WIll F1 2000 run better with a Geforce?
Rene
As always, your mileage may vary...
...Klinn
Actually I think it will run better with a V5 5500. Of for no other
reason than the menus will not be porked :-)
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Yep, my Geforce2 is going back as soon as the store gets in a Voodoo5
for exactly that reason. Same problem with SCGT too. If you want FSAA
then forget the Geforce2. I kind of knew that when I bought a Gef2,
but had to see it for myself. Now that I have tried one I am fully
qualified to call it a piece of crap. :-)
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Nos
>>Actually I think it will run better with a V5 5500. Of for no other
>>reason than the menus will not be porked :-)
>Yep, my Geforce2 is going back as soon as the store gets in a Voodoo5
>for exactly that reason. Same problem with SCGT too. If you want FSAA
>then forget the Geforce2. I kind of knew that when I bought a Gef2,
>but had to see it for myself. Now that I have tried one I am fully
>qualified to call it a piece of crap. :-)
JoH
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> >Actually I think it will run better with a V5 5500. Of for no other
> >reason than the menus will not be porked :-)
> Yep, my Geforce2 is going back as soon as the store gets in a Voodoo5
> for exactly that reason. Same problem with SCGT too. If you want FSAA
> then forget the Geforce2. I kind of knew that when I bought a Gef2,
> but had to see it for myself. Now that I have tried one I am fully
> qualified to call it a piece of crap. :-)
I am also not convinced that the V5-5500 will vastly improve the
framerate in F1 20000, SCGT, N3, EAW, F4, Freespace2 and
anyother game I might have forgotten. If it boosted my F12K
framerate from 20 to 30 or 35 in a Grandprix with a full field then
I would certainly be interested. Also if it would boost the framerate
in F4's campaign (1024x768) from 25 to *MUCH* higher I would
also be interested. I am not sure my 12 MB Voodoo2 and my
old trusty 16MB TNT is worth replacing at this point. All of my
games are running at a great framerate.
So why should I upgrade? Oh wait... Because I want to***
around with immature drivers that don't work worth a darn :-)
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Considering that the GF2 blows V5 away in Quake3 I really can't see it being
much (if at all) better than GF2 in driving sims. Although the V5's D3D
performance is a lot closer (if not better?) to GF2 than under openGL.
800x600 - give me higher res over AA any day.
Both cards are good solutions, both will sell well, both companies will live
to fight the next round : )
bod
Just read the V5 5500 review at http://www.thetechzone.com/
This guy runs a 3dmark2000 benchmark test on his 825 mhz computer with
Voodoo5, he only scores 4200 points whille I with a slightly slower cpu
(800) but with GeForce 2 GTS score 6388 points.
I just swapped my old Voodoo3 with a GeForce 2 GTS. The voodoo3 used to give
me around 3500 points in 3dmark2000.
It's quite clear that the GeForce 2 is the fastest and best card around atm.
3Dfx is only playing catching up...
> >Actually I think it will run better with a V5 5500. Of for no other
> >reason than the menus will not be porked :-)
> Yep, my Geforce2 is going back as soon as the store gets in a Voodoo5
> for exactly that reason. Same problem with SCGT too. If you want FSAA
> then forget the Geforce2. I kind of knew that when I bought a Gef2,
> but had to see it for myself. Now that I have tried one I am fully
> qualified to call it a piece of crap. :-)
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> Nos
Yep. I have been doing autosims longer than flight sims :-)
Noted. FSAA is ***on the GF2 cards.
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Frankly I agree with nos about the benchmark stuff. How about loading
up F1 2000 with fraps and let us know what you get for framerates.
That would be a meaningful number. Then please compare with
a V5 or V3. I suspect you will not see much of a difference if any at all.
And those are the important numbers.
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> >So why should I upgrade? Oh wait... Because I want to***
> >around with immature drivers that don't work worth a darn :-)
> That's always worth upgrading for. But, 2X FSAA on a V5 will be usable
> in any game because it comes with a negligible performance hit. But,
> if you really want to improve the frame rate in sims then a faster cpu
> is the what you should buy.
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> >I haven't had one problem with any set of drivers when not using
> >FSAA. That's since last November. All sets have been excellent,
> >and worked first time.
> Sure Peter. I have only had the Geforce2 for two weeks and have
> already gone through four sets of drivers and can name a number of
> bugs in games/progs. But, I will let you find out what they are for
> yourself.
:-)
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Hehe...nope, unlike that "crap" game, I have actually had the Geforce2
in my machine for two weeks.
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Nos
That's always worth upgrading for. But, 2X FSAA on a V5 will be usable
in any game because it comes with a negligible performance hit. But,
if you really want to improve the frame rate in sims then a faster cpu
is the what you should buy.
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Nos
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Nos