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Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?

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From: Mike Baker
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <3681c5b0.0@news.mocc.net>, MB <See@signature.com> writes
>
>Mike Baker wrote in message ...
>>In article <75ob35$2e6i$1@news.gate.net>, Rob Fullerton
>><robsNOSPAMtv@bigfoot.com> writes
>>>The problem lies more in your choice of video card, not the system it is
>in.
>>>If you had chosen a V2 instead of the TNT, you probably wouldn't be
>posting
>>>any complaints.
>>>
>>>The Shuttle 569 is not a super socket 7, and the TNT would be easily
>beaten
>>>by a Voodoo2 in this system. Add to that the fact that 3DNow! is much
>better
>>>optimized for the V2.
>>>
>>
>>Would you mind explaining how 3DNow! instructions are better optimized
>>for the V2?
>
>
>Driver optimizations or possibly the Super7 board.  A K6-2 can only equal a
>PII performance in Quake2 with the Voodoo2.
>Since the Voodoo2 and TNT perform about the same on the same PII, it has got
>to be the drivers or the Super7 architecture.
>
You mean the Voodoo 2 drivers are optimized for 3DNow, not the other way
round. I thought someone had implied that the 3DNow instructions were
optimized for Voodoo cards!
-- 
Mike Baker
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From: Mike Baker <mike@surfer-rosa.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?
Date: 1998/12/24
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