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Article #355Re: Topic: What's today's best 2D card + 3D card combination for gaming?!!!
From: q2
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 00:00
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hey... I own a V3... not a G400... the benchmarks show that the G400 **on a high end system** has good framerates to go along with it's features. no card will ever be as stable as a V3. But other cards have more features. if I was to get a p3-500+ I'd get a G400 to go along with it. and put a pci V3 in as well. i don't care much about 2d. as long as it runs 1600x1200x32 at 75hz or better. Is Graham wrote: > > Exactly what planet do you come from!!! Most benchmarking test show that the > G400 is way out classed by the likes off the voodoo3 and the ultra tnt2!!! > It maybe quicker at doing some 2d things, but when it comes to 3d thing the > other two cards are way better. Personaly I prefer the voodoo 3 due to glide > support. > > q2 wrote in message <37947D07.C3A1DEE7@hotmail.com>... > >if you're gonna get anything higher than a P3-450 make sure you buy a > >G400. it is the fastest and most fully featured card out today and it > >runs circles around everyone when used on a high end system. > > > >if you're gonna spend that kind of money on a new system, then get a > >G400 > > > >Is > > > >ping7678@ping.be wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am about to get myself a new computer (it will be a 500Mhz I think) > >> esp. for playing all the latest games and I am trying to figger out what > >> graphic card(s) to get. I have 2 questions: > >> > >> 1/ is it still best to go with 2 separate cards (a 2D and a 3D card)? If > >> so, I think I would get a Voodoo II or III card as my 3D card, cause it > >> still seems the card most compatible with games I would like to buy, but > >> I don't know which brand is best?!!. Also, which 2D card would best fit > >> with the Voodoo card you suggest?! > >> > >> 2/ or will a 2D/3D card be equally good, and if so, which is the leader > >> here? > >> > >> PS: should I buy AGP or PCI cards? > >> > >> PS2: is it true that if you use a 3D card like Voodoo 2, this can > >> distort your 2D card in higher resolutions? what's the story and is > >> there anything you can do about this? > >> > >> Any good suggestions are very welcome!! Thanks alot!! > >> > >> Greetings, > >> > >> Luc. > > > >-- > >How many of you believe in telekenesis? raise my hand.... > >Is/Q2 > > -- How many of you believe in telekenesis? raise my hand.... Is/Q2 ************************ "The actual user of the PC -- someone who can do anything they want -- is the enemy." -David Aucsmith, Intel
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11094b,c972bceece4e52de X-Google-Attributes: gid11094b,public X-Google-Thread: 10320c,c972bceece4e52de X-Google-Attributes: gid10320c,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,c972bceece4e52de X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,c972bceece4e52de X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public From: q2 <avonne@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Topic: What's today's best 2D card + 3D card combination for gaming?!!! Date: 1999/07/23 Message-ID: <37987006.EE669F8A@hotmail.com> X-Deja-AN: 504401303 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <378D7997.791E228@ping.be> <37947D07.C3A1DEE7@hotmail.com> <7n2h44$2il$1@uranium.btinternet.com> X-Accept-Language: en X-Posted-Path-Was: not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-ELN-Date: 23 Jul 1999 13:37:13 GMT X-ELN-Insert-Date: Fri Jul 23 06:45:07 1999 Organization: EarthLink Network, Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,alt.games.3dfx,3dfx.products.voodoo2,3dfx.products.voodoo3