Will a Verite card hurt GP2 performance?

Will the use of a Verite card (in my case, 3D Blaster), hurt GP2 SVGA frame rates, everything else being equal? . I'm moving up from a Trio 64 card. I read with some trepidation, the very poor performance of the Verite's VGA performance and was kind of worried since I play GP2 a lot. I've heard wonderful things specifically with regards to the Mystique and GP2, but I figure I will enjoy (resurect) ICR2-3D (especially with the new sounds) and am awaiting Psynogsis F1 which requires hardware 3-D, which the Mystique isn't so great at. One other thing, is the Verite really that much slower in 2-D (normal) Windows (eg, MSOffice, Photoshop etc.) then say, the Mystique? Thanks for a reply, Stanley Chan

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> >From what I've read in the ad for F1 by Psynogsis, the Verite > >Rendition chip won't be supported. The Monster 3D card, Righteous 3D, > >PowerPlayer (2010), and the Pavilion (7295V) will though. > Err.. Hmm.. ExSqueeze me!!; ) There have been numerous reports that > there WILL BE a Rendition port AFTER 3DFX.. So it's coming..; ) > >Because of this, I may wait a little longer to buy a 3D card. > Huh?? The more you wait..the more things change. Especially in the 3D > market.. By the time you get your card.... Three months later there > will be something new.. So I was you.. except the loss.. You might > want to look at the Pyramid 3D card.. though.. > take care > Julian Data > IVGA Member #0004 > Director of Information Technology > ACE Beta Tester and Driver of IVGA > Channel Operator of #ivga on IRC (Undernet) > Powered by IVGA Pro Gamer System P6-200 oc 233, 96MB EDO

So I buy a Rendition card to play Indy II. That's good. But Also there's all the hype that there will be all of these rendition based games, blah, blah, blah. So where are they? At this point unless there is a specific game you play alot there is little reason to get a 3 D card. Does anyone know of a list out there of all of the various permutations of cards and software supported? Joe

snip Thanks, neat site. Joe

The Verite won't be the F1 flagship it was supposed to be, but it is supposed to make it into the program...eventually. Quite a few said the same as you back in September...Since then, I've clocked several hundred hours of ICR2-3D, N2, Whiplash, Monster Truck Madness, Quake, and a few others, and never regretted having a Rendition card on my system. If you have the cash, go out and get a card - or wait for the new Hercules 128v with the Voodoo chip (which should be soon). Waiting a few months to see what happens will do two things: 1) You'll miss-out on some of the enhanced versions of the programs you may now already enjoy. 2) Put back into a possition of "I'll wait a few months to see what happens". Things change all the time, it's just one of the factors of the PC market. Best Regards, Marc

I heard the Rendition drivers didn't make it into MTM.It plays so slow with my Screamin 3D card.Is there a patch or something?