Voodoo4 / Voodoo3 SLI !!!!!

What is that the new spreadsheet accelerator? Don't believe it just because you see it one of the 2 million cheesy "news" sites. Kyle

Lets hope that 10x fill rate aint at 640x480 with 16bit color and microscopic 256x256 size textures! Do any of the Voodoo3 cards people have, have the any what look like bypass feature ala the Voodoo2?

Oh yeah. makes me want to run to the store and get the barely released v3, not. JM

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> http://www.op3dfx.com/ie4_onearticle.x?id=9819&daysago=0 > May 14th 1999 13:03 EST > E3 News: Voodoo 3/4 > SOURCE: CPR Extreme CATEGORY: Game News BY: Lucas Parker > http://www.cprextreme.com/ > CPR Extreme posted some news of CPRMan's experience at E3: > CPRman spoke with the CEO of STB Graphics today and they talked about > among other things the up and coming Voodoo 4 Graphics Excelerator with > a claimed fill rate of TEN times the speed of SLI Voodoo 3's (Voodoo 3 SLI ?????) > Yep, that's right watch for V3 SLI soon and the Voodoo 4 later this year. > -- > // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

I'd be more interested to hear about a 'triangle setup' accelerator. Fill rate is pretty good, now let's focus on projecting more polys while leaving more cpu time for the game underneath it all. It's time to branch out in a new direction. From what I've heard the new Intel instructions don't count. rob. <snip>

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>> http://www.op3dfx.com/ie4_onearticle.x?id=9819&daysago=0 >> May 14th 1999 13:03 EST >> E3 News: Voodoo 3/4 >> SOURCE: CPR Extreme CATEGORY: Game News BY: Lucas Parker >> http://www.cprextreme.com/ >> CPR Extreme posted some news of CPRMan's experience at E3: >> CPRman spoke with the CEO of STB Graphics today and they talked about >> among other things the up and coming Voodoo 4 Graphics Excelerator with >> a claimed fill rate of TEN times the speed of SLI Voodoo 3's (Voodoo 3

SLI >?????) >> Yep, that's right watch for V3 SLI soon and the Voodoo 4 later this year. >> -- >> // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

Your missing out John. I'm Running Falcon, EAW, and WW2F at 1600x1200. All I can say is WOW! Of course you've got to have a nice 21 in monitor for it, so pick one up while you're getting the v3. Unltd

>Your missing out John. I'm Running Falcon, EAW, and WW2F at 1600x1200. All >I can say is WOW! Of course you've got to have a nice 21 in monitor for it, >so pick one up while you're getting the v3. >Unltd Yep! me too, just upgraded 1 Voodoo 2 12mb to a Voodoo 3. What I have seen is a small but welcome increase in frame rate in F4 campaign This card really shines when comparing the visual quality over the V 2 though. This sim and all others I am running benefit from no pass thru cable. They have more depth of color and crispness then before. V2 was a little "washed out" I thought. I'm sure AGP helps too. How can you do SLI if most motherboards only have 1 AGP slot right now? Mine has only 1, thought most were like that right now..soo..SLI kind of OBE in this regard. Or am I just screwed up? Hornit.....loving my new V3 2000

I can appreciate your sentiment re the v3. My post was more in regards to the need to be on the cutting edge when it may not be necassary. As in my case the only sim I "play" with any dedication is GPL and my current card ( a measly 8meg thriller) runs it full blast with all options on. I will get a new card when my needs demand it, which could be this fall when N3 is released. The other factor is my current 17" monitor, I intend to do both the card and the monitor at the same time. Until then I will leave my money where it makes me money. Besides, by this fall who knows what card will be on top? JM > Your missing out John. I'm Running Falcon, EAW, and WW2F at 1600x1200. All > I can say is WOW! Of course you've got to have a nice 21 in monitor for it, > so pick one up while you're getting the v3. > Unltd

