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ramstein
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posted 08-03-2000 12:39 AM
   
I don't live in a 3D world al the time, on the computer (heheheh), so I really enjoy great 2D performance. Unfortunately many 3D video cards have really crappy 2D performance. Graphics which do not have the crispness and clarity they should in 2D apps. So, I enjoy my matrox Video Cards. They have very respectable performance, but are not the fastest gaming cards. But, I can be very happy to use them in all apps and games. if you want to play only games and don't care about anything else maybe Voodoo, TNT, or whatever are your type of card. But if you want a well rounded setup, look at your options with cards that deliver both 2D/3D performance. IMHOstevenscott
2 Pentium computers
Win98
Matrox Marvel G400
Matrox Mystique G200 -------------
Too much stuff to list. I have owned TNT and Hercules Thriller Video cards over the years.
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Posts: 71 | From: San Diego | Registered: Jul 2000 | IP: Logged
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NathanKell
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posted 08-03-2000 01:14 AM
I think you mean Direct3D, not direct draw.Your TNT2 beats the pants off any Voodoo before the Voodoo5--especially since it supports more colors than Voodoo / glide mode. Trust me, that's the way stuff *looks* in 3D--software mode just has less colors, and runs slower. ------------------
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Posts: 485 | From: Connecticut, USA | Registered: Jul 2000 | IP: Logged
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Gen Savage
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Member # 585
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posted 08-03-2000 07:57 AM
If you get up close, the trees and bushes do appear to be two flat pieces put together like an "X". From a bit of distance, it creates an illusion of depth. Likewise, the ground up close may appear to be lots of squares interlocked. Again, this is because you spend so much more of your time aloft than down low. I only notice the "squares" and fake "stage trees" when I am just about to touch down. I believe this effect is unavoidable, as it appears in every sim I've played.
I think your references to Direct-Draw come from you experience with Red Baron 3D. Red Baron 3D does 3D in Glide only. The game is a pathetic software-rendered 2d mess on anything other than a 3DFX/Glide-based card.
As to whether TNT2 "beats the pants off" all glide cards prior to Voodoo 5: well, if you really, really want to play RB3D, this is simply not the case. Some of the older games (F-15, Flying Corps Gold, the aforementioned RB3D, etc) only work (or work well) in Glide. I have run EAW in both Glide and TNT2. The colors that are available to TNT2 are far brighter and "prettier" than those of Glide/Voodoo, which are limited to a specific palette. Howver, IMO, the terrain is rendered a little better with a Voodoo 3, with a little "smoothing" of the pixellated edges that occur w/TNT2. Unless you want to change the card in order to play those Glide-based games, I would not spring for a 3DFX/Voodoo II or III card, as it would be 6 of one and 1/2 dozen of another (IMO). With 32MB memory on the TNT2, as opposed to 16MB on a Voodoo 3, the TNT2 should be a tad faster.
Voodoo 5-that's a whole nother story!------------------
'Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier.'
-Samuel Johnson [This message has been edited by Gen Savage (edited 08-03-2000).]
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