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Article #687Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?
From: Pete
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:00
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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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