🚀 go-pugleaf

Andrew Chiang wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 02:09:42 -0600, "RCR" <rcr1954_atsign_ibm_dot_net>
> wrote:
> 
> >I'm considering buying a Voodoo card but am concerned about reports of image
> >degradation - no matter how great the 3d stuff is, I won't accept any
> >3dfx-caused loss of sharpness in Windows apps.
> >
> It really depends on how picky you are, what monitor you have, what
> video card (2d and 3d card) and what resolution and refresh rate you
> run at.  I just got an Orchid Righteous 3D (which some claim has the
> least degradation due to its mechanical relay), and I noticed fairly
> significant degradation at 800x600x85hz.  Dropping it down to 75 hz
> made it a better, but it's definitely a little worse.
> 
> At 1024x768x75 hz, there is noticeable degradation as well.  I think
> you might be best off seeing one in action and seeing if you can
> borrow one to try on your system.
> 
> I'm running my Righteous 3D w/a Matrox Millennium on an IBM P70 17"
> monitor (which appears to be an OEMed Sony 17seII but w/o the BNC
> connectors :().  If you have a monitor that has 2 inputs, you could
> forego the pass thru and hook each card up to the separate inputs on
> your monitor.
> 
> The "3d stuff" is great though.  It made CART Precision Racing and
> FS98 look significantly better and run somewhat faster.  Enhanced MW2
> (esp. compared to the original) looks great, so do Flight Unlimited
> II, Wing Commander Prophecy, and Quake II (trying to run this w/o the
> assistance of the 3D card gave me far inferior graphics and along
> w/jerkiness, runs great w/the 3D card enabled).
> 
so there is degredation for resolutions higher than 1024x768??? say at
1600x1200 its gonna be bad???