🚀 go-pugleaf

Most games that support glide support direct3d anyway so they are not
unplayable.  The amount of games that support glide are slowly dwindling and
they are going more in favor of the direct3d 6.1.  So I would not worry
about that I would just look at speed and quality issues as a whole.  To me
this would be the TNT2

Chris

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>I also just canceled my pre-order for a voodoo3 3000.  I currently have a
TNT,
>but after I read many reviews I was thinking about getting a TNT2, but this
>board still doesn't support Glide.  After all this I am still thoroughly
>confused about what to get.
>
>> perlow@technologist.com wrote:
>>
>> > After reading several early reviews of the pre-production Diamond V770,
>> > including the one from Tom's hardware guide and CNET, I have finally
decided
>> > to cancel on my order (which I have had in a queue for almost 2 months
now)
>> > from Electronics Boutique (EBWORLD).
>> >
>> > If the reviews with the beta boards and drivers are on target, and I
beleive
>> > that they are, then NVidia has really one-upped 3DFX with their TNT2.
Solid
>> > 2D performace, Voodoo2 SLI-level 3D perfomance in 16 bit color, as well
as
>> > fast 32- bit 3D support and MPEG acceleration as well. I'm sorry, but
as
>much
>> > as I love 3DFX and my voodoo2 SLI, after reading this and current
benchmarks
>> > against the Voodoo3 3000, I just had to jump ship this time.
>> >
>> > When 3DFX gets its act together and decides to get aggressive with its
chip
>> > designs instead of resting on their laurels, I'll be happy to buy and
>> > recommend another 3DFX product again. This time, my dollars go to
NVidia and
>> > Diamond.
>> >
>> > Anyone else cancel their boards from reading the recent reviews?
>> >
>> > Jason Perlow
>> > Contributing Editor
>> > ZD Sm@rt Reseller
>> >
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