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TheWobble

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« on: January 03, 2001, 11:43:00 AM »
I GOT MY V5 5500 TODAY AND 3DFX's whoopee SITE IS DOWN SO I CANT GET ANY $^%&*(# DRIVERS!!!
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TheWobble

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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2001, 11:52:00 AM »
Ok found a mirror...all is good  
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Offline Lephturn

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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2001, 01:46:00 PM »
If you get jammed feel free to email me at sconrad@hfx.eastlink.ca and I can always get them to you somehow.  

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TheWobble

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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2001, 02:17:00 PM »
Thanks leph i got it ok, thanks for offer though  
so far so good and OOOO so pretty!
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2001, 02:58:00 PM »
Okay, how much $$ are they going for today, and how much memory? Is it worth replacing my TNT2 Ultra?
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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2001, 03:09:00 PM »
 
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Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Okay, how much $$ are they going for today, and how much memory? Is it worth replacing my TNT2 Ultra?

Saw them in BestBuy for $199. They have 64mb of ram. Don't know if it's better than your card but it works very well in my machine. Made a big difference from my Diamond Viper 550 and Monster 3d combo. Sad part is I paid $299 in July for mine.

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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2001, 03:13:00 PM »
Hmm, thats twice as much memory as my Ultra TNT2, I bet I would pick some FR up, currently getting 10-12 around 'active' CV's, 45 FPS in general.
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2001, 03:28:00 PM »
Rip
I haven't seen below 25 fr ( around cv furballs) since 1.05 anywhere usually higher even at cv's. -> 90% of the time I'm between 30 and 60 fr sometimes in the 70's (if I look straight up) I run it at 32 bit color 1280 x 1024.  The rest of my box is a P3 800 with 256 ram, was a p3 500 with 128 b4 xmas. Not much of a gain with the upgrade as it was good before. AH looks awesome and runs smooth. Can't blame my poor performance on my computer/conn   Tried the GE force stuff but it glitched my Saitek setup with some kind of delay in response time. GE was slightly higher fr's but game performance was same.

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TheWobble

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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2001, 03:31:00 PM »
OK here is the deal
64mb of memory
FSAA (by it self reason enough to upgrade)
i more than dowbled my framerates from when I had my V3 3000 and that is WITH FSAA2 enabled without it i shoot up to areound 175fps at 1024x786

The FSAA is AMAZING what a game used to look at in 1280x1024 now looks just as cleane and sharp in 800x600 and that is no joke, going over 1024x786 is dumb because it all looks the same because of FSAA

I got mine from outpost.com it cost 199 and i got FREE OVERNIGHT SHIPPING.

IT IS WORTH THE UPGRADE EVERY FRIGGING PENNY!!!!!
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2001, 03:39:00 PM »
Wobble

Just wondering what size monitor you have. Have a 19" here and going to higher res seemed to help my aim. Could have been all psychological though  

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TheWobble

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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2001, 03:53:00 PM »
I have a 17' flatscreen. if going to i higher res helped yer aim in AH I have no idea why, however in 3d shooters where ya use the mouse, higher res=better shooting can be because of the mouse polling on higher res...but i have laser mouse so it dont matter  
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2001, 04:54:00 PM »
So Wobble... I take it you like the FSAA right?  

Eagler, if you have a V5 you REALLY should try 2xFSAA.  It just rocks.  nVidia can have their sill over-hyped T&L, I'll take FSAA any day.  It's purty, and it works in EVERY game I have.

Sigh, I'm really sad to see 3DFX go.  They had the right ideas, shame about their execution sucking rocks.

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When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
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You'll never go wrong with a pig!" -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
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TheWobble

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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2001, 05:37:00 PM »
FSAA is the most amazing thing to hit gameing since the introduction of OpenGl an D3D, i gets right to the root of gaming it make everything smooth and sharp and i nearly pissed my pants when i saw it!

BTW before I ran AH at 1280x1024 , not I run it at 1024x785 with 2xfsaa and it is twice as sharp as before and MUCH MUCH MUCH higher freamerat, (around 100fps)
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« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2001, 10:40:00 AM »
I'd rather have higher res' than fsaa. sure it looks good at 800x600, but when you can play at 1600x1200, it makes no difference. fsaa just makes everything look blurry.

I'd rather have t&l, especially for 3d work.

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TheWobble

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« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2001, 01:13:00 PM »
FSAA does NOT make anything blurry, unless you have some funky settings, i can run it at 1600x1200 if i wanted but it looks much better at 1024x786 2xfsaa, are you running a V5 or GeForce, cause the FSAA a geforce does looks like toejam.
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