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Article #497Re: 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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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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