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Re: 3DFX is the end coming.........

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From: Matt
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00
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I only reason why the image is worse, it cause when they review things
comparing the Voodoo 2 to the TNT, they turn up the alpha and the gamma all
the way up, so all the colors are all washed out.  That is really dumb.



Sam wrote in message <35FEB6F1.A5A9C446@eagle1.eaglenet.com>...
>I just read an article in the October issue of PC Games. Apparently the
>developers
>of Duke Nukem Forever and Prey (think its GT Interactive) are pulling
>the Glide engine because they like the features of Directx6 (D3D)
>better. So is this the beginning of the end for 3DFX only games? Even
>John Carmack of  ID (QUAKE 2) and the other guy there say how they love
>the features of Directx 6 on the TNT. Good news for TNT and G200 owners
>because they won't have to wait for Opengl patches. Not so good news for
>3DFX because they lose thier ace in the hole if developers quit using
>Glide. But the current Voodoo 1 and 2 can still run everything so owners
>are still fine. 3DFX will just have to bust their asses a little harder
>to stay ahead of everyone else. Thats good news for all of us.
>
>Good news for me because my current voodoo 1 should be able to handle
>any of the upcoming
>3DFX games (Myth 2) and I won't have to eventually upgrade to a Voodoo 2
>next to my
>TNT. I loved my current Monster 3D but buying 2 video cards blows dead
>bear. I could really use
>a harddrive upgrade instead. :-)
>
>
>
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From: "Matt" <sds@ssssd.com>
Subject: Re: 3DFX is the end coming.........
Date: 1998/09/16
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