u're running all games on a TNT2 in linux? lets see u running UT on it. ;)
btw, u're concept of compromising on processor, and going for a good video
card wont hold good, when more gfx intensive apps come out. do u know that for
getting an optimum performance of a V5 or for that matter a GeForce 2, even
a PIII 600 wont do.
On Sat, Jun 07, 2036 at 04:04:41PM +0200, Adityan S.Murthy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an AMD k6-3 450 (1 MB cache) and a Riva TNT2 with 32 MB RAM and it can
> run any game thrown at it at full res. I can run Quake 3 at 1024x768 and 32
> bit color depth smoothly without any jerks at all.
>
> I did a lot of reseach before i upgraded my PC. I realized that i could
> compromise on my processor and get a good video card. And BTW, K6-3 in not
> bad by any standards. I can do all raw processing very well but only when it
> comes to FPU does it get a beating. But thanks to my video card, i don't have
> any problem in games.
>
games tend to use more of the FPU. they use what u call "raw processing" too,
but they use the FPU, so that they can download some of the the instructions on
to the FPU, thus making use of the parallelism offered between the CPU and FPU
on Pentium+ class machines. And, since u're talking of games anyway, the PIII is
a better performer in games, as compared to an Athlon, both on bloze and Linux.
Nikhil.
> Adityan
>
> Nick Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 11:46:24PM +0530, eccentric globetrotter wrote:
> > > I dont know how relevant all this info is but still.
> > >
> > > k6-2 was released as a competitor to p-II. As far as floating point
> operations are concerned p-II did better... but for regular applications..
> k6-2 faired much better. So its a trade off... frankly if u are playing
> games... by p-2 otherwise k6-2 is a better buy. Besides... these days the
> 3dnow technology is well supported... so graphics is well taken care off...
> p-2 is better doesnt in anyway impy k6-2 is bad... looking at the price to
> performance ratio is it a good buy.
> > >
> > > k6-3 was release when p-3 was released. it has the tri-level cache concept
> which is plain bullshit and a waste of money. k6-2 is a better buy than that.
> > >
> >
> > oh, u think the tri-level cache is BS? i think u ought ta brush up on u're
> tech
> > concepts pretty soon. i think shanu has already told that the athlon is the
> equivalent
> > of a piii. the fact that k6-3 was released when p3 was released doesn't make
> any
> > difference. AMD was late to bring out its competitor as against the p2. the
> piii,
> > esp. the copermine, kix Athlon's ass anyday. 3dnow, MMX, SSE, katmai, all
> these
> > do make a difference, but that's not much as compared to the raw clock speed
> of
> > the processors.
> >
> > and as far as 3dnow goes, all it can be used in is in the video card
> drivers, to
> > accelerate them too. unless u've got a good 3d accelerator, u're not gonna
> see
> > any FPS i u're games. all u're gonna get is SFP (secs. per frame). heh. w/o
> > a 3d card u'll be needing a beowulf to do u're rendering.
> >
> >
> > > But if i am buying anything from the current market.... Athlon is the one
> to go for... it kicks ass and i wont elaborate anymore. This is one time AMD
> had really come up with a masterpiece. No wonder it holds 49% of the
> marketshare already. It main advantage is sheer processing power. Yes P!!! is
> great too... but it is way to expensive. Buy a good m/b.
> > >
> >
> > i think its better that u dont elaborate more. either u haven't seen a
> copermine
> > performing, or u've been living in a cave all this while long. the
> copermine
> > justifies the higher price. have u thought about SMP at all? Athlon doesn't
> do
> > any _reliable_ SMP. even a dual celeron system will beat an Athlon anyday.
> I'm
> > not saying that the Athlon hasn't got stuff, but the PIII is better off, if
> u're
> > willing to pay the extra moolah. IIRC, Athlons have a bit of RISC in them.
> Have
> > u seen the similarity between the arch. of an Athlon and a 68000?
> >
> > > As a word of caution... if any1 is buying athlon... and obviously an
> athlon m/b then.. be careful not to buy cardex or asus riva tnt2 cards... go
> for creative.
> > >
> > > for 3dfx as such u need to buy voodoo cards... savage .. err hehe sorry
> their days are over. Creative Riva TNT2 (beware not M64) is a good buy because
> it has a tweak for 3dfx so u can enjoy best of both worlds. Diamond Viper 770
> is good too. And ofcourse.. for something offbeat but excellent... try matrox
> g400 dual head.. its a heavenly experience. bla bla bla... i am sick of typing
> so much... buy anything yaar... everything is good... btw... just for info...
> hehe i have a s3 virge in one of my machines and frankly... its good enough.
> > >
> >
> > now u're really off! savage is an S3 card. and voodoo cards are from 3dfx.
> the
> > last i heard, they're 2 _different_ companies. and NVIDIA is the OSS
> nightmare.u say
> > 3dfx's days are over eh? i wonder why the V5 6000 manages to kick even
> NVIDIA's
> > latest GeForce 2's ass. have u even heard of the ATI Radeon 256? as for the
>
> > "tweak" u mention in the Creative TNT2 cards, its just an emulater for the
> glide
> > instruction set, which is available for any card that does D3D. glide is on
> the
> > downhill ride, its support is not very important t'day. But if u've seen
> glide
> > in all its glory on _original_ 3dfx cards, u'll see the difference in
> quality
> > and clarity. i think ppl. need to dig out _facts_ before they say anything.
> >
> > Nikhil.
> >
> >
> >
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