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3dfx Voodoo 2 12 mb vs. Nvidia Riva TNT 16 mb?
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Is it a race to the garbage can?
-- "KC6" wrote in message ... 3dfx Voodoo 2 12 mb vs. Nvidia Riva TNT 16 mb? |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:23:09 +0200, "KC6"
wrote: 3dfx Voodoo 2 12 mb vs. Nvidia Riva TNT 16 mb? I don't see why you wouldn't be running both. Assuming you're trying to do a retro gaming system with older hardware and an older windows OS like 98 or 95, they get along great together. I was running a similar combination for a while there. By now, I'd guess the pair together can't be worth much more than $15 or $20 Canadian, so it's not going to break the bank. If we're talking win2k or XP, driver support isn't particularly great for either of those cards. The TNT isn't even listed on NVidia's site, but the older detonators might work. As far as the Voodoo2, there's homebrew XP drivers, but they're kind of a hit/miss thing depending on what you've got installed on your machine. --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:09:49 -0400, MCheu
wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:23:09 +0200, "KC6" wrote: 3dfx Voodoo 2 12 mb vs. Nvidia Riva TNT 16 mb? I don't see why you wouldn't be running both. Assuming you're trying to do a retro gaming system with older hardware and an older windows OS like 98 or 95, they get along great together. I was running a similar combination for a while there. By now, I'd guess the pair together can't be worth much more than $15 or $20 Canadian, so it's not going to break the bank. If we're talking win2k or XP, driver support isn't particularly great for either of those cards. The TNT isn't even listed on NVidia's site, but the older detonators might work. As far as the Voodoo2, there's homebrew XP drivers, but they're kind of a hit/miss thing depending on what you've got installed on your machine. Even newest Detonators support TNT. Neither card is going to be good for gaming, and the TNT isn't likley to have very good/crisp output for 2D work either. Both cards also produce fair amount of heat relative to their usefulness. IMHO, an old ATI Rage Pro would be better for 2d work or video related tasks, and anything newer being better for 3D. I suppose I'd lean toward leaving the Voodoo out of the system and look for deals on something with better 2D output. |
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kony wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:09:49 -0400, MCheu wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:23:09 +0200, "KC6" wrote: 3dfx Voodoo 2 12 mb vs. Nvidia Riva TNT 16 mb? I don't see why you wouldn't be running both. Assuming you're trying to do a retro gaming system with older hardware and an older windows OS like 98 or 95, they get along great together. I was running a similar combination for a while there. By now, I'd guess the pair together can't be worth much more than $15 or $20 Canadian, so it's not going to break the bank. If we're talking win2k or XP, driver support isn't particularly great for either of those cards. The TNT isn't even listed on NVidia's site, but the older detonators might work. As far as the Voodoo2, there's homebrew XP drivers, but they're kind of a hit/miss thing depending on what you've got installed on your machine. Even newest Detonators support TNT. I was fairly certain that they did, but if you look at NVidia's website, they don't even acknowledge that the TNT ever existed, it's just not listed. The RIVA is, the TNT2 is, but the TNT is the missing link (assuming they haven't fixed this oversight). Neither card is going to be good for gaming, and the TNT isn't likley to have very good/crisp output for 2D work either. Both cards also produce fair amount of heat relative to their usefulness. IMHO, an old ATI Rage Pro would be better for 2d work or video related tasks, and anything newer being better for 3D. I suppose I'd lean toward leaving the Voodoo out of the system and look for deals on something with better 2D output. For modern gaming, yeah, they are pretty crappy, but if you're aiming for a GLIDE compatible RETRO gaming system, they'd likely be fine. The Voodoo2 tends to have fewer compatibility problems among older GLide games than the later 2D/3D 3Dfx cards, and having one kind of leaves your choice of 2D and direct3D support open to whatever you want. There's no question that there are superior cards available, but if you're building a system to play these old games at their original speeds, you don't necessarily want to go overboard on performance. -------------------------- MCheu. |
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