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3Dfx was the king, but the king is very ill, and the Prince_Nvidia just
might take the crown in the next month.

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Mike

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Mr. Mojo <5mojo5@airmail.net> wrote in message
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> Being the king has more to do with public opinion than with real world
> performance. Currently 3Dfx is the king of 3D gaming, do they have the
best
> all-around card? Not really, the image quality of the voodoo2 is lacking
and
> it doesn't destroy the other cards in every benchmark. But guess what card
> is in my system? yup a voodoo2, which  bought because I respected 3Dfx as
a
> 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
>
> "And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on;
> and so did I."
> Chaotic Origin <7bu1q896t1@news.com> wrote in message
> <7de5eh$618$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
> >When you hype one board declaring it "king of 3d cards" before nVidia
> >releases official specs, finishing drivers and any other companies
> releasing
> >official specs like whether or not 175mhz is the final clockrate, I *do*
> >think it is mostly Tom's fault. If you ever read his CeBIT blurb you
would
> >obviously see his bias against 3dfx. Compare that to another CeBIT report
> >like the one at 3d Concepts.
> >
> >Also, if you look at Tom's CeBit Blurb you would have seen the beta
> >benchmarks for the PowerVR 250 Neon which got 49fps in 1024x768 Q2
Crusher
> >demo verses the Ultra TNT2's 50fps or so. I don't think Crusher demo is a
> >good 3d test but that is another issue. I think that it obviously proves
> >that it is too premature to declare a king when there are several
promising
> >cards in the near future.
> >
> >
> >Mr. Mojo <5mojo5@airmail.net> wrote in message
>
><52F6ECA1A90D5450.1A1EA646BC48AB1D.E55D8869CC4050E0@library-proxy.airnews.n
> e
> >t>...
> >>Thats Tom's fault? I thought it was because most of the other cards you
> >>mentioned were gonna get their ass kicked by the TNT2/Voodoo 3. Nivida
and
> >>3dFX are the only two companies who have religious followings (since all
> >the
> >>other ones have been useless up until now) so they are the ones that get
> >the
> >>most hype. Lets see, Power VR: First card blew absolute chunks and next
> one
> >>is extremely late, Matrox g400: So far they have yet to make a video
card
> >>thats not underpowered, S3 Savage 4: hahah S3, they have a bad rep to
> >>overcome with that crap they used to sell, 3Dlabs Permedia3: Great 3D
app
> >>performance, bad game performance.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Mr. Mojo
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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