rec.autos.simulators

by **Steve Bergero** » Sat, 29 May 1999 04:00:00

Damnation. I have an available slot but I lack space in clearing the
processor & fan.

Thanks for the post.

by **Pressur** » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

One question, has anyone had any success SLI'ing a Creative with a Diamond
card? I have a Diamond card and am looking for a cheap card to SLI until I
decide to get V3 3500 or TNT2 Ultra. V550 working great for now, but you
know how that goes.

Pressure

by **Otto Mathek** » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

You can SLI two different V2s. Sometimes just by using reference drivers. If
this does not work, you can download a patch here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~aosnovich/
This works only with the reference drivers it is written for. So if the
gentleman who was kind enough to write this in the first place does not want
to upgrade the patch, you will not be able to use newer drivers. I used this
for one or two games, it worked fine.

> One question, has anyone had any success SLI'ing a Creative with a Diamond
> card? I have a Diamond card and am looking for a cheap card to SLI until I
> decide to get V3 3500 or TNT2 Ultra. V550 working great for now, but you
> know how that goes.

> Pressure

> > http://www.creative.com/specials/voodoo2/

> > 12MB 3D Blaster Voodoo2 Sale
> > (Factory refurbished, white box)

> > For a limited time, Creative is offering refurbished 3D Blaster
> > Voodoo2 accelerator cards for a terrific price. These boards may be
> > dealer returns, or may have slight cosmetic defects which prevent us
> > from selling them as new units. So, we've packed them in plain white
> > boxes and we're selling them online for only $49.99 each, plus
> > shipping and handling.

> > These special kits include:
> > A 12MB 3D Blaster Voodoo2

> > A registration card

> > An installation leaflet

> > SLI and pass-through cables

> > A driver installation CD

> > G-Police, Ultimate Race Pro and Incoming

> > .in other words, everything you'd get in the retail version, except
> > for the fancy outer box. This special refurbished version includes a
> > one-year limited hardware warranty.

> > Order today before the supply runs out!

> > Minimum System Requirements IBM PC or 100% compatible

> > Genuine Intel Pentium, Pentium Pro, or Pentium II processor running
> > at 90MHz or higher

> > Existing graphics card

> > One available PCI 2.1 bus slot

> > MS-DOS 5.0 or later, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0

> > A standard VGA or multi-frequency monitor
> > --
> > // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

--
Otto Matheke

"Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?"

by **Jack Ramb** » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

Refurbished boards! Ha! If taking new boards out of original packaging and
sticking them in white boxes constitutes "refurbished," well, okay these are
"refurbished." Better described as "inventory we got stuck with" after the
release of the Voodoo3. Can't imagine that many would want to pay any more
than $50 for a V2 when V3s are at or near the $100 mark.

My bet is that 95+% of these boards are "untouched by human hands" and are
simple dealer returns - dead inventory that was just languishing on their
shelves next to the V3s. Dealers are unwilling to drop the price and blow
them out the door in order to avoid the wrath/complications of customers who
just paid two or three times the price. So these perfectly fresh boards, get
returned to the manufacturer and are suddenly "refurbished".

Look for "refurbished" Banshees next.

Jack Rambo

www.RaceLive.com/GPaL

by **Jay** » Sun, 30 May 1999 04:00:00

Damit, these things must be selling like hotcakes!

All I get when trying to connect to the website is....

HTTP/1.0 Server Too Busy

:-(

Better wait until late tonight?!

by **Thom j** » Mon, 31 May 1999 04:00:00

Jay; Maybe you need an auto-url-re-connect like those
auto-re-connects on phones..<g> Good luck Thom_j.

by **Jack Ramb** » Mon, 31 May 1999 04:00:00

Good point, rrevved.

Jack

www.RaceLive.com/GPaL

by **G. Patric** » Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00

OR of course if one has a single 12meg CL V2 and has a slot open for a
second, its a good deal also...

>On Sat, 29 May 1999 10:36:22 -0400,

>> Can't imagine that many would want to pay any more
>>than $50 for a V2 when V3s are at or near the $100 mark.

>Jack, some people have a TNT or other card and would like
>to add a Voodoo card for Glide compatibility.

>This is a pretty good deal for them.. :)

G. Patricks

by **Kirk Lan** » Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Yeah...considering that a V3 3000 is $180, and the 3500 hasn't reached
stores yet, a pair of V2s for $100 is a steal...

--
Kirk Lane

ICQ: 28171652

>OR of course if one has a single 12meg CL V2 and has a slot open for a
>second, its a good deal also...

>>On Sat, 29 May 1999 10:36:22 -0400,

>>> Can't imagine that many would want to pay any more
>>>than $50 for a V2 when V3s are at or near the $100 mark.

>>Jack, some people have a TNT or other card and would like
>>to add a Voodoo card for Glide compatibility.

>>This is a pretty good deal for them.. :)

>G. Patricks

by **Eric Join** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I bet in 3 months you will be able to buy Voodoo3 2000 cards for
$50.00. This ***is all planned obsolescence.

Eric

>Yeah...considering that a V3 3000 is $180, and the 3500 hasn't reached
>stores yet, a pair of V2s for $100 is a steal...
>--
>Kirk Lane

>ICQ: 28171652

>>OR of course if one has a single 12meg CL V2 and has a slot open for a
>>second, its a good deal also...

>>>On Sat, 29 May 1999 10:36:22 -0400,

>>>> Can't imagine that many would want to pay any more
>>>>than $50 for a V2 when V3s are at or near the $100 mark.

>>>Jack, some people have a TNT or other card and would like
>>>to add a Voodoo card for Glide compatibility.

>>>This is a pretty good deal for them.. :)

>>G. Patricks

by **David Mast** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>I bet in 3 months you will be able to buy Voodoo3 2000 cards for
>$50.00. This ***is all planned obsolescence.

And it is only $100 now. It isn't crap, it's just a fast advancing field
with a lot of competition. We benefit from it.

I agree with revved. Unless you want to have a 3D-only card, freeing you to
choose any desired 2D/3D card (like TNT2), I'd get the V3 2000 for <$100 over
the two cheap V2's.

by **ddjhenri** » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>I bet in 3 months you will be able to buy Voodoo3 2000 cards for
>$50.00. This ***is all planned obsolescence.

>Eric

Why do you think 3dfx bought STB? It was competition amoung the
various board makers that was driving down the price of the cards.
Now that they control thier own cards, we probably won't see such
drastic price cuts anymore.
dave henrie

by J » Wed, 02 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Joiner) held forth on "Re: Creative selling Voodoo 2 for $49 !"

Oh yeah... they keep improving the damned hardware just to spite
us! <g>

Regards, JD

by **Kirk Lan** » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Yeah, except that I have to get 2 of these $50 Voodoo2s - I have 2 PCs!!
(Believe me, it would be a pain deciding which PC would get it if I got
one - one runs GPL fast but everything else slow (rendition) and the other
sucks at gpl but smokes anything else (matrox G200))

--
Kirk Lane

ICQ: 28171652

RMRL #191

>>I bet in 3 months you will be able to buy Voodoo3 2000 cards for
>>$50.00. This ***is all planned obsolescence.

>And it is only $100 now. It isn't crap, it's just a fast advancing field
>with a lot of competition. We benefit from it.

>I agree with revved. Unless you want to have a 3D-only card, freeing you
to
>choose any desired 2D/3D card (like TNT2), I'd get the V3 2000 for <$100
over
>the two cheap V2's.