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I must have missed some press release, but can anyone fill me in on
the 3DFX Rampage card? Is it the next voodoo? Where can I read more
about it? Information needed!!!

TIA
/David Rejdemyhr

On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:31:00, "Ivar Fr°lich"
<broder@broderdue(remove-this).com> wrote:

> The upside for the TNT is that it utilizes full AGP 2x  with sidebanding
> (something only the G200 does equally well), it supports mucher higher
> textures than the V2 (which is limited to 64x64), it does colors 32-bit
> internally/24 bit out, it supports very high resolutions, it uses no
> pass-through cables, and it uses unified memory (unlike the V2 12mb where
> you have a 4/4/4 setup).
>
> The downside is that it runs extremely hot (a .25 micron version should come
> at the start of '99), its drivers are still somewhat flakey and it's overall
> as fast as a V2 SLI setup.
>
> The upside of the V2 is that it is extremely stable and is getting a lot of
> developer support through Glide.
>
> The downside of the V2 is cost, 64x64 texture limit, 24 bit/16 bit colors
> (read image quality), pass-through cable (read image clarity) and no true
> AGP support (Banshee's implementation does not use sidebanding).
>
> Games like Trespasser and Halflife are indicative of what is to come.
> Halflife uses higher textures, so on the V2 you have to split polygons up
> and texture them individually (read performance drain) and the V2 gets areas
> where it "coughs" in Trespasser due to lots of textures being sendt over the
> PCI slot. These problems do not incurr on the TNT.
>
> I would advise people to sit on their V2 SLI setup if they have one. If you
> want to buy a new card and can't wait for either the .25 micron TNT (which
> runs at 125 mhz opposed to the current 90-95 mhz) or the 3dfx Rampage (which
> surely will remove the V2's downsides) go for a Banshee (which is faster
> than the V2 in games that don't utilze the 2nd TMU) or a .35 micron TNT.
>
> I agree that 3dfx gets cudos for being first to market with a great product,
> but I think their non-agp decision is a wrong one, and can't wait to see the
> specs on the Rampage (or whatever their next card will be called).
>
> Regards,
> Ivar Froelich
> Broderdue AS
>
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