Ok, what now

Well I pissed...more at myself than Papy or Sierra. I was like everyone else-- chomping at the bit for the 3d patch. Come to find out it was in vain-- at least for me. Cause my STB 128 card don't do 3dfx, only d3d. Kiss my rear, about my luck. OK so to the point...will the N3 support d3d or do I need to get a new video card...is it worth it. Man, I just dropped $3K to be able to run N2. Now I got to get another video card... Arggggg, where will it all end. It would be nice if all these computer/softwhare companies could develope a standard rather than all this craziness. I guess that's the American way. Any how--- HEEEELP! R. Faust aka Xducer

Yeah, the bad news is it doesn't support D3D...the good news is that you can pick up a used 3dfx card for under $100, a new 3dfx Voodoo 2 for under $200, or a Hercules Thriller 3d (Rendition, which Nascar 2 also supports) for $140. If money is an object, get a used 3dfx. It will work nicely in combination with your STB card. Ken The Gam Pad http://gamepad.org/

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> Well I pissed...more at myself than Papy or Sierra. I was like everyone else-- > chomping at the bit for the 3d patch. Come to find out it was in vain-- at > least for me. Cause my STB 128 card don't do 3dfx, only d3d. Kiss my rear, > about my luck. OK so to the point...will the N3 support d3d or do I need to > get a new video card...is it worth it. Man, I just dropped $3K to be able to > run N2. Now I got to get another video card... Arggggg, where will it all > end. It would be nice if all these computer/softwhare companies could develope > a standard rather than all this craziness. I guess that's the American way. > Any how--- HEEEELP! > R. Faust > aka Xducer

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>Man, I just dropped $3K to be able to<BR> >run N2. Now I got to get another video card... Arggggg, where will it >all<BR> >end. It would be nice if all these computer/softwhare companies could >develope<BR> >a standard rather than all this craziness. I guess that's the American >way.<BR> ><BR> >Any how--- HEEEELP!<BR> ><BR> >R. Faust<BR> >aka Xducer<BR> ><BR> ></HTML>

With the new Voodoo II boards out, there is a flood of used Voodoo 1 boards for sale, I've seen them as low as $75.00. I'm looking for another one to go with my existing Pure 3D. Look around on the newsgroups. Don

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> Well I pissed...more at myself than Papy or Sierra. I was like everyone else-- > chomping at the bit for the 3d patch. Come to find out it was in vain-- at > least for me. Cause my STB 128 card don't do 3dfx, only d3d. Kiss my rear, > about my luck. OK so to the point...will the N3 support d3d or do I need to > get a new video card...is it worth it. Man, I just dropped $3K to be able to > run N2. Now I got to get another video card... Arggggg, where will it all > end. It would be nice if all these computer/softwhare companies could develope > a standard rather than all this craziness. I guess that's the American way. > Any how--- HEEEELP!

Well, I would say that Voodoo(1 or 2) is the way to go. This seems to be THE videostandard for gamessoftware, nowadays. GPL will support 3dfx, so we might assume that N3 will also support 3dfx. Btw, I don't have a 3dfx card, but I will go for a Voodoo2 card, when I have the money. Cheers! Harald