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Article #647Re: Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2?
From: Jeffrey Karp
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:00
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If you have a K6-2, then the Voodoo 3 will be best. Of course if you want great performance from a Voodoo 3, then you should consider upgrading to a K6-3 processor, as Voodoo 3 supports 3D Now. When 3D Now is optimized but not SSE, a K6-3 has much greater 3D performance than a comparable speed Pentium 3. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/990222/ca_3dfx_in_1.html http://www.processor.org/ed1.htm rockieman@my-dejanews.com wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > > > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own > > > > > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,48cc06dcc69bed21 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,48cc06dcc69bed21 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public From: Jeffrey Karp <jeffkarp@erols.com> Subject: Re: Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2? Date: 1999/03/18 Message-ID: <36F1538E.EE4BBBD2@erols.com> X-Deja-AN: 456211072 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7cm6kp$iaq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <36F007BD.A53A1C93@erols.com> <7crbrg$t8g$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com X-Trace: qbB11ph6XkGfqMSZMnqzRFYd7/+xyazN79BB3V22rC0= Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: jeffkarp@erols.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Mar 1999 19:28:26 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products.voodoo2