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Article #485Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither?
From: Thomas Schamer
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00
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"Now let's see how well you........handle it." Mike <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote in message news:JA8O2.4403$LM.8232@news.rdc1.mi.home.com... > Woah Nelly, watch where you point that thing!!!!!!!!!! It's a > monster!!!!!!!!!!!! > > LOL > > hahahahhahahahahahhah > > :-) > > "I see your schwartz is as big as mine" > > ROFL > > :) > > -- > > Mike > > Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > Thomas Schamer <t.schamer@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message > news:7eau0q$1i5$3@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net... > > Mine's biggest.;-) > > Mike <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote in message > > news:Rm2O2.4345$LM.8158@news.rdc1.mi.home.com... > > > I think, my dick is bigger. > > > > > > :) > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > > > > > check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > > > > > bp <sixball@mindspring.com> wrote in message > > > news:370885af.876395493@news.mindspring.com... > > > > On Sun, 04 Apr 1999 19:07:30 GMT, "Mike" > > > > <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote: > > > > > > > > >So, give me a reason, why I should buy V3? > > > > > > > > > >If the TNT2 has a "richer feature set", why would I get V3? > > > > Hey > > > > Mikey Get what ever Fu*cking card you want !!!! > > > > No one told you to get a v3 ! if you want a tnt2 good for you ! GO GET > > > > IT ! > > > > > > > > These my "card is going to be better than your card" threads are > > > > silly. > > > > I have a good idea ....lets start a really meaningful thread > > > > ..something like > > > > > > > > "My dick is bigger than you dick" thread.sheeez > > > > > > > > > >Almost all of the reviews show V3 3500 + TNT2 at nearly identical > > speeds > > > > >(one is faster in one review, the other faster in another review). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > > >Mike > > > > > > > > > >Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > > > > > > > > >check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > > > > > > > > >John Reynolds <mjolnir@erinet.com> wrote in message > > > > >news:7e83lg$lp5$1@news.erinet.com... > > > > >> Did you know the TnT chipset is really a dual pipelined Riva 128 > > > > >> architecture, which was engineered in 1996-1997. A TnT2 is a more > > > highly > > > > >> clocked TnT on a .25 micron die, so it's also 2 year old > technology. > > > Not > > > > >> quite as old as 3dfx's, and certainly possessing a richer feature > > set, > > > but > > > > >> not exactly bringing a boatload of new features to the table. I've > > > heard > > > > >a > > > > >> lot of people disparage both products for just that, being merely > > > faster > > > > >> iterations based on pre-existing technology. Buy whichever one > > appeals > > > to > > > > >> you the most. > > > > >> > > > > >> John > > > > >> > > > > >> Mike wrote in message ... > > > > >> >shhhh > > > > >> > > > > > >> >You keep using 3 year old technology buddy, I'm movin' on up! > > heheheh > > > > >> > > > > > >> >-- > > > > >> > > > > > >> >Mike > > > > >> > > > > > >> >Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > > > >> > > > > > >> >check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > > > >> > > > > > >> >John Reynolds <mjolnir@erinet.com> wrote in message > > > > >> >news:7e7uo1$it0$1@news.erinet.com... > > > > >> >> I think that's a bit overstated, but whatever gets you through > the > > > day. > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> John > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> Mike wrote in message ... > > > > >> >> >Just because you think your Ford Escort looks good, doesn't > mean > > > that > > > > >> the > > > > >> >> >neighboors Ferrari isn't better. > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> >-- > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> >Mike > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> >Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> >check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> >John Reynolds <mjolnir@erinet.com> wrote in message > > > > >> >> >news:7e6vrd$o5k$1@news.erinet.com... > > > > >> >> >> I wouldn't say bad image quality. It was quite good, for its > > > time. > > > > >> >Now > > > > >> >> >> it's mediocre. ..not bad, just middle of the road. > > > > >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> john > > > > >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> Mike wrote in message ... > > > > >> >> >> >tnt=slow, good picture quality > > > > >> >> >> >sli = fast, bad picture quality > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >you have nothin > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >shhhhhhhhhhhhh > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >-- > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >Mike > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when > replying > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> >Machiavellian <rruss@ameritech.net> wrote in message > > > > >> >> >> >news:rDBN2.29199$Ll.3649@nntp0.detroit.mi.ameritech.net... > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> >> Mike <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote in message > > > > >> >> >> >> news:M_nN2.3945$LM.7798@news.rdc1.mi.home.com... > > > > >> >> >> >> >Get the fuck outta here! You would take a G400 or Perm3 > > over > > > > >> >> >> >> >TNT2!!!!!!??????? > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> >> OK, Mike let me explain something to you. What is the TNT > 2 > > > > >> >offering > > > > >> >> >> that > > > > >> >> >> >I > > > > >> >> >> >> do not already have in my setup. The TNT 2 offers nothing > > but > > > > >> speed > > > > >> >> >> which > > > > >> >> >> >> my SLI setup does quite fine. I already have a TNT and > > since > > > the > > > > >> >TNT > > > > >> >> 2 > > > > >> >> >> >> looks exactly the same, its worthless to me. The G400 and > > the > > > > >> >> Permedia > > > > >> >> >3 > > > > >> >> >> >> offer improved image quality than the TNT 2. If the > > Permedia > > > 3 > > > > >and > > > > >> >> >G400 > > > > >> >> >> >can > > > > >> >> >> >> obtain the speed of a 125/150 clocked TNT 2, those cards > > look > > > to > > > > >be > > > > >> >> >more > > > > >> >> >> a > > > > >> >> >> >> 3rd gen card than the TNT 2. The TNT 2 is just a > > overclocked > > > TNT > > > > >> >just > > > > >> >> >> >like > > > > >> >> >> >> the V3 and its not worthy of a upgrade. Neither the V3 > nor > > > the > > > > >TNT > > > > >> >2 > > > > >> >> >> >offer > > > > >> >> >> >> anything new to my setup and for the time they will be on > > top > > > is > > > > >> >quite > > > > >> >> >> >> small. There are a lot of games I want to play that will > > have > > > > >> >> >> >environmental > > > > >> >> >> >> bumpmapping coming out real soon and since the TNT 2 does > > not > > > > >> >support > > > > >> >> >> this > > > > >> >> >> >> feature well you know..... > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > > >> >> >> > > > > >> >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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