Re: best video card for a PII450Mhz?

I would wait for the V4 and V5. The V3 2000 that I have is great for GPL,N3 etc but I will be waiting at the door when the new ones arrive. The Voodoo crasser also well supported for advice etc Steve Arturo Vega wrote in message ... >Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with a Monster >3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP is getting >some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to >upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice out there >right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcomingcards? > >Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? >What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don't remember it >now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... > >What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picture qualitythan

Quoted text (10 lines)

>Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video out capabilities). > >For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 >(almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFS PU on >it. > >Thanks! >Arturo > >

V3-3000 agp for n3 and gpl. Dont know about other titles. V4's should be out in a month or so. In article <wkZC4.15324$[email hidden]>, "Arturo Vega" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with aMonster > 3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP isgetting > some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to > upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice outthere > right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcomingcards? > > Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? > What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don'tremember it > now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... > > What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picturequality than > Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video outcapabilities). > > For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 > (almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFSPU on > it. > > Thanks! > Arturo > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with a Monster 3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP is getting some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice out there right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcoming cards? Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don't remember it now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picture quality than Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video out capabilities). For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 (almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFS PU on it. Thanks! Arturo

The Geforce cards with the Nvidia chipset are where it is at. Stay away from 3dfx cards they are a dieing breed. Arturo Vega wrote:

Quoted text (19 lines)

> Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with a Monster > 3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP is getting > some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to > upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice out there > right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcoming cards? > > Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? > What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don't remember it > now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... > > What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picture quality than > Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video out capabilities). > > For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 > (almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFS PU on > it. > > Thanks! > Arturo

Just recently I had to make same choice that you are doing. I have mostly the same games too. When I replaced my Banshee I ended up going with a Voodoo3 3000 simply becuase it does glide better than the other choices and glide was required to run GPL in a satisfactory (to me ) fashion. Was pleasantly surprised to realize that the V3 could run GPL in high resolution as fast as the Banshee could run in low res. All the other sims you mention run OK( except MGPRS2 which i don't have: F1GPR is Ok though). Have not tried the TV out function yet to see what it looks like.Price was about C$225 David "Arturo Vega" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wkZC4.15324$[email hidden]... > Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with a Monster > 3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP isgetting > some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to > upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice out there > right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcomingcards? > > Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? > What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don't remember it > now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... > > What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picture qualitythan > Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video outcapabilities).

Quoted text (9 lines)

> > For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 > (almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFS PU on > it. > > Thanks! > Arturo > >

Geforce? Why would you buy a $250 card that is not even supported yet. Sure you can play a game with it, but it does not perform any better than a V3. When games finally start utilizing the T&L that the GeForce can do, then it will be worth it to buy one, and by then the prices will be down. Dont pay $250 for a card that will not do any better than a V3 on current games, wait til the prices drop Mrv <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The Geforce cards with the Nvidia chipset are where it is at. Stay awayfrom > 3dfx cards they are a dieing breed. > > Arturo Vega wrote: > > > Hi, I need some help. I currently have a PII 450Mhz, 128MB, with aMonster > > 3D II 12MB and a normal ATI AGP (Hercules Rendition Thriller AGP isgetting > > some dust somewhere due to incompatibility with the pc-DVD). I want to > > upgrade the videocard but I don't know what is the best choice out there > > right now, or even if it's a good time to buy or to wait for upcomingcards? > > > > Is the Voodoo3 3500 better than TNT2 in general? > > What about a model from Matrox, I read about one model (don't rememberit > > now) that seemed to be great, perhaps better than the V3 or TNT2... > > > > What I'm looking for is higher frame rates, with better picture qualitythan > > Monster 3D II, reasonable price, S-video out (good video outcapabilities). > > > > For playing: GPL, Nascar 3, Rally Championship 2K, SCGT, TOCA2, MGPRS2 > > (almost all or all in 3dfx mode?). Want to play new F1 2000 and NFS PUon > > it. > > > > Thanks! > > Arturo >