G400 & Voodoo2

[booboy]

I have a G400 SH and a Voodoo2 in my system. Do I really need the Voodoo2 anymore (except for Glide games, of course)? If the performance of the G400 is better/on par with the V2, that would free up a spot.

[RoGuE]

The G400 will beat a V2 on everything other than GLide.

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aka Chris H

Abit BE6, Celeron 300A@450MHz, 128MB PC100 RAM, G400 32MB DH, SBLive! Value, IBM 22GB ATA/66 HDD, and so on...

[Maggi]

and depending on the code, the G400's D3D even beats the Voodoo3 in Glide ...

Want the link to prove ?

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Cheerio,
Maggi
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Asus P2B-DS @ 103MHz FSB
2x P3-450 @ 464MHz
512MB CAS2 SDRAM
Millenium G400 32MB DH

[Maggi]

anyway ...






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Cheerio,
Maggi
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Asus P2B-DS @ 103MHz FSB
2x P3-450 @ 464MHz
512MB CAS2 SDRAM
Millenium G400 32MB DH

[Maggi]

okokok ... it was a MAX

[LAMFDTK]

Unreal. UT. Tribes, Dynamix. Thats the only reason I have one in my box. And of course the 200$$ that I paid for it makes it hard to put in the draw.

Maggie, when do you want to fly ? I'd love to get a game In WWII Fighters up! I spent hours on JCN last fall and spring. HOURS..

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PIII-450, 128 HDSRAM, Asus P3BF, G400/32, SBLive!, Nokia 447Xi 17",

[The PIT]

Nah you don't need a voodoo2 mines now collecting dust on the shelf.

[Snake-Eyes]

I left mine in for the same reasons LAMFDTK did- there's a few games that look better (more features, usually) under the Glide mode than their D3D mode. As well, there's still a few Glide-only titles floating around. Granted, nearly all of the titles that fit either category is getting old, but hey, some of us still play GlQuake, right (making a point about the age not necessarily mattering).

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Ace

[Borg]

take it OUT (V2) u dont nead it anymore...

I dont use it science G200...& not thinking about with G400...

ALIEN VS PREDATOR 1024x768x32 SSSMMMMOOOTTTHHH.....njm,njam,

or KINGPIN 1024x768x32..wooooshhhh...

have you seen BLOOD2 with latest patch..try it & tell me what u see....1024x768x32...ooooohhhhh so smooth

Falcon4.0,SHOGO..man thats madnes, or RE-VOLT yes,yes ,yes...do I have to continiue....ahh yes all POWERED by MATROX G40032SH

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PIII450@465,P2b,128mb,Matrox Mill-G400 32SH,SB.Live !(value)...

[paul]

I downloaded some type of glide wrapper for the G-series by Scott Cutler. Comes with the 'Configurator'.
Shouldn't this help the G eliminate the V?
I haven't the guts to run it, I haven't crashed since 5.21 install

[carlmeister]

Hey you Guys, you forgot one thing abou the V2. How about excellent 3Dnow support. Find me another video card that will do 70 fps at 1024 x 768 in Demo2.dm2 in Quake II on a K6/2-450? My pet peave is the fact that most Vidcard makers are only paying lip service to any 3dnow enhancements. Its got plenty of potential.

[This message has been edited by carlmeister (edited 09-11-1999).]

[carlmeister]

Oh, forgot my specs........

Epox MVP3G-M, K6/2-450, 256 meg PC100, G400 SGRAM 32 meg single, Diamond
Monster 3DII 8meg SLI, Ensoniq Audio PCI, WD 6.4 HD, Toshiba 32x, Toshiba 12x SCSI,
Diamond Fireport 20, Yamaha 4x6 CD writer SCSI, Generic NEC2000 network card,
Viewsonic E771 monitor Win95 OSR 2.1.



[This message has been edited by carlmeister (edited 09-11-1999).]