3dfx cards are great! I had 2 voodoo2's in my old
linux box. I had the details levels set to a medium
range (eye candy but not AMAZING) in quake3 and got
60-70 fps on small maps, 40-50 on large or very
detailed maps. I now have a voodoo5 that I am still
trying to configure in linux. I'll let you know what
it is like when I get it going. I've found that you
can use its FSAA in almost any game that isn't brand
spankin' new to great affect. I mean that games
without any jaggies or pixel popping or crawlies are
amazing. I can't stand to look at my old machine now.
Bottom line is if your going for straight frames per
second you'll probably want a geforce2 (ultra? if
you've got 400 USD) but, if you are willing to trade
off a bit of performance for sheer smooth beauty you
might want to go for the voodoo5.
3dfx also does quite a bit to support the linux
community too.
Dacia
--- Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ronald J. Hall" wrote:
> >
> > Andrew Brown wrote:
> > >
> > > At long last i am attempting to use linux as my
> desktop for just about
> > > everythin. One off the final parts of this
> decision was the porting off
> > > specific games to linux. My question is, through
> research i have come to the
> > >
> > > conclusion that the best 3d card for me to get
> fo gaming purposes( quake 3,
> > > Unreal tournament) for my linux box would be one
> from 3dfx inc., could
> > > anyone comment on this/give a personal
> prespective or give personal
> > > experience on linux and 3d cards? Any help would
> be much appreciated. Thank
> > > you
> >
> > Get something from Nvidia. They seem to support
> the Linux community
> > better than just about anyone else. Voodoo is
> okay, Matrox is pretty
> > cool, Nvidia is better *right now*. ;-)
> >
> > --
> >
> /\
> >
> Dark><Lord
> >
> \/
>
> I love NVIDIA with 32MB. of video RAM.
>
> --
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
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