rec.autos.simulators

by **johnjnelso** » Tue, 18 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

by **Jeff Jone** » Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
>to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
>RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
>full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
>it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
>generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

EB World has a date of May 25th, for whatever that's worth.

by **Dave Henri** » Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Generally....when you Pre-order from a manufactuer, you will receive
your product two to three weeks after the item hits the retail shelves.
I can't say about 3dfx but what usually happens is ALL the first
shipments go to several big retailers, then the medium and little fish
get the next shipments. Usually to avoid displeasing retailers, the
manufacturer will hold back direct shipments of new products for a week
or two to make sure all the retail pipeline is filled.
Good luck!
dave henrie

> Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
> to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
> RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
> full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
> it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
> generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

by **Andrew** » Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I was a little pissed when I saw May 25th listed as a release date. Wasn't
3Dfx touting April as a release date? I also saw that the 5000 PCI isn't
due until June with the 6000 a few weeks after that (August maybe?). Nvidia
is going to beat 3Dfx once again. The only problem, I need a Voodoo to play
GPL!

> >Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
> >to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
> >RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
> >full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
> >it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
> >generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

> EB World has a date of May 25th, for whatever that's worth.

by **Mrv** » Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Should have went for a Geforce. That's where the future is at the moment.

> Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
> to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
> RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
> full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
> it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
> generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

by **Martyn Danb** » Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:00:00

From all the probs i hearin about geforce and the sims i like to play NO
THANX

Tho i not gonna rush out and buy the latest whiz bang Voodoo card
either. I'll let you guys pay too much and fix the bugs before I go
shell out 1/2 the money on a card that worx

Md

> Should have went for a Geforce. That's where the future is at the moment.

> > Yesterday I pre-ordered a Voodoo5 card at 3dfx.com. I'm looking forward
> > to replacing the wheezing Canopus Voodoo 2 in my PII-400 with 128MB of
> > RAM and seeing GPL running at 36fps at a resolution of 1024x768 with
> > full-scene anti-aliasing. I'll let you all know how it looks when I get
> > it. There was, however, no ship date listed at the site, just the
> > generic "6-8 weeks" time frame.

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