> How can you do SLI if most motherboards only have 1 AGP slot right >now? Mine has only 1, thought most were like that right now..soo..SLI >kind of OBE in this regard. Or am I just screwed up? The V3 SLI board is going to have two V3 chips on the same board. I found this piece of information from the combatsim.com E3 message board. According to it, a 3dfx engineer had confirmed that. -- Jaakko Harlas 'Trying is the first step towards failure' -Homer Simpson

Jaakko: Wo.... you mean I could obtain a V3 3500 single SLI card? I wonder how much faster that would be than my Obsidian X-24? Roland

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> > How can you do SLI if most motherboards only have 1 AGP slot right > >now? Mine has only 1, thought most were like that right now..soo..SLI > >kind of OBE in this regard. Or am I just screwed up? > The V3 SLI board is going to have two V3 chips on the same board. I > found this piece of information from the combatsim.com E3 message > board. According to it, a 3dfx engineer had confirmed that. > -- > Jaakko Harlas > 'Trying is the first step towards failure' -Homer Simpson

On Sat, 15 May 1999 14:19:56 -0400, Roland Cataldo >Jaakko: >Wo.... you mean I could obtain a V3 3500 single SLI card? I wonder how >much faster that would be than my Obsidian X-24? Well, according to the E3 rumours, yes. Go and check out the whole discussion at the following link: http://www.combatsim.com/discus/messages/7005/7052.html?SaturdayMay15... There's also talk about a V3 with four (4) chips on-board... I won't believe it until I see it, however :-) -- Jaakko Harlas 'Trying is the first step towards failure' -Homer Simpson

Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar items will be N99 upgrades... seriously disappointed.. dave henrie >I can appreciate your sentiment re the v3. My post was more in regards to the >need to be on the cutting edge when it may not be necassary. As in my case the >only sim I "play" with any dedication is GPL and my current card ( a measly 8meg >thriller) runs it full blast with all options on. I will get a new card when my >needs demand it, which could be this fall when N3 is released. The other factor >is my current 17" monitor, I intend to do both the card and the monitor at the >same time. Until then I will leave my money where it makes me money. Besides, by

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>this fall who knows what card will be on top? >JM >> Your missing out John. I'm Running Falcon, EAW, and WW2F at 1600x1200.

All >> I can say is WOW! Of course you've got to have a nice 21 in monitor for it, >> so pick one up while you're getting the v3. >> Unltd

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> On Sat, 15 May 1999 14:19:56 -0400, Roland Cataldo > >Jaakko: > >Wo.... you mean I could obtain a V3 3500 single SLI card? I wonder how > >much faster that would be than my Obsidian X-24? > Well, according to the E3 rumours, yes. Go and check out the whole > discussion at the following link:

http://www.combatsim.com/discus/messages/7005/7052.html?SaturdayMay15... 5am Yeah. Ok. They maybe make dang-sh*tty-motherf*cking fast cards... but who can afford them? 4 V3 chips? Hmm.. $1000 maybe? (nah.. but close) I'd prefer a TNT2 solution if the board gets just a little little bit cheaper. > -- > Jaakko Harlas > 'Trying is the first step towards failure' -Homer Simpson

Your kidding!? > Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product > WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar > items will be N99 upgrades... > seriously disappointed.. > dave henrie

>Yeah. Ok. They maybe make dang-sh*tty-motherf*cking fast cards... but who >can afford them? 4 V3 chips? Hmm.. $1000 maybe? (nah.. but close) >I'd prefer a TNT2 solution if the board gets just a little little bit >cheaper. Huh? Strange you would say that considering that the V3 2000 costs almost half of what a Diamond 770 TNT2 Ultra does yet comes very close to it's performance. I would hazard to guess that a V3 SLI card or V4 "might" cost a little more than a TNT2 Ultra or maybe even match in price. Why do you think Voodoo Cards are shitty?

nope plenty of threads are discussing it right now.. dh

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>Your kidding!? >> Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product >> WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar >> items will be N99 upgrades... >> seriously disappointed.. >> dave henrie

