🚀 go-pugleaf

Alas, this is the ONE time I did not take everyone's advice on Usenet
and now I'm suffering for it.  So you think the V2 & or/Banshee will
DEFINITELY give me noticeably smoother gameplay with the current crop
of first person shooters?  All I want is to be able to play these
games at their best image quality settings with respectable framerates
(25 -- 30 FPS), that is 800 X 600, 16-bit color & medium to high
detail settings.  However, am I being unrealistic here & is this even
possible with a TX-based chipset motherboard, K6-2 300 MHz cpu & a
Voodoo 2 3D accelerator?  Fortunately, I purchased the TNT card at
CompUSA & have recourse with their liberal return policy.  But would
it really be worth it to swap the TNT for the V2 or Banshee?  Don't
wanna be driving 50 miles out to CompUSA again to return the
V2/Banshee if it performs no better or only slightly better than the
TNT on my system.  I can't even begin to tell you how disappointed I
am with the TNT/K6-2 combo.  I mean, My old S220 Stealth II actually
played Blood 2 smoother than the STB Velocity 4400 at the same lower
resolution (640 X 480) & detail settings for God's sake!!!!  Thanks
for responding.

best,
joe

On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:48:31 -0500, "Rob Fullerton"
<robsNOSPAMtv@bigfoot.com> wrote:

>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.
>
>I have 2 systems running Hot 569's, K6-2 300 (at 375mhz), and Voodoo2's and
>they do scream in all of these games. This combo runs games faster than
>friends overclocked Celeron 300 and Spectra TNT card. If you are planning on
>sticking with a TNT, then when you upgrade, don't settle for less than an
>upper end P2, or you'll still be disappointed.

>joe wrote in message <368010a4.22105567@news.earthlink.net>...

>>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.

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