New video card for Nascar1999 question

I have a chance to pick up a Diamond Monster Fusion, Viper V550 Monster Fusion: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee; 16MB for about 150 less rebate, of course we all know that ever getting a rebate from Diamond is as likely as a deficit free Govt. budget <G.. But it seems like a good deal. Question is, is anyone having any probs, or any good experiences with this card and Nascar 1, 2, and 99, as well as NFS3? I don't want to buy it then find out it don't work. Currently have a P200 with 64 ram, 16bit Sound Blaster, a stealth 64 3d card doing my 2d, and the Monster 3d 4 meg card for 3dfx. Any info appreciated as am hoping to pick it up this weekend if is good card for these sims. Thanks Ron -- Ron Riekens II ICQ# 1780898 Ding: whodp://ding.activerse.com/RonRII 1998 NASS for N1 BGN Series Champion. 1998 NASS for N1 BGN Team Co-Champion. w/Glenn Brown Co-Owner/Driver: Pacific Rim Racing/Wendys Restaurants NASS'99 Protruck Series #97 Chevy C10 Oregon Division Site: http://www.pacifier.com/~ronrii/prr/index.html Hawaii Division Site: http://www.nasscar.com/ Members of the Team Sites webring since 3-99 http://mars.spaceports.com/~nasunite/GDR/Teamsitering.html

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>On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:27:50 GMT, >>I have a chance to pick up a Diamond Monster Fusion, Viper V550 >>Monster Fusion: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee; 16MB for about 150 less rebate, >>of course we all know that ever getting a rebate from Diamond is as >>likely as a deficit free Govt. budget <G.. >>Currently have a P200 with 64 ram, 16bit Sound Blaster, a stealth 64 >>3d card doing my 2d, and the Monster 3d 4 meg card for 3dfx. >You have a 3DFX card, now, that is well-suited to your processor >speed. If that were my $150, I would be looking for a way to >increase the -processor- speed, not buy a different 3dfx >video card.

I'll 'second' this, at it was essentially my response too :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

I'll give that a third yes on the cpu upgrade. btw the v3000 is only $180. JM

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> >On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:27:50 GMT, > >>I have a chance to pick up a Diamond Monster Fusion, Viper V550 > >>Monster Fusion: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee; 16MB for about 150 less rebate, > >>of course we all know that ever getting a rebate from Diamond is as > >>likely as a deficit free Govt. budget <G.. > >>Currently have a P200 with 64 ram, 16bit Sound Blaster, a stealth 64 > >>3d card doing my 2d, and the Monster 3d 4 meg card for 3dfx. > >You have a 3DFX card, now, that is well-suited to your processor > >speed. If that were my $150, I would be looking for a way to > >increase the -processor- speed, not buy a different 3dfx > >video card. > I'll 'second' this, at it was essentially my response too :-) > -- > Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. > cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com > >-- > >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

That's the going price for one of those. I got one over Christmas time. I, too, have a P200. I had a Monster3D and saw considerable improvement on all my games with the Fusion. I put off that CPU upgrade until the next round of team sports games comes out this fall (or possibly until N3 surfaces). I play N99, no more N1 or N2, so I don't know about those, but I am very happy with the performance of N99 since I got the Fusion. I rarely see choppiness in the turns at the short tracks anymore, only when I'm running with a full field. I also have 24 cars drawn, so maybe if I cut that down... With NFS3, you need to get the patch for it to work with any Banshee card. There are many sites out there that have it. One other problem I have with NFS3 is sometimes the machine freezes up after you finish a race and exit to go back to the menu screen. However, I turn the graphics up to the max and the game looks and runs beautifully. I've been satisfied with mine, although a new board/CPU would be a very worthwhile investment. I still haven't received my rebate from Diamond, btw.

$129 is a helluva bargain, and should see some speed benefit over the V1 or the Banshee even on his system. -- Ken's Sig 2.01 "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." Go #43 and #44! volksy (at) geocities (dot) com volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com >I'll give that a third yes on the cpu upgrade. btw the v3000 is only $180. >JM >> >On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:27:50 GMT, >> >>I have a chance to pick up a Diamond Monster Fusion, Viper V550 >> >>Monster Fusion: 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee; 16MB for about 150 less rebate, >> >>of course we all know that ever getting a rebate from Diamond is as >> >>likely as a deficit free Govt. budget <G.. >> >>Currently have a P200 with 64 ram, 16bit Sound Blaster, a stealth 64 >> >>3d card doing my 2d, and the Monster 3d 4 meg card for 3dfx. >> >You have a 3DFX card, now, that is well-suited to your processor >> >speed. If that were my $150, I would be looking for a way to >> >increase the -processor- speed, not buy a different 3dfx >> >video card. >> I'll 'second' this, at it was essentially my response too :-) >> -- >> Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >> cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >> >-- >> >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com