Damn straight! It won't be long before you will be able to get high fps at hi res with a heap of multitexturing. But serious polygon & lighting crunching is still lagging behind. Maybe its an API thing - hopefully DX7 will make it easier to implement across different cards. It would be nice to leave more cpu time for AI and campaigns etc. I get a feeling (or maybe just hoping) that the major players are all planning this for their upcoming unannounced chipsets, but a waiting for a standard implementation. Anton

Papa, how would you have any time for a Nascar sim anyhow... isn't SU-27 v.20 almost due? dave henrie -- On May 17, 1999 A Whale was killed off the coast of Washington State. The Whale was killed in the name of Tradition.....I say.... %&#& Tradition! >Thanks for the update Rrevved. Looks like I can save my money by not >getting Nascar 2000....which wont hurt them in the least. I was >seriously looking forward to the GPL engine in the Nascar setting. >Really unfortunate that we wont get the *** anymore from >Papy....they made their name being *** and now they want to get >rich. Nothing wrong...but it wont be my money in their pocket. >Im very disappointed.....I seriously have a long term affair going with >GPL. And I just thank god that it was released without getting its balls >cut off. >PAPA DOC >>Naturally N2000 will support the popular 3D accelerators out of the box, so >>you N2 guys with Rendition cards may have to go shopping finally. >>---------------------------------------- >>>> Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product >>>> WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar >>>> items will be N99 upgrades... >>>> seriously disappointed.. >>>> dave henrie >>-- >>// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com >Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand >Pink Flamingo Pilot...<G> >Falcon 4 Instructor Pilot >www.papadoc.net >Home of the Falcon 4 Benchmark

Thanks for the update Rrevved. Looks like I can save my money by not getting Nascar 2000....which wont hurt them in the least. I was seriously looking forward to the GPL engine in the Nascar setting. Really unfortunate that we wont get the *** anymore from Papy....they made their name being *** and now they want to get rich. Nothing wrong...but it wont be my money in their pocket. Im very disappointed.....I seriously have a long term affair going with GPL. And I just thank god that it was released without getting its balls cut off. PAPA DOC

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>Naturally N2000 will support the popular 3D accelerators out of the box, so >you N2 guys with Rendition cards may have to go shopping finally. >---------------------------------------- >>> Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product >>> WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar >>> items will be N99 upgrades... >>> seriously disappointed.. >>> dave henrie >-- >// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Pink Flamingo Pilot...<G> Falcon 4 Instructor Pilot www.papadoc.net Home of the Falcon 4 Benchmark

hehehe man oh man you wouldnt couldnt know....I have a day calender that lists the times I have to play each of the sims I love. GPL is very high on this list...very high. PAPA DOC

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> Papa, how would you have >any time for a Nascar sim anyhow... >isn't SU-27 v.20 almost due? >dave henrie >-- > On May 17, 1999 A Whale was killed off the coast of >Washington State. The Whale was killed in the name of >Tradition.....I say.... > %&#& Tradition! >>Thanks for the update Rrevved. Looks like I can save my money by not >>getting Nascar 2000....which wont hurt them in the least. I was >>seriously looking forward to the GPL engine in the Nascar setting. >>Really unfortunate that we wont get the *** anymore from >>Papy....they made their name being *** and now they want to get >>rich. Nothing wrong...but it wont be my money in their pocket. >>Im very disappointed.....I seriously have a long term affair going with >>GPL. And I just thank god that it was released without getting its balls >>cut off. >>PAPA DOC >>>Naturally N2000 will support the popular 3D accelerators out of the box, >so >>>you N2 guys with Rendition cards may have to go shopping finally. >>>---------------------------------------- >>>>> Save your money some more...Early E3 reports put the N3 product >>>>> WITHOUT the GPL engine. Looks like N3 and the Legends of Nascar >>>>> items will be N99 upgrades... >>>>> seriously disappointed.. >>>>> dave henrie >>>-- >>>// rrevved posts from mindspring dot com >>Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand >>Pink Flamingo Pilot...<G> >>Falcon 4 Instructor Pilot >>www.papadoc.net >>Home of the Falcon 4 Benchmark

Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Pink Flamingo Pilot...<G> Falcon 4 Instructor Pilot www.papadoc.net Home of the Falcon 4 Benchmark