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| 3118.1 | | 45862::HILTON | Save Water, drink beer | Thu Mar 27 1997 12:28 | 6 |
| Stefan,
How did you choose between the Monster 3D and the righteous Orchid 3d?
Greg
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| 3118.2 | Highly recommended | dlj.alf.dec.com::jennings | This space for rent | Wed Apr 02 1997 11:54 | 14 |
| re: .0
Awesome! Based on the review in .0, I went and got one yesterday. It really
blows your socks off. Not only are the accelerated games much, much faster, but
they look really good. In fact, the first few times I was playing GLQuake, I
kept getting killed because I was doing too much sight-seeing!
To give you an idea of the amount of acceleration, in the opening screen of the
Quake Mission Pack I, I was getting 17 frames per second at 538x400 with a
Matrox Mystique. With the 3Dfx, I get 40 fps at 640x480 and the visual
appearance is much more pleasing.
Now, does anyone know how I can get my full version of Descent II to use the
3Dfx? (The version shipped with the card is the shareware version).
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| 3118.3 | | 45862::HILTON | Save Water, drink beer | Wed Apr 02 1997 12:30 | 14 |
| re .2
I also bought an Orchid R3D yesterday, AWESOME!!
I got bundled Descent II with the card, as well as Fatal Racing, MW2
and Actua Soccer, all 3DFX enchanced!!
You can just buy Descent ][ and then download a patch to run the 3dfx
version.
Greg
..waiting for F1 from Pysgnosis
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| 3118.4 | | 45862::HILTON | Save Water, drink beer | Wed Apr 02 1997 14:19 | 8 |
| For reasons to buy a Voodoo accelerator, check out:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~fgrayson/3dfxscreenshots/Formula1/image04.jpg
Unbelievable, my mates at Pysgnosis say the game will ship, end of
April.
Greg
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| 3118.5 | POD-fastest Racing Game ever | RTOMS::HUEBNERS | www.muc.de/~sh | Fri Apr 11 1997 07:59 | 8 |
| A shareware version of POD is available at
http://www.ubisoft.com/usgames/pod2.html
(Supports 3dfx, MMX etc.)
bye,
Stefan.
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| 3118.6 | Anyone want some 3dfx games? | 45862::rasmodem43.reo.dec.com::hiltong | hiltong@mail.dec.com | Thu May 01 1997 08:07 | 11 |
| This card never ceases to amaze me, some of the demos are great!
Just got TombRaider for it which is gobsmacking!
Anyhow, I got some free games with the Orchid, and I got two copies
of Fatal Racing (known as Whiplash in the USA), and Actua Socccer. I
also got MechWarrior II which I don't like.
So I'll sell or swop 'em with other 3dfx owners/games.
Greg
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| 3118.7 | | VYGER::GIBSONJ | Sundays papers on a Saturday? | Thu May 01 1997 19:10 | 16 |
| I bought a Matrox Mystique 2mb for my P166.
I managed to get a tad more speed in GP2.
A - Would it improve if I upgraded to 4mb.
B - Can I add a Voodoo 3D to my Mystique, or do I have to install my
2D card Diamond Stealth, which I still have to run with it.
C - Which would be faster.
The Mystique with 4mb, or the 2D Diamond Stealth along with the
VooDoo Accelerator.
D - How much for a VooDoo?
Thanks.
John.
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| 3118.8 | Some answers | 45862::lzodhcp-182-48-148.lzo.dec.com::hiltong | hiltong@mail.dec.com | Fri May 02 1997 08:28 | 20 |
| 3118.9 | | dlj.alf.dec.com::jennings | | Fri May 02 1997 13:30 | 3 |
| A MONSTER 3
fx board from Diamond is $184 from NECX Direct. It works just fine with a
Matrox card. I have mine working with a Millennium.
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| 3118.10 | | VYGER::GIBSONJ | Sundays papers on a Saturday? | Fri May 02 1997 14:30 | 5 |
| THANKS GUYS,
By the way, I assume it slots into a PCI slot?
John.
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| 3118.11 | Yes, it's a PCI card | alfras1_port13.alf.dec.com::jennings | I'm still here | Sat May 03 1997 14:57 | 1 |
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| 3118.12 | F1 out!!! | 45862::maxine1.lzo.dec.com::hiltong | hiltong@mail.dec.com | Fri May 16 1997 15:04 | 67 |
| 3118.13 | | VYGER::GIBSONJ | Sundays papers on a Saturday? | Mon May 19 1997 15:34 | 3 |
| Will F1 work with a Matrox Mystique?
John.
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| 3118.14 | | 45862::16.42.3.105::hiltong | hiltong@mail.dec.com | Tue May 27 1997 15:46 | 3 |
| Yes, but I think it lists 4mb as min video memory.
Got it on Sunday, not much time to play yet, very different to F1 GP2
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