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Re: Lego Creator Success
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 01:12:35 GMT
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On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:40:21 GMT, Beaker <beaker@havoc.gtf.org> wrote:
> Also sprach Mike Stanley:
> I'm using the G200 because I got it for free from a friend who had
> upgraded. I really do not know terribly much about video cards. I'm
> pleased with the performance, though. My real bottleneck is my 1024x768
> 17-inch monitor. Once I replace that with a 1600x1200-19" maybe I will
> ditch the video card as well. What would you suggest for a not-too-
> serious gamer who needs good color and resolution more than top-of-the-
> line 3d acceleration?
There is no upgrade from G200. Not for quality, anyway. G200 is, at
least what I hear, the best Picture quality on the market, and the
best 2D & 3D quality, even if it's "only" 80% as fast as a voodoo II
card. I use one myself, so I may be biased :) anyway, I noticed that
quake2 gives me framerates from 11-13 fps, for resolutions of 200*240
(Ick) up to 800*600 - I haven't tested beyond yet. The bottleneck is
my 166MMX processot - it can't give the data to the video card fast
enough :)
By the time you have a new monitor, there is likely gonna be a new
video card that's even better. But it's still likely to be a Matrox,
or possibly a high-end Diamond :)
Of course, a G200 is about 2/3 the price of a voodoo Banshee, maybe
evcen less than that.
Jasper
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Actually, unless you are running the alpha OpenGL ICD the G200 isn't really doing much of anything for you quality or speed wise, and could never be compared to a voodoo 2. Trust me, I have a G200 and dual V2's. You're only running in software (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Lego Creator Success
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| (...) Oh, and just for reference, a p166mmx in my office, with one V2 card, runs at 800x600 and does at least 30fps, and that's 30fps of pure 3d-accelerated quality that looks about a billion times better than the software rendering Quake2 does (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Lego Creator Success
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| Also sprach Mike Stanley: : Congrats on the install of Creator. Have you tried to overclock the : 300A to 450 yet? Not this one, because I am still waiting on a case fan. But I've already overclocked one 300a with no problems, and I have the jumper (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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