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Article #508Re: 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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Yeah, I know. The Ferrari is the V3 - it is SO MUCH FASTER. If you still don't believe me on this point, check out Riva3D's new ( and real, not made-up or exaggerated) benchmarks. Mike <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote in message news:hpKN2.4123$LM.8044@news.rdc1.mi.home.com... > Just because you think your Ford Escort looks good, doesn't mean that the > neighboors Ferrari isn't better. > > > > -- > > Mike > > Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying > > check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic > > John Reynolds <mjolnir@erinet.com> wrote in message > news:7e6vrd$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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