Blow away in what way?
Visually? Or speed?
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:43:01 -0500, "ydoucare" <[email hidden]>
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how does the VooDoo3 AGP 3000 (which I'm leaning towards) compare
with the GeForce2 and the Hercules Prophet II (all in the same price
point) ?
I'd love to get a Voodoo 5 but I can't afford it. I'm staying away
from ATI and their Radeon becuase I know in a year or so I'll have
trouble getting drivers for the next Microsoft OS release. (Which has
been the case with EVERY ATI board I've owned thus far...)
Any GeForce 2 will blow away the Voodoo 3....GF2's are a generation ahead.
Even GeForce 2 MX's will beat out Voodoo 3's and Voodoo 4's
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> how does the VooDoo3 AGP 3000 (which I'm leaning towards) compare > with the GeForce2 and the Hercules Prophet II (all in the same price > point) ? > > I'd love to get a Voodoo 5 but I can't afford it. I'm staying away > from ATI and their Radeon becuase I know in a year or so I'll have > trouble getting drivers for the next Microsoft OS release. (Which has > been the case with EVERY ATI board I've owned thus far...) > >Both, Voodoo 3's only render up to 256x256 sized textures at 16bit max.
GeForce 2's can render 512x512 + at 32bit, in some games that makes a
dramatic difference....not to mention having a much better framerate than a
V3. Look around for some benchmarks....GeForce 2 MX's beat out Voodoo 4's
in framerate and the MX is a slower version of the GTS
"Mustang" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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ahead.
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> Blow away in what way? > > Visually? Or speed? > > > On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:43:01 -0500, "ydoucare" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Any GeForce 2 will blow away the Voodoo 3....GF2's are a generationQuoted text (16 lines)
> >Even GeForce 2 MX's will beat out Voodoo 3's and Voodoo 4's > > > >"Mustang" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:[email hidden]... > >> how does the VooDoo3 AGP 3000 (which I'm leaning towards) compare > >> with the GeForce2 and the Hercules Prophet II (all in the same price > >> point) ? > >> > >> I'd love to get a Voodoo 5 but I can't afford it. I'm staying away > >> from ATI and their Radeon becuase I know in a year or so I'll have > >> trouble getting drivers for the next Microsoft OS release. (Which has > >> been the case with EVERY ATI board I've owned thus far...) > >> > >> > > >How is driver stability?
My research today has shown that to be a concern. (Newsgroups). This
is VERY important for me. (Win98 for games, Win2k for everything
else).
Be honest.
On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 18:02:24 -0500, "ydoucare" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
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>Both, Voodoo 3's only render up to 256x256 sized textures at 16bit max. >GeForce 2's can render 512x512 + at 32bit, in some games that makes a >dramatic difference....not to mention having a much better framerate than a >V3. Look around for some benchmarks....GeForce 2 MX's beat out Voodoo 4's >in framerate and the MX is a slower version of the GTS > >"Mustang" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Blow away in what way? >> >> Visually? Or speed? >> >> >> On Mon, 2 Oct 2000 14:43:01 -0500, "ydoucare" <[email hidden]> >> wrote: >> >> >Any GeForce 2 will blow away the Voodoo 3....GF2's are a generation >ahead. >> >Even GeForce 2 MX's will beat out Voodoo 3's and Voodoo 4's >> > >> >"Mustang" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> >news:[email hidden]... >> >> how does the VooDoo3 AGP 3000 (which I'm leaning towards) compare >> >> with the GeForce2 and the Hercules Prophet II (all in the same price >> >> point) ? >> >> >> >> I'd love to get a Voodoo 5 but I can't afford it. I'm staying away >> >> from ATI and their Radeon becuase I know in a year or so I'll have >> >> trouble getting drivers for the next Microsoft OS release. (Which has >> >> been the case with EVERY ATI board I've owned thus far...) >> >> >> >> >> > >> >Running a 64MB GF2 GTS with the Detonator3 drivers and my system is
rock solid. Haven't run into any driver problems in the two months
I've been using the card.
In article <[email hidden]>,
Mustang <[email hidden]> wrote:
max.
> >GeForce 2's can render 512x512 + at 32bit, in some games that makes a
> >dramatic difference....not to mention having a much better frameratethan a
> >V3. Look around for some benchmarks....GeForce 2 MX's beat outVoodoo 4's
<[email hidden]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Any GeForce 2 will blow away the Voodoo 3....GF2's are ageneration
> >ahead.
> >> >Even GeForce 2 MX's will beat out Voodoo 3's and Voodoo 4's
> >> >
> >> >"Mustang" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> >> >news:[email hidden]...
> >> >> how does the VooDoo3 AGP 3000 (which I'm leaning towards)compare
> >> >> with the GeForce2 and the Hercules Prophet II (all in the sameprice
> >> >> point) ?
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd love to get a Voodoo 5 but I can't afford it. I'm stayingaway
> >> >> from ATI and their Radeon becuase I know in a year or so I'llhave
> >> >> trouble getting drivers for the next Microsoft OS release.(Which has
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