[ale] 3dfX-mas Cheer

[reeves at earthling.net (John R. Hall)]

Don't overlook the Matrox G400! It's an excellent card, and they're released the
full specs. I've played Heretic II (beta) under the Matrox, and it works extremely
well (minus a few artifacts). Development on the drivers is underway.

-Reeves

Vernard Martin wrote:

> > With the holiday season fastly approaching, what would one linux user
> > recommend to another as far as 3dfx boards go?  Is the big question here
> > TNT2 vs. Voodoo3?  How much support is available for these cards?
>
> This is a toughie. Anytime there is not a clear winner in a particular area, it
> bedcomes almost a religious issue.
>
> Under linux, I don't think that either card is supported well enought to make
> one better than the other. At the moment, there are not freely available
> fdevelopment environment for either card. There are plans for both of them
> however, Based on previous track records, the good folks at nVidia will
> probably beat 3dfx to the punch.
>
> For windows95 benchmark results, check out http://www.tomshardware.com
>
> The guy that runs this site does a fairly good job of going over the pros and
> cons of both cards. He is a bit biased against 3dfx at times but does not
> hesitate to give them credit when they do something worth mentioning.
>
> For linux only stuff, you pretty much have to go search freshmeat for nVidia
> and voodoo and see what software pops up for each of them.
>
> --V
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> Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable   Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
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