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Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither?

#497
From: Thomas Schamer
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 00:00
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Why do we keep saying the same crap over and over to each other.  I can't be
dreaming, though.  I just bit my finger off and it hurt. ;-)
Freon <See@signature.com> wrote in message news:37082721.0@news.mocc.net...
> Yeah, on Riva3D.  There are no results showing anythig being "MUCH FASTER"
> You must be dreaming.
>
> --
> Freon
> m | b at mocc com
>
> Thomas Schamer <t.schamer@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:7e93mt$m36$17@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net...
> > No, I forget the actual link, but it was on Riva3D.
> > Freon <See@signature.com> wrote in message
> news:37053a32.0@news.mocc.net...
> > > Much faster?
> > > Got a link to these 'much faster' results?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Matt
> > > Thomas Schamer <t.schamer@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> > > news:7e3534$n6$1@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net...
> > > > Nope, the new benchmarks, the real ones, show the V3 to be MUCH
> faster.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chaotic Origin <7bu1q896t1@news.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:7df5c7$p5p$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> > > > > What I don't understand is that the TNT2 is just a faster TNT with
> AGP
> > > 4x
> > > > > and more memory etc. Does it have new 3d features like hardware
bump
> > > > > mapping, enviroment mapping, full screen anti aliasing, texture
> > > > compression,
> > > > > etc.? The TNT-2 will probably be the fastest by 10% or so. I
> > definitely
> > > do
> > > > > not think it is a next generation card, but a faster current
> > generation
> > > > > card.
> > > > >
> > > > > My previous point was that the cards haven't even been shipped yet
> but
> > > > > because of Tom a vaporware card is already name the king of 3d.
You
> > even
> > > > say
> > > > > the words yourself. That is just BS...at least for a few months.
> > > > Personally,
> > > > > I rather have a card that is 10-25% slower than the TNT-2 but have
> > cool
> > > > new
> > > > > 3d features.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Mr. Mojo <5mojo5@airmail.net> wrote in message
> > > > >
> > > > > >company. After seeing the Voodoo3 I though "oh crap, they did
> > > everything
> > > > I
> > > > > >was hopeing they wouldn't do" which is just release a faster
> version
> > of
> > > > the
> > > > > >Banshee. Currently in my mind the TNT2 is the king of the NEXT
gen
> of
> > > > > cards,
> > > > > >hopefully 3Dfx takes the next round and all those other companies
> can
> > > go
> > > > to
> > > > > >hell.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >--
> > > > > >Mr. Mojo
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Thomas Schamer" <t.schamer@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither?
Date: 1999/04/05
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