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StealthII worth the money?

Randy BO

StealthII worth the money?

by Randy BO » Sat, 08 Nov 1997 04:00:00

Okay, I'll volunteer :).  How much actual improvement?  Its hard to say in
 DOS/Redline modes because I have no specific benchmarks for that, but I did
 run the Direct3D benchmark made by PC Player in Germany, which renders an
 action scene using all the Direct3D hardware and measures frame rates.  It
 literally doubled the benchmark value jumping from the Intergraph
 Reactor/Intense 3D to the Stealth II.

Good question.  Are we talking DOS 2D or Windows 2D?  Seems like its a tad
 faster, but it didn't actually pump up  GP2 much that I noticed.

 someday Nascar2 and SODA will get a 3dfx or Direct3d patch?(ya right).  >>

I stuck with Rendition because of the doubled Direct3D performance and the fact
 that it would be backwards compatible with SODA and NASCAR 2 (though I'm
 having trouble keeping the latter alive more than  10 minutes with the new
 board in DMA mode).

Randy

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Jeff Rigdo

StealthII worth the money?

by Jeff Rigdo » Sat, 08 Nov 1997 04:00:00

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> Hi all, I own a Pentium166 with a Screaming3d and Monster3d. How much
> actuall improvement is there between the old v1000 to the v2100? I
> would
> love to hear from someone who has or had both. Is there also a
> noticable
> improvement in 2d? Would it be a better idea to get a new Total3d v128

> board and just hope someday Nascar2 and SODA will get a 3dfx or
> Direct3d
> patch?(ya right). Anybody ever run N2 with a new Riva128 chip video
> card? Sorry for all the questions. I'm having a heck of a time
> deciding
> and need a little help.

> TIA,
> Mike

I experienced NO N2 performance increase with the Stealth II over my CL
PCI 3D Blaster.  Yes its a better card, but if your wanting to upgrade
primarily for N2 my advice is wait for something better.

Jeff

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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Hi all, I own a Pentium166 with a Screaming3d and
Monster3d. How much
<BR>actuall improvement is there between the old v1000 to the v2100? I
would
<BR>love to hear from someone who has or had both. Is there also a noticable
<BR>improvement in 2d? Would it be a better idea to get a new Total3d v128
<BR>board and just hope someday Nascar2 and SODA will get a 3dfx or Direct3d
<BR>patch?(ya right). Anybody ever run N2 with a new Riva128 chip video
<BR>card? Sorry for all the questions. I'm having a heck of a time deciding
<BR>and need a little help.

<P>TIA,
<BR>Mike</BLOCKQUOTE>
I experienced<I> NO </I>N2 performance increase with the Stealth II over
my CL PCI 3D Blaster.&nbsp; Yes its a better card, but if your wanting
to upgrade primarily for N2 <I>my </I>advice is wait for something better.

<P>Jeff</HTML>

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Nanker Pheldg

StealthII worth the money?

by Nanker Pheldg » Sat, 08 Nov 1997 04:00:00



>      Hi all, I own a Pentium166 with a Screaming3d and Monster3d.
>      How much
>      actuall improvement is there between the old v1000 to the
>      v2100? I would
>      love to hear from someone who has or had both. Is there also
>      a noticable
>      improvement in 2d? Would it be a better idea to get a new
>      Total3d v128
>      board and just hope someday Nascar2 and SODA will get a 3dfx
>      or Direct3d
>      patch?(ya right). Anybody ever run N2 with a new Riva128
>      chip video
>      card? Sorry for all the questions. I'm having a heck of a
>      time deciding
>      and need a little help.

>      TIA,
>      Mike

> I experienced NO N2 performance increase with the Stealth II over my
> CL PCI 3D Blaster.  Yes its a better card, but if your wanting to
> upgrade primarily for N2 my advice is wait for something better.

> Jeff

Keep the Rendition card and just buy a 3Dfx addon card (OEM $99).  3Dfx
Nascar2 is being worked on.
Bart Saylo

StealthII worth the money?

by Bart Saylo » Mon, 10 Nov 1997 04:00:00



I would hold off and wait to see if a patch comes out from either
Sierra/Rendition/Diamond so that N2 (if that is what you are wanting
to play) will run N2 from DOS. I have the Stealth II and it seems to
be better than my Matrox Millennium 4mg (strickly seat of pants
evaluation I have no bench marks to share) card in both Win95 and N2.
The problem is that N2 will not start in Rendition mode from a DOS
prompt, it will only run under Win95. Even after upgrading my CPU from
a P133 to a P200MMX in an attempt to run N2 in rendition mode I cannot
turn all the features on and have the game run smoothly (terrible
trying to modem play).

I currently only have a 32megEDO DIMM, My next purchase will be for a
64megSDRAM module. When I walked into CompuUSA last week I thought I
would be able to spend $119 and PRESTO I would be able to run N2 in
Rendition mode. Now another $200 for a faster CPU and plans to spend
another $200 for memory I am still chasing that desire to get all
features on and Rendition mode within N2.

The short answer IMHO would be to hang onto your Screaming3d for now
and watch this newsgroup for a patch to the Stealth II before spending
your hard earned money.

Bartman


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