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

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From: Pete
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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From: pike@mitra.com (Pete)
Subject: Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?
Date: 1998/12/24
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