system. I use 3dcc to switch which card I want doing D3D. Of
course, I only do it for testing, because the Monster II is
so much better at D3D. I have an Abit AX5 with P5 266 MMX,
64mb EDO. (Soon to be Abit AH6, Celery 266 at 400 or
more{maybe!}, 128mb's CAS 2 PC-100 SDRAM!)
Here's a quick rundown of these cards and the sims and
games.
SIMS:
GPL demo - Thriller or Voodoo 2, Interesting dilemma here,
color looks better on Thriller, but I can run higher
resolutions on the Monster II, so I guess it all depends on
your monitor size and what res you want to run. 800x600 and
lower, go with Thriller, otherwise Monster 2.
NASCAR 2 - Thriller or Voodoo 2, Thriller is much better.
Only 2 small problems. The Rendition version only runs
inside Windows 95 (There may be a patch for this) and after
running NASCAR 2 3DFX, the Rendition version does not work.
If I want to run the Rendition version, I have to restart
the system. Works fine the other way around.
Indycar 2 (CART) - Thriller, Rendition version is the only
way to go, Three small problems, Won't run inside Windows 95
period, Indyfast only works if I start Winblows 95 and then
shutdown to MS-DOS mode (or create a shortcut to do the same
thing). Anti-aliasing doesn't work right, turning it off
makes the game much better (there may be a patch to fix
this).
F1RS - Monster II - the only way to go. Install Glide
version, apply patch or patches, very fast and much better
than D3D version on the Thriller. No problems I can think
of.
GP2 - Of course this old ass game doesn't use either, but it
runs better in MS-DOS mode. Very dependent on CPU, still fun
even though the graphics are really, really outdated.
SODA - Thriller -only way to go, fun, but the graphics were
2 years old when it was released. No Problems, graphics
slower than they should be on V2200, 266MMX, poor
programming I suppose.
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GAMES:
NFS 3 Demo - what a hoot, where are Daisy and Roscoe?,
considerably better on Monster II.
Motoracer 2 Demo - considerably better on Monster II.
Monster Truck Madness 2 - considerably better on Monster II.
Andretti Racing - Install Glide patch, pretty, but not much
of a game, still considerably better on Monster II.
Quake - Unbelievably better on Monster II.
Quake 2- same as above.
Unreal - same as above.
Sin demo - same as above.
Forsaken - same as above.
Incoming - same as above.
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to run a rendition card along with a
> Voodoo card in the same machine and switch between the two for different sims?
> TIA
> -don
> "To race is to live, everything else is just waiting." - Rudi Caricciola