GPL and V-Raptor

I have been trying to decide on a video upgrade card. The pre*** opinion seems to be the Thriller 3d is the one to get. I have done some research and there is another Rendition 8meg board out there. Genoa V-Raptor. 1) Does anyone out there have this board? 2) Is it a good board? 3) How is it with GPL and N2? Please post or e-mail me. Thanks in advance. Kurt

1) no 2) I don`t know 3) I don`t know anything about these cards, so you`ll have to follow my little gpl graphics card guide :) a) Is it a rendition? yes - goto 'd' no - goto 'b' b) Is it a 3dfx? yes - goto 'd' no - goto 'c' c) It will look shit d) It will look fantastic! There, Hope that clears a few things up ;-)

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> I have been trying to decide on a video upgrade card. The pre*** > opinion seems to be the Thriller 3d is the one to get. I have done some > research and there is another Rendition 8meg board out there. Genoa > V-Raptor. > 1) Does anyone out there have this board? > 2) Is it a good board? > 3) How is it with GPL and N2? > Please post or e-mail me. Thanks in advance. > Kurt

I've run GPL on the Genoa V-Raptor, but I have the 4 meg version of the card. Frame rate was fine, and the game looked wonderful. I don't know exactly how the V-Raptor compares to the Thriller, but I would expect the two to be very similar. Trips

Try a TNT Charles

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>> I have been trying to decide on a video upgrade card. The pre*** >> opinion seems to be the Thriller 3d is the one to get. I have done some >> research and there is another Rendition 8meg board out there. Genoa >> V-Raptor. >> 1) Does anyone out there have this board? >> 2) Is it a good board? >> 3) How is it with GPL and N2? >> Please post or e-mail me. Thanks in advance. >> Kurt >I've run GPL on the Genoa V-Raptor, but I have the 4 meg version of the >card. Frame rate was fine, and the game looked wonderful. I don't know >exactly how the V-Raptor compares to the Thriller, but I would expect >the two to be very similar. >Trips

I assume that is a joke, as a TNT will do nothing for Grand Prix Legends. You will be stuck in software only mode, which does not even run well or look good on a PII450. Currently 3DFX and Rendition chipsets are the only ones officially supported, while there is an unsupported Matrox G200 patch. So far no TNT. Don Chapman >Try a TNT >Charles

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>>I have been trying to decide on a video upgrade card. The pre*** >>opinion seems to be the Thriller 3d is the one to get. I have done some >>research and there is another Rendition 8meg board out there. Genoa >>V-Raptor. >>1) Does anyone out there have this board? >>2) Is it a good board? >>3) How is it with GPL and N2? >1) no >2) I don`t know >3) I don`t know anything about these cards, so you`ll have to follow my >little gpl graphics card guide :) >a) Is it a rendition? yes - goto 'd' no - goto 'b' >b) Is it a 3dfx? yes - goto 'd' no - goto 'c' >c) It will look shit >d) It will look fantastic! >There, Hope that clears a few things up ;-)

no, actually it doesnt clear things up. It is a rendition and has an 8meg version. I was hoping someone who was using one could answere. I do know the difference in chipsets. I just wanted some info before I upgraded my old Intergraph.

>Try a TNT That's a great choice if he wants to play GPL without 3D acceleration at 10 FPS.

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> >>I have been trying to decide on a video upgrade card. The pre*** > >>opinion seems to be the Thriller 3d is the one to get. I have done some > >>research and there is another Rendition 8meg board out there. Genoa > >>V-Raptor. > >>1) Does anyone out there have this board? > >>2) Is it a good board? > >>3) How is it with GPL and N2? > >There, Hope that clears a few things up ;-) > no, actually it doesnt clear things up. It is a rendition and has an 8meg > version. I was hoping someone who was using one could answere. I do know > the difference in chipsets. I just wanted some info before I upgraded my > old Intergraph.

There is one thing you have to look out for with the VRaptors and that is the speed of the memory used. Some early boards (esp. 4MBers) had only 80Mhz rated memory, while others had 100MHz. I don't think this is a problem at all with the 8MB boards, esp. the AGP version. You will find the Rendition-based boards to be somewhat sharper/purer in color than a 3Dfx board running GPL, and it will work a bit better if you only have a midlevel CPU. Most beneficial of all is that only the Rendition cards can run GPL with anti-aliasing enabled. Try the Genoa www site for more specific info on the VRaptor.

Sorry, I realized that about 20 min after I posted. Charles Let the flames begin! >>Try a TNT >That's a great choice if he wants to play GPL without 3D acceleration >at 10 FPS.