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v550 or monster2

3 posts by 3 people · 31 Jan 1999 - 02 Feb 1999

i just bought a new p450 today w/ a v550. will i need to install my old monster2 w/ 8mb ram or will the v550 be better since it has 15mb. any thoughts would be appreciated.
Charlie 01 Feb 1999#448227
If you like GPL, I would put the monster2 in there. I just won an STB Velocity 4400 (Same Chipset as your V550). I am probably going to take it out and put my Diamond Monster Fusion back in until someone fixes the TNT's OpenGL drivers, because my framerates are no longer even close to constant 36 FPS. There is a fix to improve the framerate, but it is annoying. It updates a different part of the mirrors each frame, so they are fully updated every 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8 frames, depending on the setting. If I didn't have the Fusion, I could live with the mirrors this way, but since I have the fusion, I am going to use it. I guess the short answer is, I would put the monster2 back in. Charlie P.S. - Before anyone asks, I do not wish to get rid of the STB yet, I am looking at a second monitor setup... has anyone tried that yet? >i just bought a new p450 today w/ a v550. will i need to install my old >monster2 w/ 8mb ram or will the v550 be better since it has 15mb. >any thoughts would be appreciated.
Gollum 02 Feb 1999#448359
If you're running Win98 and want to use the multiple monitor capability, both vid cards must be PCI.
Quoted text (22 lines)> If you like GPL, I would put the monster2 in there. I just won an STB > Velocity 4400 (Same Chipset as your V550). I am probably going to take it > out and put my Diamond Monster Fusion back in until someone fixes the TNT's > OpenGL drivers, because my framerates are no longer even close to constant > 36 FPS. There is a fix to improve the framerate, but it is annoying. It > updates a different part of the mirrors each frame, so they are fully > updated every 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 or 8 frames, depending on the setting. If I > didn't have the Fusion, I could live with the mirrors this way, but since I > have the fusion, I am going to use it. > I guess the short answer is, I would put the monster2 back in. > Charlie > P.S. - Before anyone asks, I do not wish to get rid of the STB yet, I am > looking at a second monitor setup... has anyone tried that yet? > >i just bought a new p450 today w/ a v550. will i need to install my old > >monster2 w/ 8mb ram or will the v550 be better since it has 15mb. > >any thoughts would be appreciated.

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