[ale] 3dfX-mas Cheer

[Tony Scalzitti]

I would say 3dfx.  I don't like closed specs, but it is very easy to write
for glide.  Its a bit older and has better game support in the windows
world.  Stands to reason that there are more glide developers.  I like the
idea of a nice 2D card with good X support and a second 3D card (or two in
SLI) mode - though this is voodoo2 setup, it is fairly cheap now

OpenGL is nice and all, but maybe its just me - I don't like the OpenGL look
in games, I think quake looks a lot less "real" in OpenGL.  I like texture
mapped, light effects, water, and smoke better in a nice 3dfx game

just my .02
-T

P.S. TNT2 is a bit cheaper the Voodoo3.

----- Original Message -----
 From: Christopher S. Adams <toiletduk at penguinpowered.com>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] 3dfX-mas Cheer


> i recommend a tnt2, since not only do you have a wide variety of boards to
> choose from, but nvidia is releasing an opengl icd for linux by the end of
> the year
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Brooks <dbrooks at elysium.comstar.net>
> To: <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 4:16 PM
> Subject: [ale] 3dfX-mas Cheer
>
>
> > With the holiday season fastly approaching, what would one linux user
> > recommend to another as far as 3dfx boards go?  Is the big question here
> > TNT2 vs. Voodoo3?  How much support is available for these cards?
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > --
> > david a. brooks
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