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Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? id software has the answer mother fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#425
From: LupNOSPAMine
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <370a40e4.14063971@news.early.com>, b_locced@hotmail.com wrote:

> On Tue, 06 Apr 1999 05:41:55 GMT, banjo@banjju.org (banjo) wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:19:04 -0400, CHT <tugalot@att.net> wrote:
> >
> >>I think that Unreal looks great on my SLI system, I wish someone would
> >>define shit. Sli looks quite good on about any game I have played. I
> >>have been unable to see much difference between 32bit and 16bit in any
> >>games I have tried that support it (MSCFS and Jane's WWII fighters)
> >>except that in 32bit the game will run nice and slow. I completely agree
> >>that the TNT does a better job at 16bit dithering than the Voodoo, but
> >>to say that V2 SLI looks like shit is really absurd and completely ruins
> >>the credibility of anyone who would spout such bullshit. If the TNT was
> >>up to par in high res 2D I would have bought one rather than V2 SLI and
> >>G200, but sadly the TNTs 2D (which does not look like shit) just can't
> >>compare to the G200 when it comes to image editing applications. I will
> >>say I would like to get rid of my V2s because they are hot as shit and
> >>take up two PCI slots, but they certainly don't look like shit, that is
> >>silly.
> >
> >Get over it dickwedd voodoo head you wasted your money on that sli
> >joke unreal DOES look like crap on doodoos get a real card (read
> >TNT)!!!
> >
> Actually you should try the ATI RAGEFURY 128 32mb version.  You won't
> get any cuts from running 32-bit mode.  And it is a great card


On the flip side, if yer a hard core gamer and willing ot give up a little
eye candy for better frame rates.. ATI can not do it.

The V2-sli whoops the ATI on Unreal.. 32 or 16 bit. the ATI *MAY* be about
even if you go down to 8 bit color.. ;)
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From: LupNOSPAMine@freenet.net (LupNOSPAMine)
Subject: Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? id software has the answer mother   fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 1999/04/07
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