% PII-266, Intel 440BX motherboard with onboard Crystal PCI sound, 64
% meg RAM. Disappoining framerates in GPL with my Canopus Rendition
% (1000) board, latest drivers.
% I read that the Thriller is better if you have less than a PII. I
% read that AGP is only marginally better than PCI and that the Thriller
% implementation of AGP is pretty rudimentary.
Actually it is also tied to raw CPU horsepower. Most of the educated
posts here, seem to indicate the Thriller will beat the Voodoo2 until
you start reaching the PII-300 stage (where they seem to be neck-n-neck
depending on resolution).
% Assume I care only about Papyrus sims.
% Question 1: Could a Thriller-8 give less performance than a Voodoo
% 2-12?
Could, but I doubt that it will in your current setup.
% Question 2: Could a Thriller-8 AGP give less performance than a
% Thriller-8 PCI?
Not less, but maybe marginally better, but sometimes less (depending on
the application and how it utilizes the AGP board. The only real good
thing about AGP is missing from the Thriller (since it is v1.0 and
doesn't support offloading texture to memory). Well there is one good
thing about AGP, it will keep free a PCI slot on your board.
% About to buy one, don't want to make a mistake.
I think Genoa has a similar card for a little less, and I have heard
good results with it.
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
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