🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:36:31 -0600, "Freon" <See@signature.com> wrote:

><pre@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message

>I dont know about everyone else, but I would much rather buy the 3000 for
>$20 more.
>It has-
>1. A higher clock speed out of the box with a heatsink already on the chip.

All you need is a fan for the 2000 - I had one lying around.

>I overclocked mine to 183Mhz.

Not all 3000's will go to the next level/3500 level/183mhz... some
only go to 179/180. Even then if you get it up there you're best
advised to use a fan.  So fan expenditure for clocking up to the next
level board is equal between the 2000 and 3000.

>2. Higher triangle rate

Due purely to a faster mem/chip clock. If I clock the 2000 to 166 I
get the same exact scores as the 3000 at 166. This point's moot.

>2. A faster RAMDAC

Which you'll only appreciate if you need to run 2D at 1200x1600
x75/85hz refresh - faster RAMDAC = higher refresh rates at extreme 2D
resolutions..  Most of us don't go above 1024. Some of us don't even
have a monitor capable of 75/85hz at stuff above 1024x1280 or even
lower.   In 3D no difference baby.

>3. 2 full games and the special edition Descent3.  Plus a coupon for Unreal
>Tournament.

Well, unofficially, can get all of them from alt.binaries.games and
alt.binaries.cd-image.  But officially on this point if you don't
already have NFS3 or Unreal it's already worth the extra $20.  UT is
worth it too.  But i don't care about pack-in software. Others will.
>Is that not worth $20?

One other point is the TV-out, which is also a plus in favor of the
3000. However I've never thought TV-out was practical, or all that
incredibly good.. the V3's is passable but not as good as Canopus' or
Asus'.. even then it's kinda just a novelty - just my opinion.

All in all however the 3000 is an awesome deal, biggest strongpoint is
the strength of the pack-ins.

However I didn't need the pack-ins, I had a fan lying around, and
didn't feel like spending the extra $20.  And I'm clocked at 180 now,
no glitches.  I don't know how the hell 3dfx is gonna sell any 3500's
with the cheaper cards being so damn overclockable.