Actually, I've had a very mixed reaction to Radeons. I just tried to upgrade
my PC from a Voodoo3 3000 16 meg AGP to a Radeon 64 megs DDR VIVO, and
absolutely everything I did with it was *slower* than my Voodoo. I don't
know why, and I totally nuked and reinstalled Windows just to make sure that
there wasn't something screwy with my system, but it was still slower. And
not by a little either. For example, in one game, Nascar 4, I was getting
9-15 fps with the Radeon and 30-45 with the Voodoo3. It was very strange,
but I know I tweaked the software as much as it could be tweaked and I know
my hardware is fine.

I suppose it might be different for a Mac, but I returned the Radeon and
ordered a GeForce 3 :)

Just my two cents,
Scott Holder

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Elusive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for Video Card for Open GL


> BUY A RADEON IT KICKS ASS! I promise you wont be disappointed.
>
> -Joshuha
> On Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 06:49 AM, Steven Brown wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a video card that will support open
> > gl.
> >
> > I sold my original card out of my 9500 because I
> > thought I had made a great upgrade to a Thunder 3-D it
> > works fine, and has great resolution, but I think the
> > card drivers and the card are from the early 90's and
> > there is no support for Open GL.
> >
> > My son loves to play the Sims and now it won't play.
> >
> > Does anyone know which cards will work and does anyone
> > have one for sale?
> >
> > Steve Brown
> > Louisville, KY
> >
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