I agreed with all but this point. It's time to put Voodoo cards to bed.
They don't support 32 bit graphics (and even the new Voodoo5 spec isn't
going to. They will run as fast but the color depth just won't be there.
In short, the folks at 3dfx need to get it in gear and quit resting on their
laurels... 16bit color is nice but with every new NVidia chip supporting 32
bit (and soon 64 bit color I suspect) 3dfx is going to wind up getting
dusted even worse than they are right now by the GeForce. If you're running
a Voodoo card I'd recommend, when you do upgrade, that you go to an NVidia
chipset or a Bitboys chipset.
Your mileage may vary (but in this case unless something rather significant
happens over at 3dFX they're going to wind up hurting badly.
Kev
aka: Lyrnia
> If you are running a PIII then the cheaper TNT2 sounds like your best
> alternative until the new Voodoo4/5 series or NV15 come out. Even then,
> what would be the ultimate goal? Full particle density on a dragon raid?
> Hehehe, you wouldn't be able to find the dragon in all the flashing
lights!
> You'd be blind for weeks :)
>
> > Your statement does not give enough information. If you all have the
same
> > setup as each other (except video cards) and the systems are NOT PIII or
> > Athlon then you will see tremendous improvements from the GeForce Card
> over
> > the TNT2 Ultra in all areas. Otherwise (if you did have a PIII setup or
> an
> > Athlon to a much lesser extent) in many areas the TNT2 Ultra will do
> almost
> > as well as the GeForce card. This is because the PIII SSE and the
Athlon
> > 3dNOW instruction sets do a lot of the work that the GeForce processor
> does
> > thus giving a 'diminishing returns' effect to the GeForce. There's
still
> > improvement by upgrading (as I said before) but it's not as much.
> >
> > See Tom's Hardware page for a full run-down on the differences and
> > advantages of GeForce 256 DDR over Riva TNT2 Ultra.
> >
> > There is still a noticeable improvement of the GeForce over a TNT 2
Ultra
> > but is the difference worth $300? Not in my world but others may have a
> lot
> > more money to throw around. As I said in an earlier post:
> >
> > If you have an older system an upgrade to the GeForce may be a good
idea.
> > If you're on a newer PIII system I would wait till the NV15 or Bitboys
new
> > Graphics cards come out. Both cards are at least 4 times better than
the
> > GeForce and should market at about $400.
> >
> > Up to the buyer: $300 (yes I know you can get them for around $230-$260
> as
> > well) now and $400 later this year? Or stick to what works now and just
> pay
> > $400 later? The advantages of the GeForce are great. It's
> > an AWESOME card. But I would recommend doing some pretty extensive
> reading
> > about the pro's and con's of the GeForce (or any 2nd gen card) before I
> run
> > out and buy it. 3rd Generation cards are just around the corner.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > OH: For the hard core Gamers: If you get a Gig system: Don't get one
> > based on Intel's i820 or i840 chipset, get either the VIA FBS 133
chipset
> > with 133 SDRAM or get a BX 440 chipset and overclock the board to 133mhz
> and
> > use SDRAM 133. You will get FAR better performance out of the Intel Gig
> > system on those Mboards and your games (IE: EverQuest) will run a lot
> > better.
> >
> >
> >
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