Re: (got flamed) Overclock them suckers!!

From: Robert Howe (robbii@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed Jun 16 1999 - 13:38:42 EDT


TNT2 Supporting glide... I don't think so... that's 3dFX proprietary for the
Voodoo Chipsets... and since 3dfx has started making their own cards... why
would they allow the chipset to go to a competitors card..... just a
thought.

-Robert Howe
1995 V6 4x4 5-Speed
Bone Stock :(

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Yates <yatesrt@yahoo.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 4:48 PM
Subject: RE: DML: (got flamed) Overclock them suckers!!

>The new Riva TNT2 Ultra has full Glide/DirectX 6.1
>(and 7 if they ever friggin release it) support, I
>think I gotta get one. Preacher, you ever play quake
>via the online servers? We oughtta set somethin up so
>I can get my butt kicked, hehehe.
>
>Later
>Jack Yates
>'99 Black CC R/T
>
>--- David Preacher Slocum <preacher@carolina.rr.com>
>wrote:
>> I currently have a Viper 550... a great card but it
>> doesn't support Glide.
>> Some of the newest games don't support OpenGL but DO
>> support Glide .....
>> The VooDoo 3000 supports both and is rated faster
>> than even the new ATI
>> 128bit card.
>>
>> Preacher
>> 99 5.2L CC 4x4 SLT+
>> Charlotte, NC
>> http://www.bastaards.org
>>
>>
>> At 02:22 PM 6/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Personally, I purchased (and promptly returned) a
>> Voodoo3 AGP card....the
>> >Diamond Viper 770 is about the fastest damn thing
>> i've seen yet. (I can
>> >run Quake2 @ 1280x1024 without any video problems).
>> >
>> >I saw the fan you were referring to...nice...but
>> freekin' expensive.
>
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