rec.autos.simulators

> Hope you can tell me some help here.   I am looking to run nascar and games
> like mtm, cart, flight simulators...

> Since only nascar 9of games I use anyway) uses the rendition?  (confused
> here) based cards.  I have a 2 mb matrox millenium (original).  Nascar2 is
> probably as it can get for now...  Unless, if rend cards are low price now,
> do they support the directx enough to just get one rendition chip based
> addon card, and see better performance on mtm and other direx stuff at all?
> I could entertain some improvement here, doesnt have to be THE VERY BEST!!
> I mean I have some money to play with but not Bunches where I'd go buy 3 new
> cards for my system just for games ya understand...
>     OR is it, that it just wont do 3dfx games like MTM, Cart etc....?
> Has anyone tried or seen matrox's m3D would this be my more reasonable
> option?  at least cart and mtm would run much beter?

> Any help, thanks

>> Hope you can tell me some help here.   I am looking to run nascar and games
>> like mtm, cart, flight simulators...

>> Since only nascar 9of games I use anyway) uses the rendition?  (confused
>> here) based cards.  I have a 2 mb matrox millenium (original).  Nascar2 is
>> probably as it can get for now...  Unless, if rend cards are low price now,
>> do they support the directx enough to just get one rendition chip based
>> addon card, and see better performance on mtm and other direx stuff at all?
>> I could entertain some improvement here, doesnt have to be THE VERY BEST!!
>> I mean I have some money to play with but not Bunches where I'd go buy 3 new
>> cards for my system just for games ya understand...
>>     OR is it, that it just wont do 3dfx games like MTM, Cart etc....?
>> Has anyone tried or seen matrox's m3D would this be my more reasonable
>> option?  at least cart and mtm would run much beter?

>> Any help, thanks
>Stinger,
>    this is sounding to me that you need some pointing in the right
>direction. Here is what I recommend to my clients; junk the old 2meg
>card and first order of business is a Intergraph Intense 3d 100 4meg
>Rendition card ($100.) This will allow you to drive the Papyrus sims and
>give you pretty good all around 2d performance for all games.There are
>lots of new cards coming out but for a hundred bucks you get quite a bit
>of bang for your buck. Then later when you can afford it install a 3dfx
>card alongside the Rendition. That's the exact combo that I run in my
>own machine and lots of client's have big grin's too!
>    All the best, Mike Davis