From: "Paul Tahan Jr" <hsimpson@intercall.com>
To: <ml@qoole.com>
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 22:03:08 -0500
Subject: Re: AGP and GLqoole/quake

wow....deleted all these threads with reckless abandonment...(is that
right?) well anyway....im now confused....i bought a pure3d a while
ago...actually when it first came out...and now since my 2d card bites the
nugget i bought a new 2d card...the total 3d from canopus with the riva 128
nv chip....its been getting rave reviews and all that good stuff...but now
your saying that im gonna have 2 3d cards on my pc and they are going to be
rivals obviously...which should i use as primary 3d device...im judging the
pure...and im right....so HI...anyway...opinions are pretty cool so why not
try and tell me otherwise!  cool..ok later
-Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: CyniC <CyniC@jps.net>
To: ml@qoole.com <ml@qoole.com>
Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: AGP and GLqoole/quake


>Matt Ayres wrote:
>
>> The Number 9 Revolution 3D does NOT use the nVidia RIVA 128 chip.  The
>> Diamond Viper V330 has the chip however.  In all of the benchmarks I've
>> seen, the Revolution is better at 2D, the Diamond better at 3D.
>
>I'm glad someone cleared that up, I was reading through the thread and
saying,
>"Hmmm... I must really be missing something here... Since when did The #9
switch
>from its Ticket to Ride to the RIVA? Not that it would be a bad thing... :)
>
>BTW, the RIVA chipset was built around D3D, so its performance in D3D is
better
>than the Voodoo, at least on a PII.
>
>I think there's really something wrong with me... I know all this stuff on
3D
>cards, but I own nothing but a Stealth 2000 Pro... eew, Virge. :)  It's
called "I
>need mo money" (I just recently regged Qoole)  Any tips on where to get
bargain
>3dfx, like auctions and stuff? Thanx.
>
>Also, I hope to get off my lazy arse and make some tutorials for the
Academy once
>I get regged Qoole. Who do I contact when I'm ready to do a tutorial/class?
>
>-CyniC
>
>
>