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Article #685Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?
From: Rudy Ray Moore
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
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Celeron 300a = $77 Abit BH6 = under $100 pricewatch.com Pete <pike@mitra.com> wrote in article <75tuj7$d44@newsops.execpc.com>... > On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 03:41:41 GMT, dreamlogic@nixspamsprintmail.com > (joe) wrote: > > > Hmm, I have k62-300 fic503 and agp TNT, and shogo is smooth as silk at > 10x8.... I run TR3 and 12x10 and it seems just as fast as 8x6. I'm > not sure what your problems are... (maybe agp is the big help here) I > understand certain DX6 functions use 3DNow... > > -Pete > > > > >Just bought a TNT card for my old standard Socket 7 Shuttle > >HOT-569/K6-2 266 MHz (O/C to 300 MHz) combo & was very displeased to > >see that games like Shogo & Blood 2 run like shit through a funnel on > >it at 800 X 600. Are there any games besides Q2 that fully take > >advantage of 3DNow? I can't believe that with so many under $1000 > >K6-2-based systems being sold there isn't better 3DNow support. Until > >I can afford to get a Celeron 300A & LX motherboard I'm stuck with > >this rather disappointing K6-2 cpu and it's poor FPU performance so I > >need all the help I can get in the way of hardware/software > >acceleration. > > > >--joe > > > >remove nixspam to reply via email > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4bb2,32e6a823c4cc0c95 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bb2,public X-Google-Thread: 10ec8c,32e6a823c4cc0c95 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ec8c,public X-Google-Thread: 108f8e,32e6a823c4cc0c95 X-Google-Attributes: gid108f8e,public From: "Rudy Ray Moore" <jland@NOSPAMetgs.com> Subject: Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2? Date: 1998/12/24 Message-ID: <75ugst$69g$0@206.162.38.53> X-Deja-AN: 425612704 References: <368010a4.22105567@news.earthlink.net> <75tuj7$d44@newsops.execpc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,3dfx.products.voodoo2,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action