Are there any 3dfx voodoo2 cards that have good TV output.
I want to run Nascar and GPL on the Big 56" TV.
Thanks
"Gunner"
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Canopus Pure 3D II. You pay for it though.
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Which Banshee, Ben?
The one i got is a TV Superscan 2 from ADS Technologies:
http://www.adstech.com/
I've just looked at their page and it seems they now support up to 1280x1024 on
their Enhanced version but only up to 800x600 full screen, I guess they
interpolate to NTSC (640x480). so some text is probably unreadable ot fuzzy,
but your tv can't display more :).
They also have added zoom and a remote control in that enhanced version. There
are probably other converters too, so I'm not recommending that particular one.
Cnet shopper.com has a link of places where to purchase these critters. they do
however run in the $200 range, but they'll work with any video card :).
http://www.shopper.com/prdct/217/76.html
my $.02.
MvP
Motorsport Simulations Inc.
> Are there any 3dfx voodoo2 cards that have good TV output.
> I want to run Nascar and GPL on the Big 56" TV.
> Thanks
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The *real* downside is that those cards (the Canopus Spectra 2500) don't
exist! (Canopus has abandoned the consumer-level hardware market to
concentrate on their big-bucks video editing toys. See Tom's Hardware
page...)
After waiting 6 weeks for a 'back-ordered' (ie, nonexistent) Spectra, I
cancelled my order and bought Tom's recommendation, the Asus 3400TNT/TV
($149, Sunway Graphics, http://www.sg3d.com). The card has a fan for
serious TNT-overclocking possibilities. The TV-out is mediocre, I think.
Certainly far from perfect, though I'm not sure how good you can expect
for what is a $20 option. (TV-less 3400TNT's go for $129 or so).
However, since it's a TNT board, it's currently useless for playing GPL.
And since it doesn't have Canopus's reverse pass-through (in which the
Voodoo output goes in to the TNT card), there's no way to get the Voodoo
output onto the TV.
--John Bradley
No, you can download the OpenGL drivers for GPL and use your TNT, but you
won't get anything like the Voodoo2 fps.
I've heard that Canopus were making a tv out from their 3dfx card but that,
too, maybe be fictitious....
Cheers,
Paul
I use a Canopus Pure 3D with TV out. It works great, and while it's fun at
parties, I don't use it that much, so when I do buy the Pure3DII, I'll buy the
LX model with no TV out.
-don