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Article #141Re: Do I really need a Voodoo2 Card?
From: MB
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
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Kevin Ennis wrote in message <35e6d740.0@news1.ibm.net>... >Daniel, >If your version of Flight Simulator has/supports 3DFX OpenGl or 3DFX Glide, >the Voodoo 2 will make a difference. If it doesn't, the card will not even >function. The graphics will be from only the 2D/3D card. Ummm.. dont forget Direct3D! :) Voodoo isnt limited to OpenGL and Glide. Voodoo2 is the fastest Direct3D accelerator available.. (TNT is faster in D3D but its not selling quite yet) >Best of luck. > >Kevin Ennis > >Daniel Singer <dsinger@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message >qBXE1.9$xS4.46705@newse2.tampabay.rr.com... >>The only game I really play is Microsoft Flight Simulator 98. I was >>wondering if you really need a 3D accelerator in addition to a 3D graphics >>card? The Dell I am looking at comes standard with the STB nVidia 128ZX >>Velocity card, yet the Quantex I am looking at comes standard with the >>MPact2 video card. Both have 8 MB Ram, but the Quantex also includes a 12 >>MB Voodoo2 card for about the same price as the Dell. I am just wondering >>if the Voodoo2 card is really necessary? Thanks. >> >> >> >> > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11094b,f42244791d9d61c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid11094b,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,f42244791d9d61c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: f4d34,f42244791d9d61c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d34,public X-Google-Thread: faca2,f42244791d9d61c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaca2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a33e,f42244791d9d61c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a33e,public From: "MB" <mb> Subject: Re: Do I really need a Voodoo2 Card? Date: 1998/08/28 Message-ID: <35e6e3d3.0@news.mocc.net> X-Deja-AN: 385701176 References: <qBXE1.9$xS4.46705@newse2.tampabay.rr.com> <35e6d740.0@news1.ibm.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Trace: 28 Aug 1998 11:07:31 -0700, 208.146.57.170 Newsgroups: alt.games.3dfx,3dfx.products.voodoo2,alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000,alt.sys.pc-clone.micron