to go get one myself. I'm anxiously awaiting your flight sim results. Tell
me, are you overclocking the card at all to get this kind of
performance? --Tim
>Today, I am going to try out my flight sims, F4, EAW, WWIIF, SDOE,
>and Apache Havoc. I expect similar sim goodness.
>// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
I along with many others are KEENLY interested in how F4 does along
with those other sims. Please let us know how it goes!! By the way, is
that AGP or PCI that you got...I'm seriously contemplating the Voodoo3
3000 AGP. Oh,and if you dont mind...could you say how you
installed...I.E. did you cleanse your system of previous drivers etc.
and exactly how did you do that. I know it's asking alot but I value
your opinion and expertise!
Hornit
I can't get high res GLIDE to work, but D3D + GLIDE look the same (quality +
speed wise).
I run at 1280x960 now... very very nice at this res. (very good frame rate,
very nice image quality).
:-)
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Mike
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> >I am in sim heaven. I replaced my VoodooII with a $129 Voodoo3-2000,
> >yesterday, and I can't believe the difference.
> >Today, I am going to try out my flight sims, F4, EAW, WWIIF, SDOE,
> >and Apache Havoc. I expect similar sim goodness.
> >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
> rrevved,
> I along with many others are KEENLY interested in how F4 does along
> with those other sims. Please let us know how it goes!! By the way, is
> that AGP or PCI that you got...I'm seriously contemplating the Voodoo3
> 3000 AGP. Oh,and if you dont mind...could you say how you
> installed...I.E. did you cleanse your system of previous drivers etc.
> and exactly how did you do that. I know it's asking alot but I value
> your opinion and expertise!
> Hornit
*snip*
Can't speak to F4 performance, but it is very important
with the V3 that you pop the CD in BEFORE swapping cards.
You run the CD as per instructions, it can identify your
old card and purge the drivers while it's still in. If you
swap cards first, things become more difficult. Read the
instructions first on this one and it'll all work great.
I don't think this is a big issue for non-3Dfx owners, but
if you are upgrading a Voodoo2 rig, then you should do it
the right way to get Glide done right.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
> I upgraded from Monster3D2 Voodoo2 8MB. With old Voodoo2,
>There are some jerks with 19 AI cars at even Sliverstone (800x600 res).
>No mention needed about Monaco...=(
>But, with Voodoo3 and Unofficial Banshee/Voodoo3 patch, The jerks
>are gone at same condition WITH 1024x768 res!!!!
> Numerically, It might be seen a little bit difference between 800x600 and
>1024x768, but there is THE difference! I can drive relying on eyes other
>than
>memories! I'm feeling like I got real world! =)
> Thanks 3dfx and Mr George M. Smiley!
> Now, I'm becoming optimistic about NASCAR Racing 2000 with 40 AI cars.
>CPU: Celeron 300A at 463MHz
>M/B: AOpen AX6B
>RAM: 128MB x2 (CL=2)
>Y.Minami
- 1024x768
- 19 AI cars
- starting at back of grid
- in***pit-view (of course)
- all detail on
- detail bias set about 25% (from left)
- using standard grid
- at Spa
I know it's asking a lot, but it would be much appreciated. Just want to
make sure it's worth switching from a TNT/12MB V2 combination (I don't have
a free PCI slot for a 2nd V2 in SLI).
FYI, I have a PII 450 with 128MB - an overclocked Celeron 300 should give
similar performance.
Thanks in advance,
Brian
>My system - PII-333 (oc375) / 128MB
Butting in here,
I got the V3-2000 instead of V3-3000 for several reason.
1)My 17" monitor only does 1024x768 anyway, V3-2000 fast enough.
2)Didn't need TV-out, nice but not needed
3)I am cheap
Oh wait, #3 should be #1
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-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
> >I am in sim heaven. I replaced my VoodooII with a $129 Voodoo3-2000,
> >yesterday, and I can't believe the difference.
> >Today, I am going to try out my flight sims, F4, EAW, WWIIF, SDOE,
> >and Apache Havoc. I expect similar sim goodness.
> >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
> rrevved,
> I along with many others are KEENLY interested in how F4 does along
> with those other sims. Please let us know how it goes!! By the way, is
> that AGP or PCI that you got...I'm seriously contemplating the Voodoo3
> 3000 AGP. Oh,and if you dont mind...could you say how you
> installed...I.E. did you cleanse your system of previous drivers etc.
> and exactly how did you do that. I know it's asking alot but I value
> your opinion and expertise!
> Hornit
He probably doesnt have an AGP slot. The V3/3000 is AGP only , I think.
daxe
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I upgraded from Monster3D2 Voodoo2 8MB. With old Voodoo2,
There are some jerks with 19 AI cars at even Sliverstone (800x600 res).
No mention needed about Monaco...=(
But, with Voodoo3 and Unofficial Banshee/Voodoo3 patch, The jerks
are gone at same condition WITH 1024x768 res!!!!
Numerically, It might be seen a little bit difference between 800x600 and
1024x768, but there is THE difference! I can drive relying on eyes other
than
memories! I'm feeling like I got real world! =)
Thanks 3dfx and Mr George M. Smiley!
Now, I'm becoming optimistic about NASCAR Racing 2000 with 40 AI cars.
CPU: Celeron 300A at 463MHz
M/B: AOpen AX6B
RAM: 128MB x2 (CL=2)
Y.Minami
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> > >I am in sim heaven. I replaced my VoodooII with a $129 Voodoo3-2000,
> > >yesterday, and I can't believe the difference.
> > >Today, I am going to try out my flight sims, F4, EAW, WWIIF, SDOE,
> > >and Apache Havoc. I expect similar sim goodness.
> > >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
> > rrevved,
> > I along with many others are KEENLY interested in how F4 does along
> > with those other sims. Please let us know how it goes!! By the way, is
> > that AGP or PCI that you got...I'm seriously contemplating the Voodoo3
> > 3000 AGP. Oh,and if you dont mind...could you say how you
> > installed...I.E. did you cleanse your system of previous drivers etc.
> > and exactly how did you do that. I know it's asking alot but I value
> > your opinion and expertise!
> > Hornit
Steven
> My system - PII-333 (oc375) / 128MB
> In TOCA2 racing, I was using 800x600 with the Voodoo2 and turning
> down some details to get a decent framerate while racing in a large
> pack of cars. Now, I can use 1600x1200 with ALL details to get the
> same framerate. If I use 1280x1024, or 1280x960, it is LIQUID SMOOTH
> at all times, even during huge crashes.
> And it looks real nice too.. :)
> I knew Voodoo3 would be better, but, in fact, it is an *unbelievable*
> difference!
> In Nascar 1999, I can now turn on ALL detail, 39 cars rendered ahead,
> and there is no perceptible slowdown at -any- time. Before, I could
> render about 12 cars ahead, to achieve this at ~medium detail.
> Today, I am going to try out my flight sims, F4, EAW, WWIIF, SDOE,
> and Apache Havoc. I expect similar sim goodness.
> I am -very- surprised at the performance. This card just gave my system
> a mid-life boost, for $129, that should EASILY delay building a new one
> until late 1999, early 2000.
> Let the TNT2/Voodoo3/first person shooter/review wars rage on.
> I, for one, am a very surprised and happy camper.
> --
> // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com
>> rrevved,
>> Any reason why you didn't go with the V3-3000?
>> Thanks,
>> Otis
>He probably doesnt have an AGP slot. The V3/3000 is AGP only , I
think.
>daxe
>The V3 3000 has hardware accel support for DVD...the V3 2000 does not.