Voodoo3 2000 VS nVidia TNT2 M64

[kewlbloke2002]

Hey,

At the moment I have in my machine a Voodoo3 2000 PCI. I havejust received off a friend a nVidia Riva TNT2 M64.

Which one is better for 3d gaming?

also if anyone knows how much memory does this card hold??

Thanks

 

[kewlbloke2002]

Also....if I do use the TNT2 what do i run my games in (UT) openGL or D3D?

(I have heard that OpenGL on TNT2 cards is dodgy?!?!)

Thanks

 

[Vehementi]

PCI Video Card?!

The TNT2, easily. The M64 is the low end TNT2, with only a memory bandwidth of 1.2 GB/s, but it's definitely better than an ancient Voodoo3...
Look here for the specs

 

[kewlbloke2002]

Thanks for that....


Will anyone second it?

 

[Vehementi]

Do you know how old the M64 is?

 

[uncleel]

You'll get a lil' more speed out of the TnT2 for gaming, but the V3 is still viable w/ good color saturation, reasonable frame rate, & decent drivers.
Try it & see what you think.

 

[Vehementi]

Decent drivers? 3dfx is out of business, and there's only 3rd party drivers available, which aren't the best. Decent, maybe, but still...

 

[uncleel]

Voodoo Rulez

Original3dfx Drivers for your 3dfx Video Cards... http://www.voodoofiles.com/

They're still 3Dfx Official developed drivers, along w/ 3rd Party Drivers.
IMHO, stability is a reputation Voodoo drivers have earned, & far more stable apparently than ati & nvidia.

 

[Didou]

I'm looking for a VooDoo pci card myself. I have a lot of apps that still work only in Glide & I must say that 3dfx drivers always worked great.

 

[Ai Hate]

Originally posted by Vehementi
Do you know how old the M64 is?

umm.. i think it's about... 3 yrs. (the rig back home uses a TNT2 Vanta, and it's about 3 yrs. the M64 should be a wee bit older than that...)

 

[kewlbloke2002]

Thanks everyone. I will install the TNT2 and see what I think. If the Voodoo handles better etc I will put it back in.

thanks again

 

[kewlbloke2002]

No WAY!

Ok, I'm sticking to the Voodoo3 that TNT2 is dodgy!! The D3D woz gash and the opengl woz real dodgy. The Voodoo3 feels alot better with the Glide and I know I can rely upon it.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Rick]

The only reason I would recommend keeping the V3 in is for the GLide which will practically save your computer in games such as Unreal Tourament.

The TNT really isn't *much* faster. From what I remember, they were fairly neck and neck in performance. The TNT would have much better driver support though, or at least I would assume. Nothing but V3 troubles here.