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Article #689Re: Are there ANY games that use 3DNow *fully* besides Q2?
From: MB
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 00:00
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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.
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