Archive / 1999 / December

Naiive (?) hardware questions

5 posts by 4 people · 09 Dec 1999 - 10 Dec 1999 15:45 UTC

Steve Ferguson 09 Dec 1999#508126

1. Can one overclock a Celeron-equipped desktop from the big mail-order shops like Dell? 2. Is a Soundblaster Live worth the extra expense over a standard Yamaha OEM soundcard? Why? 3. Are the TNT2 family of cards 2D and 3D? What about the Voodoo 3? thanks Stephen

Daxe Rexford 09 Dec 1999#508127

>1. Can one overclock a Celeron-equipped desktop from the big mail-order >shops like Dell? depends on the motherboard they use. If you can find out that info, you can find out if it is possible to o/c it by researching the specs on the MB. You can also look inside the computer for jumpers or look in the BIOS for software setting to change the bus speed, etc. If the Yamaha card doesn't do actual Wave reproduction, yes. I don;t know what the standard card features, but histoprically, low-end cards relied only on synthesis of instrument sounds rather than playing back actual stored samples, which sounds a zillion times better. For the 100$ or so that an SBLive costs, it is worth the extra $, if you ask me. Dunno about the TNT, my guess is yes. The VooDoo3 series are standalone cards, doing both 2d and 3d, unlike the VooDoo2, which was an add-on doing 3d only. hope this helps daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Remco Moedt 09 Dec 1999#508128

>1. Can one overclock a Celeron-equipped desktop from the big mail-order >shops like Dell? Difficult. The Motherboards used aren't overclock friendly. Beside that, you'll loose your waranty.. The Live supports 18 channels hardware accelerated. I don't believe the Yamaha does. BTW, if you don't do MIDI thing, go for the Value version. 3D. They are good cards, but not the best choice for GPL. Currently the V3-3x00 cards are the best for GPL. They do support D3D better, IMO. Remco

AM 10 Dec 1999#508251

Have I missed something here? TNT/TNT2s are of course 2D AND 3D. And so is Voodoo3. After installing a V3 to my parents' puter I would say that TNT2 aces in D3D (more options, by tweaking I could usually get better quality with no performance hit, but the differences are mostly minimal) Speedwise V3 is naturally better for GPL since the game is Glide native and TNT2 has to rely on beta OpenGL patch which has its problems. The problem I had with V3 and GPL was that the filtering is something quite horrible, the textures aren't blurred in distance so the rolling grassy hills of Nrburgring look like they've been carpeted. Anyone know if there's a way to resolve this? I've tried all options the latest V3 drivers have to offer. If you don't know what I'm talking 'bout, I could of course put a few screenshots on a webpage to illustrate the phenomenon... --- Antti Markus Peteri 15 miles. your dim light shines from so far away - Soul Asylum, Promises Broken

Remco Moedt 10 Dec 1999 15:45 UTC#291563

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>[email hidden] says... >> >> >3. Are the TNT2 family of cards 2D and 3D? What about the Voodoo 3? >> >> 3D. They are good cards, but not the best choice for GPL. Currently >> the V3-3x00 cards are the best for GPL. They do support D3D better, >> IMO. >> > >Have I missed something here? TNT/TNT2s are of course 2D AND 3D.

Nope, I missed something, you're right....I had 2/3D in the first place, but made a mistake after editing the message....sorry for that.. Remco