Voodoo4/5??

I've heard they're coming out soon... When, and, if I'm thinking correctly, will they drive V3 prices down further?? (Or heaven forbid V2's down below $40?????) -- Kirk Lane [email hidden] [email hidden] ICQ: 28171652 BRT #187 "Yeah you won't find me I'm going MIA Tonight I'm leaving Going MIA Getting lost in you again Is better than being known" -Foo Fighters, "MIA"

Supposedly the V5's hardware FSAA will work with ALL games, even older ones. At least that's what 3dFX has stated in a few interviews. They've claimed it as an advantage over the competitions' hardware T&L, as it needn't be coded in the games. You can count on an FPS hit though. How big a hit will be indeed interesting to see. Cheers, Steve B. Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote...

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> I do have a technical question about the full Screen AA if anyone > knows>>>> The Rendition cards could to AA but sims like Nascar 2 > deliberately left that feature turned off(I presume for frame-rate > issues) Many folks commented that F12k would really benefit from the > V5's AA, but if they feature is not included in the software in F12k, > can the new Voodoo's still smooth everything out? > dave henrie

Yes it is all done in hardware the game does not have to be written to support it. As long as the game is D3D, OpenGL, or Glide it will work. -- Jeff Murchison JR Screamers Racing League www.speakeasy.org/~jmurch/ "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Good Question. I think May is the release target. (actually last > Xmas was "supposed" to be, I think 3dfx took a page from Nintendo's > marketing manual and announced production of the V4/5 to cut into the > release sales of the Geforce, even tho that hadn't even produced a > working pre-production sample. > > I do have a technical question about the full Screen AA if anyone > knows>>>> The Rendition cards could to AA but sims like Nascar 2 > deliberately left that feature turned off(I presume for frame-rate > issues) Many folks commented that F12k would really benefit from the > V5's AA, but if they feature is not included in the software in F12k, > can the new Voodoo's still smooth everything out? > dave henrie > > Kirk Lane wrote: > > > > I've heard they're coming out soon... > > > > When, and, if I'm thinking correctly, will they drive V3 prices down > > further?? (Or heaven forbid V2's down below $40?????) > > > > -- > > Kirk Lane > > [email hidden] > > [email hidden] > > ICQ: 28171652 > > BRT #187 > > > > "Yeah you won't find me > > I'm going MIA > > Tonight I'm leaving > > Going MIA > > Getting lost in you again > > Is better than being known" > > -Foo Fighters, "MIA"

Good Question. I think May is the release target. (actually last Xmas was "supposed" to be, I think 3dfx took a page from Nintendo's marketing manual and announced production of the V4/5 to cut into the release sales of the Geforce, even tho that hadn't even produced a working pre-production sample. I do have a technical question about the full Screen AA if anyone knows>>>> The Rendition cards could to AA but sims like Nascar 2 deliberately left that feature turned off(I presume for frame-rate issues) Many folks commented that F12k would really benefit from the V5's AA, but if they feature is not included in the software in F12k, can the new Voodoo's still smooth everything out? dave henrie Kirk Lane wrote:

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> > I've heard they're coming out soon... > > When, and, if I'm thinking correctly, will they drive V3 prices down > further?? (Or heaven forbid V2's down below $40?????) > > -- > Kirk Lane > [email hidden] > [email hidden] > ICQ: 28171652 > BRT #187 > > "Yeah you won't find me > I'm going MIA > Tonight I'm leaving > Going MIA > Getting lost in you again > Is better than being known" > -Foo Fighters, "MIA"

YES!! The Voodoo5 AA is different than what we had on the Rendition. It's Full Screen, not just Edge. It actually seems that us simmers will benefit the most from this technology from the screenshots I've seen. The FSAA of the V5 smooths out all the jagged lines on the screen, and seems to eliminate texture "swimming". The really good thing of this is that it's all automatic. The card was designed with this in the hardware, supposedly at a small loss in framerate. Since it's a feature of the card, it works in EVERY game - D3D, Glide, OpenGL - with no coding for it needed in the game. If a game doesn't look good with it, you can turn it off. -- Ken's Sig 3.01 "Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" - Obi-Wan Kenobi Go #43 and #44! volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Good Question. I think May is the release target. (actually last > Xmas was "supposed" to be, I think 3dfx took a page from Nintendo's > marketing manual and announced production of the V4/5 to cut into the > release sales of the Geforce, even tho that hadn't even produced a > working pre-production sample. > > I do have a technical question about the full Screen AA if anyone > knows>>>> The Rendition cards could to AA but sims like Nascar 2 > deliberately left that feature turned off(I presume for frame-rate > issues) Many folks commented that F12k would really benefit from the > V5's AA, but if they feature is not included in the software in F12k, > can the new Voodoo's still smooth everything out? > dave henrie > > Kirk Lane wrote: > > > > I've heard they're coming out soon... > > > > When, and, if I'm thinking correctly, will they drive V3 prices down > > further?? (Or heaven forbid V2's down below $40?????) > > > > -- > > Kirk Lane > > [email hidden] > > [email hidden] > > ICQ: 28171652 > > BRT #187 > > > > "Yeah you won't find me > > I'm going MIA > > Tonight I'm leaving > > Going MIA > > Getting lost in you again > > Is better than being known" > > -Foo Fighters, "MIA"