAA screenshot grasped from the net.

http://www.geocities.com/tnaw_xtennis/NV20-8.htm

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#410

Author: Reign of Fire
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:49

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Dude, the Voodoo 5 6000 was never and will never be released

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"tnaw" <tnaw@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
news:3AA98990@MailAndNews.com...
> GeForce3 can be preordered at a price of about $550 now.
> Is the GeForce3 worth the price? Under antialiasing modes,
> GeForce3 gets ahead Voodoo5 6000 by +18% to +41%.  Is it
> a good deal to get a GeForce3 that is not only faster
> than Voodoo5 6000 but also having extra features such as
> hardware T&L and DirectX 8.0 compliance with a lower price?
> And for your entertainment, there are also some Voodoo5 6000
> card pictures and a 8xFSAA screenshot grasped from the net.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/tnaw_xtennis/NV20-8.htm
>

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#411

Author: Keatah
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 07:58

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seeing that the v5-6000 isn't a consumer card and will likely have no
driver support and is pretty far behind the gf3, why would you want it?


tnaw wrote:
> 
> GeForce3 can be preordered at a price of about $550 now.
> Is the GeForce3 worth the price? Under antialiasing modes,
> GeForce3 gets ahead Voodoo5 6000 by +18% to +41%.  Is it
> a good deal to get a GeForce3 that is not only faster
> than Voodoo5 6000 but also having extra features such as
> hardware T&L and DirectX 8.0 compliance with a lower price?
> And for your entertainment, there are also some Voodoo5 6000
> card pictures and a 8xFSAA screenshot grasped from the net.
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/tnaw_xtennis/NV20-8.htm

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#412

Author: Bill Murray
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:49

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Again a 3DFX fan who hasnt any chance anymore...


"tnaw" <tnaw@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
news:3AA98990@MailAndNews.com...
> GeForce3 can be preordered at a price of about $550 now.
> Is the GeForce3 worth the price? Under antialiasing modes,
> GeForce3 gets ahead Voodoo5 6000 by +18% to +41%.  Is it
> a good deal to get a GeForce3 that is not only faster
> than Voodoo5 6000 but also having extra features such as
> hardware T&L and DirectX 8.0 compliance with a lower price?
> And for your entertainment, there are also some Voodoo5 6000
> card pictures and a 8xFSAA screenshot grasped from the net.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/tnaw_xtennis/NV20-8.htm
>
>

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#405

Author: Thomas McGuire
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 16:57

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correction. The V5 6000 was never available at "retail". It can however be
bought in Quantum3D workstations. in those its been available for months

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> Dude, the Voodoo 5 6000 was never and will never be >released

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#406

Author: John Reynolds
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 01:24

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Here we go again, boys and girls.  :(

For brevity's sake <g>:

1) scores from differing test machines and setups should not be compared
2) I don't think multi-sampling scores should be compared to super-sampling
scores because multi-sampling is basically an edge AA solution whereas
super-sampling addresses both edge and texture aliasing.  Not exactly an
apples to apples comparison because the image quality will not be the same.
Any gamer who's spent hours with Porsche Unleashed on a GTS, V5, or Radeon
and brings home a shiny, new GF3 and fires up 2x2 AA might be more than a
little puzzled where all the texture shimmering is suddenly coming from.
The fix for this?  Enable anisotropic texture filtering (or perhaps Quincunx
mode in the AA options, if it turns out to be a reasonably effective aid in
alleviating texture aliasing), which will impact performance on the GF3.
Kind of makes Tnaw's comparisons null and void, eh?  Unfortunately, Tnaw has
twice now demonstrated that he doesn't understand the differences between
multi- and super-sampling.

John


"tnaw" <tnaw@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
news:3AA98990@MailAndNews.com...
> GeForce3 can be preordered at a price of about $550 now.
> Is the GeForce3 worth the price? Under antialiasing modes,
> GeForce3 gets ahead Voodoo5 6000 by +18% to +41%.  Is it
> a good deal to get a GeForce3 that is not only faster
> than Voodoo5 6000 but also having extra features such as
> hardware T&L and DirectX 8.0 compliance with a lower price?
> And for your entertainment, there are also some Voodoo5 6000
> card pictures and a 8xFSAA screenshot grasped from the net.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/tnaw_xtennis/NV20-8.htm
>

Re: GeForce3 vs. Voodoo5 6000

#407

Author: Thomas McGuire
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 13:36

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hey john

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> Here we go again, boys and girls.  :(
>
> For brevity's sake <g>:

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