> > >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.
> > Otherwise...the same. The 2000 is available in either PCI/AGP config.
> > cheers...duncan.
> Not to be overly contentious, but what are you clarifying? I speculated he
> probably got the V3/2000 because he doesn't have an AGP slot. If he had only a
> PCI slot, he couldn't get the V3/3000 because it is AGP only. I don't recall
> anyone mentioning DVD.
The 3000 doesn't have hardware DVD capabilities (at least none over the
2000, that is). You have to go with the substantially more expensive 3500
for that stuff.. However, I think that you are right, the 3000 doesn't
come in PCI variety, and the 3000 is also harder (MUCH) to find. I
managed to bag a 3000 at BestBuy for 150 (they ran a sale when they first
appeared, and I snagged a raincheck), about 3 weeks after it posted. I
actually found one in Maryland (I live on Colorado), brought it back, then
got the "refund" for the raincheck.
Anyway... I still can't render the sky in Janes WW2F well at all (large
FPS hit). But everything else looks pretty good...
I thinik that the 3000 comes with a niftier software bundle (Unreal, NFS2
hot pursuit, and Descent 3 demo, but no flight sims). now, if I could
only get it to work wiht ef2k!
--
Jon
http://www.glue.umd.edu/~asterix
