Advice on 3D card please?

I have a Pentium 200MHz MMX processor. For graphica I am using a Matrox Mystique 2Mb with a Matrox M3D card for 3D graphics. I want to change my 3D card to a 3DFX varient with a Voodoo chipset. The question is, is it worth my while going for a Voodoo 2 card with my current processor, or should I save my money and pick up a cheaper Voodoo 1 card? Any advice from those in the know would be appreciated. Cheers, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff McCall http://www.jmccall.demon.co.uk The mind is like a parachute, it works best when it's open! ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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> I have a Pentium 200MHz MMX processor. For graphica I am using a Matrox > Mystique 2Mb with a Matrox M3D card for 3D graphics. > I want to change my 3D card to a 3DFX varient with a Voodoo chipset. > The question is, is it worth my while going for a Voodoo 2 card with my > current processor, or should I save my money and pick up a cheaper > Voodoo 1 card? > Any advice from those in the know would be appreciated.

If you're going to stay with your current processor for a long time, just go for the Voodoo, but if you think you might be upgrading to a PII in the near future, grab the Voodoo2 now, you'll be happier when you do the processor upgrade. Trips

If you do go voodoo 1, get a canopus pure 3d, easily the best voodoo 1 card out there, good luck! Nate

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> > I have a Pentium 200MHz MMX processor. For graphica I am using a Matrox > > Mystique 2Mb with a Matrox M3D card for 3D graphics. > > I want to change my 3D card to a 3DFX varient with a Voodoo chipset. > > The question is, is it worth my while going for a Voodoo 2 card with my > > current processor, or should I save my money and pick up a cheaper > > Voodoo 1 card? > > Any advice from those in the know would be appreciated. > If you're going to stay with your current processor for a long time, > just go for the Voodoo, but if you think you might be upgrading to a PII > in the near future, grab the Voodoo2 now, you'll be happier when you do > the processor upgrade. > Trips

If you are sticking with that config for a while, grab the Voodoo, the Canopus is great, but you should be able to pick up the Diamond Monster for a song since they are pushing the Monster II so heavy. Performance wise the Canopus/Diamond are about the same. The Canopus has some more features, and it's a little easier to tweak it out for better still performance. If you are going to get a PII 266 or better within the next few months, you might want to grab the Voodoo II. You won't see much of a performance difference between it and the Voodoo, you will just be able to go one step higher in your screen resolution (which your processor probably couldn't keep up with for the most part anyway). But if your next upgrade is 6 months down the road... get the Voodoo, they are cheap right now (you should be able to find one < $100 USD or so) and the Voodoo II will probably drop a good bit over 6 months anyway (plus Diamond has a mail in rebate for $50 if you buy a Monster II and already have a Monster so you might end up coming out of this ahead!) Joe Walsh Supercity Internet Services >If you do go voodoo 1, get a canopus pure 3d, easily the best voodoo 1 card

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>out there, good luck! >Nate >> > I have a Pentium 200MHz MMX processor. For graphica I am using a Matrox >> > Mystique 2Mb with a Matrox M3D card for 3D graphics. >> > I want to change my 3D card to a 3DFX varient with a Voodoo chipset. >> > The question is, is it worth my while going for a Voodoo 2 card with my >> > current processor, or should I save my money and pick up a cheaper >> > Voodoo 1 card? >> > Any advice from those in the know would be appreciated. >> If you're going to stay with your current processor for a long time, >> just go for the Voodoo, but if you think you might be upgrading to a PII >> in the near future, grab the Voodoo2 now, you'll be happier when you do >> the processor upgrade. >> Trips

On Mon, 6 Jul 1998 10:55:54 +0100, Jeff McCall It all depends. If you aren't planning to upgrade within the next 6 months, get a nice cheap Voodoo1. Otherwise get a Voodoo2. Marc. -------- To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning of my e-mail address