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Riva TNT w/ GPL

Pat Schmid

Riva TNT w/ GPL

by Pat Schmid » Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Is there anyone out there using a combination of a voodoo2 12mb card and a
Riva TNT based 16mb 2d/3d card? And if so would you say you've seen any
improvements on framerate from just using a voodoo2 all by itself?
Jack

Riva TNT w/ GPL

by Jack » Tue, 29 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Depending upon which graphic option you select, GPL will use one board or
the other but not both. You won't realize any benefits from having a
powerful primary video controller if you are using 3Dfx mode.

FYI, on the same hardware with identical settings, here's what I've seen:

                    Diamond Viper V550 TNT AGP 16MB                Creative
Labs Blaster Banshee AGP 16MB (3Dfx)
Software                    14-19 fps
NA
Open GL                    22-24 fps
NA
3Dfx                            NA
35-36 fps


Pat Schmid

Riva TNT w/ GPL

by Pat Schmid » Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Thanks loads, you just made up my mind between a better sound card or adding
the TNT to my existing system...


>Depending upon which graphic option you select, GPL will use one board or
>the other but not both. You won't realize any benefits from having a
>powerful primary video controller if you are using 3Dfx mode.

>FYI, on the same hardware with identical settings, here's what I've seen:

>                    Diamond Viper V550 TNT AGP 16MB                Creative
>Labs Blaster Banshee AGP 16MB (3Dfx)
>Software                    14-19 fps
>NA
>Open GL                    22-24 fps
>NA
>3Dfx                            NA
>35-36 fps



>>Is there anyone out there using a combination of a voodoo2 12mb card and a
>>Riva TNT based 16mb 2d/3d card? And if so would you say you've seen any
>>improvements on framerate from just using a voodoo2 all by itself?

Ed Medli

Riva TNT w/ GPL

by Ed Medli » Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:00:00


There is no correlation between the TNT and Voodoo card when running 3dfx.
The Voodoo takes over all of it then. That is a great 2d/3d/3dfx combination
though. You get the best of all worlds.
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