Hi,
I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit
more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offer much
improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am
looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also.
Cheers
Andy
On Thu, 3 May 2001 12:45:55 +0100, "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote:
V5 is a very good card, but since it's not supported anymore (3dfx id
dead) I'd go for a GFII GTS. Or a GFIII if you have way too much money
to spend. You will notice a BIIIIG improvement over your V3 3000, but
be aware that you need a fast processor to get your GFII working
properly, minimum is something like a PIII 600mhz.
On my PIII500 the GFII performed worse in GPL than my V3, in my
PIII866 it performs -way- better.
Andre
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>Hi, > >I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit >more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offer much >improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am >looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also. > >Cheers > >Andy
The Kyro II card is definitely worth a look. Performance varies from
sub-GF2MX to even with the GF3, depending on the game/app you're running.
Price is similar to the GF2 MX.
"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 May 2001 12:45:55 +0100, "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit
> >more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offermuch
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> >improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am > >looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also. > > > >Cheers > > > >Andy > > V5 is a very good card, but since it's not supported anymore (3dfx id > dead) I'd go for a GFII GTS. Or a GFIII if you have way too much money > to spend. You will notice a BIIIIG improvement over your V3 3000, but > be aware that you need a fast processor to get your GFII working > properly, minimum is something like a PIII 600mhz. > On my PIII500 the GFII performed worse in GPL than my V3, in my > PIII866 it performs -way- better. > > Andre >IMHO, the GeForce II GTS Pro card is the best bang/buck card. Close to the
performance of the Ultra, but only a bit more expensive than the standard
GeForce II.
I have one and it kicks serious Glutious Maximus.
-Larry
"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit
> more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offermuch
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> improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am > looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also. > > Cheers > > Andy > >Both of those sims are processor instensive so you would probably get a
bigger boost by upgrading your processor moreso than the video card. What
processor do you currently have and what is your monitor size?
-Tim
"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit
> more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offermuch
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> improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am > looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also. > > Cheers > > Andy > >Hi
I have a P3 800 and a 17" monitor
Cheers for replies so far
Andy
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> Both of those sims are processor instensive so you would probably get a > bigger boost by upgrading your processor moreso than the video card. What > processor do you currently have and what is your monitor size? > > -Tim > > "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9crg9m$7je$[email hidden]... > > Hi, > > > > I am looking at replacing my Voodoo 3 3000 agp card with something a bit > > more modern. I can get hold of a V5 but it will be PCI would this offer > much > > improvement over what I already have. What do other sim racers use? I am > > looking at racing GPL and N4 mainly with some F1RC also. > > > > Cheers > > > > Andy > > > > > >A Voodoo 5 would give you to die for image quality with it's FSAA in those
sims but speaking in terms of framerate, you won't see much difference even
with FSAA disabled. Since you can get the V5 PCI for just over $100, I'd
say go for it.
-Tim
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