From: darren eckersley To: ml@qoole.com In-Reply-To: <001301bd6b77$db1af860$b3118218@jcaesar.we.mediaone.net> Reply-To: ml@qoole.com Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 12:34:29 +0100 Subject: Re: voodoo 2 At 02:45 19/04/98 -0700, you wrote: > >This is the problem with hardware companies and their "requirements". >That's the recommendation they give. The voodoo2 is faster than v1. ALL >the processors even up to the 400MHz, can't shove enough data to the card >fast enough. This means the voodoo2 goes into an idle mode. The user >doesn't notice this. > >This is all due to the bus speed of the motherboard. If you have a 200 or >200mmx (which I'd now consider low-end), don't expect much more than maybe 1 >or 2 fps higher than the current v1 cards. A friend of mine is running it >on a plain P166 and the board SCREAMS.. also, there is less/no texture >thrashing (loading and unloading of textures) due to the larger amount of >texture RAM (he has a 12MB board). > >All these companies come up with "requirements" and usually they are really >only "recommendations". It would be nice if all companies came up with a >standard way of saying things like this--at least with a company like id >software, when they say x will happen, it means x will happen, at least as >far as requirements. Also, requirements are, some of the time, based on >someone's opinion, and not cold hard facts--that's where the problem lies.. > >Joel > >PS. Yes, GET THE VOODOO2. But be aware that some of the drivers are still >buggy, and will probably need more updates (which are fairly frequent now) >to make it more stable. > >-----Original Message----- >From: -=hard-bOiled=- >To: ml@qoole.com >Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 1:30 AM >Subject: voodoo 2 > > >>Just a 3dfx question... >>My mate is lookin at buying a 3dfx card and I said go for voodoo 2 to >>save upgrading later on, but my other mate said that the system >>requirement s for voodoo 2 are too high and you need at least a pII-233. >> >>The guy lookin to buy the card has a p-200mmx. I would think this would >>be ample speed to run the card. >>Whats the go? Well I just went out and bought a 12Mb 3D Blaster, I went for the 12Mb cos it was only £25 more expensive than the 8Mb one. Anyway, I did the timerefresh on Quake 2 and got 60f/s and on my old Orchid I used to get 30f/s. My computer is only a p-233mmx, Quake 1 runs at over 60 f/s and thats at 800x600x16 bits. I'm not an expert on the 3D cards, but I do know that my card works on my p-233 mmx and it knocks spots of my old Orchid. Darren