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Article #490Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither?
From: Mike
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00
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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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