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Article #506Re: TNT2 or Voodoo3 or neither?
From: Thomas Schamer
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 00:00
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No, the V3 isn't overclocked, it is actually a much faster chip than the Banshee, but with the same concept. Kind of like a Pentium III is to a Pentium II. 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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