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Article #254Re: Should I use the Diamond or 3dfx drivers?
From: Skullduggery
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00
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The Q3dfx drivers capped q2 at 25fps so i got rid of them and went back to Diamond ones and now q3 will sit 40-50 @ 1024 x 768 (as opposed to 20-30 b4) ;-) "Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails" john_black@my-dejanews.com wrote: > Hey guys, I have a Diamond Monster 3D, and I have been getting > conflicting messages regarding which drivers to use. Some have told me > to use the 3dfx reference Voodoo drivers, but 3dfx's web site themselves > tell me to use the Diamond drivers. Which one should I use? Or is it a > question of performance versus compatibility? What are the advantages > or disadvantages of each? Thanks. > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100389,b33533cc171cf3be X-Google-Attributes: gid100389,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,b33533cc171cf3be X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: 10a47c,b33533cc171cf3be X-Google-Attributes: gid10a47c,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,b33533cc171cf3be X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public From: Skullduggery <dweeb@iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: Should I use the Diamond or 3dfx drivers? Date: 1999/05/20 Message-ID: <37439C55.C7C4C6D8@iinet.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 479913580 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7huv7o$dsi$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: iiNet Technologies Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: dweeb@iinet.net.au Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products,3dfx.oem.products.diamond.monster3d,3dfx.products.voodoo2