Voodoo5 does apparently support 32-bit color but it still doesn't
support hardware T&L. Legacy DX6 games don't take advantage of hardware
T&L, and unfortunately that list includes EQ. However most new games,
and existing OpenGL games do benefit from the hardware T&L, putting the
Voodoo5 at a distinct disadvantage. It hardly seems worthwhile to throw
new money at old technology; 3dfx will find themselves not one but two
generations behind the competition.
"Kevin L. Crawford" wrote:
>
> Ahh!!! Cool they changed some of the specs for the production model ;) I
> hadn't read the latest on it (Not a Voodoo fan). Glad to see they went
> main-stream ;)
>
> Sorry I was wrong. But I still think the GeForce outperforms it. I'll have
> to visit some of the sites that do benchmarks and see if they have any
> comparisons up yet.
>
> Thanks!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sikes, Jonathan (CRTATL)" <jonathan.sikes@...>
> To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 3:36 PM
> Subject: RE: Tech Advice - WAS [eqbards] New messages (Getting WAY off to
> pic)
>
> > Hate to burst your bubble but the Voodoo 5 will support/does support
> 32-bit
> > color.
> >
> > Links:
> > http://www.voodooextreme.com/articles/v5/v5article.html
> >
> > http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/V5Incarnate.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > Gwion Penderwydd
> > Bored Level 48 bard
> > Quellious
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin L. Crawford [mailto:Lyrnia@...]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 3:09 PM
> > To: eqbards@egroups.com
> > Subject: Re: Tech Advice - WAS [eqbards] New messages (Getting WAY off
> > topic)
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
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