Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? HOW IS V3 BETTER THAN TNT2???????????????????????

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From: Andreas Riess
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00

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Richard Krehbiel wrote:

> 1. Yes, Virginia, there *are* Glide-only games.  You can't run 3D-enhanced
> Diablo 2 (to mention one) unless you've got a Voodoo card.

I've heard Diablo 2 uses Glide to improve the light effects only!? On the
other side Blizzard doesn't say it won't have D3D support at the release
date (Hehe, if it will be released this year). But perhaps my news are old ...

> 3. Voodoo 3 3000 PCI, if you only have PCI slots.  TNT2 in PCI?  Not likely.

Will really a V3 3000 PCI board hit the shelfs?

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From: Andreas Riess <riess@cs.tu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither? HOW IS V3 BETTER THAN  TNT2???????????????????????
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