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hotreadytogo22
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posted 10-24-2000 11:23 AM     Profile for hotreadytogo22   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
looking to buy new one any sugg.?
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posted 10-24-2000 09:19 PM     Profile for sinisterstorm2000   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well.. What kind of computer do you have? I found that with my Voodoo3-3000 TV that it is wicked. I have a
PIII-733 EB Coppermine
128 Meg of PC-133 Dimms.
Voodoo 3-3000
And i get 71 FPS in a timedemo on Quake with all the details on highest in 800x600. If i went higher i would get about 60fps.

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posted 10-24-2000 09:20 PM     Profile for sinisterstorm2000   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
*********Quake3 not Quake**************

Well.. What kind of computer do you have? I found that with my Voodoo3-3000 TV that it is wicked. I have a
PIII-733 EB Coppermine
128 Meg of PC-133 Dimms.
Voodoo 3-3000
And i get 71 FPS in a timedemo on Quake3 with all the details on highest in 800x600. If i went higher i would get about 60fps.


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posted 10-24-2000 10:41 PM     Profile for DeskJet   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I thought my V3/2000 was wicked with my PIII650 ................ till I put in a Geforce2. 90+ at 1024x768 and all the eye candy on.
The V3 is a good card but if you want the best, go with a Geforce2 or maybe the V5

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posted 10-25-2000 04:24 AM     Profile for Parsout   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
If you wait about, 3 weeks the first cards of the ne GeForce 2 Ultra will be coming out.

The one to go for - Asus (of the above chipset) although, 'tis a hefty price packet
of about, ummmm, $670 australian.

Parsout - I personally am waiting till the GeForce 3 (nv20)


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posted 10-25-2000 08:14 AM     Profile for hotreadytogo22   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
AMD 650
128 meg 133 ram
I think I will wait a couple of weeks
thanks

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posted 10-25-2000 10:12 AM     Profile for sinisterstorm2000   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Well. My card only cost me $150. So i got a good deal. If i had the money I would of got a V5. But i didn't. Plus I know so many people with NVidia cards and have switched to a 3dFX chipset. The reliabilty in my experiance is much better. And cheaper in most case. Id also rather a card that gave me everything. 3dfx/Opengl/ALl the MS APIS. : ) Just my opinion.
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posted 10-26-2000 06:56 AM     Profile for Parsout   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I had a banshee once...

glide has become obsolete, so i bought an Nvidia BECAUSE 3dfx still has blurry, oily textures, even with the Voodoo 5 the "true" trilinear is not great.

Just look at the old q3 test rocket smoke..

But 3dfx was the first to go 64mb, which is very cool.

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posted 10-27-2000 02:47 AM     Profile for Lindi   Author's Homepage     Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Parsout:
But 3dfx was the first to go 64mb, which is very cool.

Parsout


Isn't that still 32 Mb per graphics processor? Or am I mistaken?

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posted 10-27-2000 04:57 AM     Profile for Parsout   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Na, i think its solid 64 SDR

But Nvidia GeForce GTS'S have just flooded the market with 64 mb DDR mmmmmm.....

Parsout


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posted 12-16-2000 03:10 PM     Profile for Squeejee   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I can get up to 195 frames per second since I overclocked my Voodoo 3 2000 .
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posted 01-04-2001 09:51 PM     Profile for Gladiator   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Somebody has to set you monkeys straight... It's 32MB per processor, so it can only hold 32MB of textures. This is the same thing ATI did with their RAGE FURY MAXX, each chip needs it's own memory since each is calculating the scene individually. V5 sucks rocks. It might have been alright, if it were released when it was supposed to be- that is a year before, but NVidia has come ahead in technology. By the way, NVidia has bought all of 3dfx's patents(and thus essentially the company) WooHoo! no more VooDoo! Geforce2 is available in 64MB DDR, and is you wait a little while, NV20 cards will be out with 128MB DDR... l8r.
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posted 01-04-2001 09:59 PM     Profile for grumpy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
the boom boom!?!?!
hahahaha

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posted 01-04-2001 11:56 PM     Profile for Parsout   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Excellent, your training is almost complete my young padawan

Very good Grumpers

Parsout


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posted 01-05-2001 12:59 AM     Profile for grumpy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
thank you master!!!!!!!!
i learn from da best!!
i too will be a jedI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
or @least be trained in the jedi arts

*waves hand*
"you will get on your knees" mwahahahahaha

[This message has been edited by grumpy (edited 01-05-2001).]


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posted 01-05-2001 01:05 AM     Profile for grumpy   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
hahaha
now smile like a donut! heheh

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