Time for a new gfx card

Had my Voodoo2 for over 2 years now and someone just recently offered me a 32mb Matrox G400 AGP. It's on offer for a good price, and I don't wanna splash out on anything new, just yet. Do you think I should get it? I'm only concerned that it works with N4, GPL and GP3. -- Rob Swindells ///////////// Caps Lock

Hi Rob, the G400 works great with GPL with the D3D patch, can't say about N4 and GP3 though. Cheers, Jim "Rob Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Had my Voodoo2 for over 2 years now and someone just recently offered me > a 32mb Matrox G400 AGP. It's on offer for a good price, and I don't > wanna splash out on anything new, just yet. Do you think I should get > it? > > I'm only concerned that it works with N4, GPL and GP3. > > -- > Rob Swindells > ///////////// > Caps > Lock > >

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> Had my Voodoo2 for over 2 years now and someone just recently offered me > a 32mb Matrox G400 AGP. It's on offer for a good price, and I don't > wanna splash out on anything new, just yet. Do you think I should get > it? > > I'm only concerned that it works with N4, GPL and GP3. > > -- > Rob Swindells

I would avoid it. The best card for N4 and GPL (if you have the latest D3D patch) is a Geforce3 or Radeon, with heavy heavy leaning toward the Geforce3. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:21:04 GMT, John Simmons <[email hidden]> wrote: >I would avoid it. The best card for N4 and GPL (if you have the latest >D3D patch) is a Geforce3 or Radeon, with heavy heavy leaning toward the >Geforce3. Why didn't you add a GF2 also? It's just as fast as the GF3 in N4 but cost's a lot less.

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> Had my Voodoo2 for over 2 years now and someone just recently offered me >> a 32mb Matrox G400 AGP. It's on offer for a good price, and I don't >> wanna splash out on anything new, just yet. Do you think I should get >> it? >> >> I'm only concerned that it works with N4, GPL and GP3. >> >> -- >> Rob Swindells > >I would avoid it. The best card for N4 and GPL (if you have the latest >D3D patch) is a Geforce3 or Radeon, with heavy heavy leaning toward the >Geforce3.

Rob wrote he doesn't want to buy a brand new card.. in that case certainly not the way overpriced GF3. A GF2 is more affordable.. friend of mine bought the Asus Deluxe GTS yesterday (including the 3d glasses) for 480 guilders, that's eeehhhh... 150USD or something like that. I paid way more for it a couple of months ago :( Andre

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> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:21:04 GMT, John Simmons <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > > >I would avoid it. The best card for N4 and GPL (if you have the latest > >D3D patch) is a Geforce3 or Radeon, with heavy heavy leaning toward the > >Geforce3. > > Why didn't you add a GF2 also? It's just as fast as the GF3 in N4 but > cost's a lot less. >

Because the GF3 is newer. The GF2 is cheaper (and the Ultras aren't that much cheaper), but the GF3 will last him longer due to its support for advanced D3D features that have yet to be released. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Rob, Look up at the ->GPL' Lets get those frame rates up !!!<- thread. I have a G400, but I don't have a comparison. Seems to work pretty decent. look in that post I gave FPS and system info. Any luck getting into Atlas races ? John G (typej) Rob Swindells wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>Had my Voodoo2 for over 2 years now and someone just recently offered me >a 32mb Matrox G400 AGP. It's on offer for a good price, and I don't >wanna splash out on anything new, just yet. Do you think I should get >it? > >I'm only concerned that it works with N4, GPL and GP3. > >-- >Rob Swindells >///////////// >Caps >Lock > >