Hi all,
I am going to buy a 3D card in the next week for my p200mmx clone, the
question is ...if I get a 2 or 4 Meg Diamond Stealth,Monster Matrix or Virge
s3 will it give me the improvement in display I am looking for...or do I
have to fork out for a 3DFX card?? I mostly want it for playing TOCA,
NASCAR2 F1GP2 etc.
I have been quoted $100-$140 for the card by a couple of dealers.
BTW any offers most welcome!
If you want good 3D performance then getting a 3D only card (eg. 3DFX) is
your best shot. But since you're on a budget, then out of the budget
range of cards, a low/mid range Diamond Viper/Stealth or a Matrox card
(Millennium or Mystique) would be sufficient. The S3 Virge chipset is
absolutely ***and not even worth a hundred bucks. If you want the best
performance then I guess you'll have to save up for a 3DFX card. Otherwise
you'll have to compromise between image quality and performance on low end
cards. The area of which graphics card to choose is complicated and really
depends on a number of factors. If you're still unsure then read reviews
of 3D cards.
A good site is Tom's Hardware : http://www.racesimcentral.net/
or Gamepot's The Ultimate Game Machine :
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Hope this helps.
-William Ho
If you are not upgrading to a PII anytime soon, the Voodoo I cards are
pretty cheap now, under 100 bucks if you shop around. Monster 3ds with the
Voodoo I chips do very well with a system like yours.
Hope this helps.
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Regards, Ed Medlin
www.edmedlin.netminds.com
Columnist, Software Critics Unlimited
www.softwarecritic.com
>I am going to buy a 3D card in the next week for my p200mmx clone, the
>question is ...if I get a 2 or 4 Meg Diamond Stealth,Monster Matrix or
Virge
>s3 will it give me the improvement in display I am looking for...or do I
>have to fork out for a 3DFX card?? I mostly want it for playing TOCA,
>NASCAR2 F1GP2 etc.
>I have been quoted $100-$140 for the card by a couple of dealers.
>BTW any offers most welcome!
A CHEEP 3D card ? I guess you'll be buying that on budgie then?
:-) arf, arf.
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16 Euro Way, Blagrove, Swindon, England, SN5 8YQ.| Fax: +44 1793 541228
> I have been quoted $100-$140 for the card by a couple of dealers.
> BTW any offers most welcome!
Hope this helps.
Ken Burns
The Steath II has been great for me
check it out before you buy, you could get a used 3dfx card for under $100
bucks, what with the new voodoo2 boards out everyone is dumping the old
ones. That is what I would go with, that way any board you decide to buy in
the future it will work with anyway, and won't be wasted money.
>I am going to buy a 3D card in the next week for my p200mmx clone, the
>question is ...if I get a 2 or 4 Meg Diamond Stealth,Monster Matrix or
Virge
>s3 will it give me the improvement in display I am looking for...or do I
>have to fork out for a 3DFX card?? I mostly want it for playing TOCA,
>NASCAR2 F1GP2 etc.
>I have been quoted $100-$140 for the card by a couple of dealers.
>BTW any offers most welcome!
Canopus is selling the Pure3D LX, a 6mg 3DFX card for only $129.00! You can not
beat this card for the money, but if that is too much, look into the Monster 3D
3DFX cards. They are 4mg cards? and are going for about $99.00.
3DFX cards will not help you with N2 or GP2, they run off the 2D card, but TOCA
will improve quite a bit, and anything you buy in the future will almost surely
be written for 3DFX cards.
Hope this helps
Don
I thought that N2 had a 3dfx patch that allowed the 3dfx cards to run N2 !
they run off the 2D card, Hope this helps
I have got a Tseng Labs ET6000 w/4mb ram, along with a monster 3d. The
combination seems to work well - toca looks really good.
