In a message dated 5/14/02 7:33:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Can someone explain exactly what a voodoo card will do for the computer. I've never really understood video cards. My display seems fine without. >> Depends what you do with your computer. Video cards provide 2D or 3D accelleration or both. I've got a 12Meg Voodoo 2 Game Wizard that only kicks in when 3D accelleration is needed. I believe my processor is whats limiting my usage. I get the same fps in Unreal Tournament with my V2, V3/2000 or V5 or the differences are so small they are not worth mentioning. If you play no games that require 3D accelleration you might not need one. The other thing that some video cards can do is speed up 2D, ie windows scrolling, screen redraws in Photoshop, PageMaker, or Freehand 10 with placed Tiffs. EPS's have the preview so they don't usually slow down a page layout program but when you've got 50 or 60 megs of tiffs in a document it chugs things down on a G3 450/1M, though not noticably on a G4/733. If you do much design work you should have a good video card not just one that can support the amount of colors you need at your chosen screen size to help in these cases. I moved my V3/2000 and V5 to machines that I do graphic work on because they provide 2D accelleration. Also web browser screens scroll quicker and generally the machine "feels" quicker with a video card. I'm typing this on a 7200 which I frackenmac'ed into a 7300/G3 300/1M and with the video card I can't tell much difference between it and my machines at work. Also if you have a 6500 first thing you should do is get a Voodoo 3/2000 or 3000 because I've found video on that particular unit to be unbearably slow in comparison to other PowerMac's I've had and I've had a few :D. Hamlet Current Stable: 7200(7300)/ G3/300/1M, 6500/G3/400/512k, 9500/G3/450/1M, G4 Quicksilver 733 and sometime next week I'm finally getting an original Bondi Blue iMac (late adopter of iMacs ;D) Former Steeds: IIcx, LCII, P460, P475, Q800 6100/60, 6100/66, 7100/60, 7100/66, 8100/80, 8100/100, 8100/110 (yeah I know I was a late adopter of PCI too ;D) 7200/120, 7300/200, 6500/250, 9500/200 -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
