Video Cards

[rcsnoopy]

Just curious what cards everyone is using for their computers. I have a Fire GL 1000 with the diamond permedia2 chip (i think), but am looking to upgrade within the next month or so. I am not sure what to get. I am looking for an AGP one in the 100-150 price range. Currently I am looking at the Voodoo3 3000 which can be found for about $125 minus $20 bucks for a coupon +whatever is shipping. I was told by a friend though that the voodoo3 didn't have 32 bit (processing?) and that I would probably want that since it makes a significant difference (or maybe not significant but a big diff). Any thoughts on what the best card is for the $ currently? I was also told that maybe i should wait a bit longer since an new generation of cards just came out. Thoughts?

[hapoo]

i'm using a 3dfx 3500.
3dfx does process in 32 bit but it outputs in 16bit.

[Sjarred]

Diamond TNT2

[revil]

voodoo 1 baby!

[Crunch It Now]

Creative TNT2 Ultra w/ 32 MB RAM

[sbp]

DDR GeForce.

[spigidygak]

tnt2, gonna wait till a card comes out with more memory than my system (384). . . although the new geforce II's are tempting. . . damnit, now look what you've done!

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[Speedfreak]

I have a Voodoo3 3500, but will have a GeForce 2 in a week or so.

32-bit IS starting to be a big deal. When the TNT2s and V3s first came out a lot of people made a big deal about 32-bit, but yet it really wasn't a big deal. Not a lot of games fully supported it at the time, plus it took a big hit on the cards.

Well, now it is better. The newer cards can run in 32-bit and not take as much of a hit and there are tons of games out or coming out that fully support it.

So, If you want a card that will do true 32-bit (processing AND output) and that will run decent at the higher resolutions with 32-bit enabled, then you will have to raise your price range some more.


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[rcsnoopy]

hmmm, does anyone think that card prices will drop in the next month or two?? I just don't want to buy a kick ass card, and only use a small portion of what it is capable of, when I could buy a cheaper card that will still be ass kicking good compared to my card right now and then upgrade later as needed in a year or so. Yes, i do play video games and this is my primary reason for getting a new card (i am tired of seeing big squares on quake3 when bullets hit the wall)

[Sjarred]

This also depends on the system you have right now. If your systems sucks, then getting a card like the Vodoo5 or Gforce2 won't do you any good because of the bottle-necks. In this case you really can't get the full effects from those cards. If you have a pretty darn good system and the money, go for the good stuff. Gforce2 baby!!! Or if you like the Vodoo5, go for that one.

[revil]

I actually got a voodoo3 3000 for $130 with a $50 rebate. those bastards won't give me my money though

[Speedfreak]

If you have a 900Mhz cpu you can maxx the GeForce 2 out.


Quake3 1600x1200 32-bit High textures with a GeForce 2 and 900Mhz P3... 26.5fps.



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[Bloodymess]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hapoo:
i'm using a 3dfx 3500.
3dfx does process in 32 bit but it outputs in 16bit.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So it does all the work to let the quality come out in 32 bit color but it doesn't show you ?
lol

PS I'm using a Geforce DDR "you know the one that outputs in 32 bit color after it processes it that way "


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oops, another brain fart!

[Fuz]

I'm using a Matrox G400 Max. The dual head feature is very usefull when doing any sort of graphics work.

Fuz

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-So I sez to him, getch yer own monkey.

[hapoo]

yeah it does bloodymess. kinda sucks

[rcsnoopy]

well, my computer is a PII400 with 128 megs of ram. I haven't really found anything that overly taxes the computer itself (i think it is mostly the crumby video card), how much do you think the GeForce 1 will drop down to after the GeForce 2 has been out for a little while?

[ProMinx]

i run a TNT2 with 32 megs...but i forget the manufacturer...oops.
ProMinx