From: Superfro <Superfro@ecis.com>
To: ml@qoole.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971202004828.00749400@online.no>
Reply-To: ml@qoole.com
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 09:10:23 -0800
Subject: Re: AGP and GLqoole/quake

oh ya, and i have a monster..  dont get rid of your card.. i think its the best in the market.. as long as it is a revision B


At 12:48 AM 12/2/97 +0100, you wrote:

>Ehh... I have a Monster 3D card and I am soon upgrading too Pentium II

>300MHz, does this mean I have to sell my Monster 3D card??? Or can I use it

>and forget about the AGP thing?

>

>

>>> the riva gets 39.9 fps on a P2-300 on an LX board. the viper agp gets 

>>> 40.9 fps (which is the fastest on the charts of 640x480x16.  

>>> the funny thing is, my p-100  (overclocked to 133) gets 45 fps average 

>>> under the same conditions..  check the charts..  

>>> 

>>> 

>>>>>> The nVidia RIVA chipset scales with the processor a lot more than the

>3Dfx

>>>>>> chipset does.  On a Pentium II 300, the RIVA slightly beats out a

>3Dfx in

>>>>>> GLQuake, and does better in Direct 3D.

>>> 

>>> >> 

>>> 

>>> >> I am about to buy a new PII and have a choice AGP cards.  The sales man 

>>> 

>>> >> just told me the Number 9 revolution (4mb) uses the RIVA chipset.  Will 

>>> 

>>> >> this AGP card play glquake and therefor GLQOOLE? He also told me my 

>>> 

>>> >> monster 3d add on card would not work with an AGP card.  

>>> 

>>> >> I checked out the gldojo and found almost nothing about AGP cards. 

>>> 

>>> >> (its a little early I know). If anyone knows please fill me in.

>>> 

>>> >

>>> 

>>> >Well, it definitely won't work for GLQoole; GLQoole works ONLY with 3dfx

>>> 

>>> >cards.  But the RIVA *may* work with GLQuake; check the dojo for info.

>>> 

>

>

>

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Superfro..

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