TNT & Voodoo II combo for $50!

Hi, I'm looking for a little advice on a TNT voodoo II combo with regards to racing sims.... A buddy of mine is looking to dump his voodoo II (STB 12 meg) for a voodoo III I'm currently running a TNT card and am considering picking up his old voodoo II for around $50. then I'll be able to take advantage of glide only games and the N2 3dfx Patch (if I can still find it somewhere on the web?). Can anyone with a similar combo (TNT and single Voodoo II) tell me how they like it? Everything I've read states that a single TNT will out-preform a single voodoo II, so I'm wondering if I should waste my time/money/PCI slot.... However for only $50 I'm tempted to take him up on his offer, also anyone have an idea as to how much a new Voodoo II goes for these days? Thanks for the advice! Jay J

A new one is $100, and I've seen used SLI combos going for $100-$150, so $50 is quite reasonable. I'd say get it, then you're covered for any games that run better (or only) in Glide. -- 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 >Hi, I'm looking for a little advice on a TNT voodoo II combo with regards to >racing sims.... >A buddy of mine is looking to dump his voodoo II (STB 12 meg) for a voodoo >III >I'm currently running a TNT card and am considering picking up his old >voodoo II for around $50. then I'll be able to take advantage of glide only >games and the N2 3dfx Patch (if I can still find it somewhere on the web?). >Can anyone with a similar combo (TNT and single Voodoo II) tell me how they >like it? Everything I've read states that a single TNT will out-preform a >single voodoo II, so I'm wondering if I should waste my time/money/PCI >slot.... >However for only $50 I'm tempted to take him up on his offer, also anyone >have an idea as to how much a new Voodoo II goes for these days? >Thanks for the advice! >Jay J

Rumor has it the Electronics Boutique chain has a Best Data V2 for $99 plus a $30 rebate. Mail order prices bottom out around high 80's. EBay bid prices on single cards have not been better than this - don't know about SLI.

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> Hi, I'm looking for a little advice on a TNT voodoo II combo with regards to > racing sims.... > A buddy of mine is looking to dump his voodoo II (STB 12 meg) for a voodoo > III > I'm currently running a TNT card and am considering picking up his old > voodoo II for around $50. then I'll be able to take advantage of glide only > games and the N2 3dfx Patch (if I can still find it somewhere on the web?). > Can anyone with a similar combo (TNT and single Voodoo II) tell me how they > like it? Everything I've read states that a single TNT will out-preform a > single voodoo II, so I'm wondering if I should waste my time/money/PCI > slot.... > However for only $50 I'm tempted to take him up on his offer, also anyone > have an idea as to how much a new Voodoo II goes for these days? > Thanks for the advice! > Jay J

-- Otto Matheke "Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?"

The combo works great. You are right in that the TNT does outperform the Voodoo-2 in openGl and d3d. But the V-2 is nice to have around for those Glide-only apps. In N2 I have found that the TNT is a good deal faster than the V-2. In my P2-400 I run pause-free with max details on and all the cars turned on, even in the mirror. Haven't really checked the fps, but if it is smooth it is definitely over 25fps at a minimum. At the night Bristol I turn off some of the cars, for some reason that track at night is a real frame rate cruncher. -- Regards, Ed Medlin Nor-East Express- http://fly.to/Nor-East AirWest- www.flyairwest.com