I think this card will perform as advertised. Unfortunately, software must be written specifically to take advantage of the hardware and there is no way to test this at the moment. Right now, without taking advantage of the T&L engine it is the fastest "conventional" video board. That says quite a bit.
What will be interesting in the future, will be the test results of the Voodoo4 (or whatever it will be called). This card should be able to do more with a lower framerate due to it's support of motion blur. The corrollary that 3Dfx is making with the V4 is between film which runs at 24fpx and todays video games which must run at 60fps. I think that most people would agree that film looks very, very good. If what 3Dfx says about their board is true, then FPS will no longer be a suitable judge for a boards performance. Assuming that a game is written to take advantage of motion blur. The downside... games depend on reaction to a controller and must be able to display these small changes. If the game is only updating at 24fps, then you may feel as if you don't have precise control over the game (but it will damn well look good!!).
It will be interesting to see how the 6 to 9 months of graphics card pan out. One thing is for certain though, by the time the PSX2 ships in North America, the PC should be well beyond it visually.*
*Of course the world is ending on Y2k, so these are hypothetical hardware progression estimates.
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After reading your comment me initial comment is "what a moron". You are doing more to hinder the acceptance of Linuz as an alternative OS then helping. The original poster had a point. Without knowing the terminology that Linux can throw at you during an install, installing is difficult. End of story.
What? The logic here escapes me. The Dead have allowed their concerts to be recorded and traded by fans. End of story. Tape, vinyl, mp3, wav, etc... are formats, and only formats for the distribution and trading of this music. Any artists that alllows their music to be recorded and traded and then argues against the format in which it is traded is a fool.
The bigger question (IMO) is why people are so fascinated by the Grateful Dead? Boring, boring, boring. But i don't indulge in drugs, so that may explain it.
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I think this card will perform as advertised. Unfortunately, software must be written specifically to take advantage of the hardware and there is no way to test this at the moment. Right now, without taking advantage of the T&L engine it is the fastest "conventional" video board. That says quite a bit.
What will be interesting in the future, will be the test results of the Voodoo4 (or whatever it will be called). This card should be able to do more with a lower framerate due to it's support of motion blur. The corrollary that 3Dfx is making with the V4 is between film which runs at 24fpx and todays video games which must run at 60fps. I think that most people would agree that film looks very, very good. If what 3Dfx says about their board is true, then FPS will no longer be a suitable judge for a boards performance. Assuming that a game is written to take advantage of motion blur. The downside... games depend on reaction to a controller and must be able to display these small changes. If the game is only updating at 24fps, then you may feel as if you don't have precise control over the game (but it will damn well look good!!).
It will be interesting to see how the 6 to 9 months of graphics card pan out. One thing is for certain though, by the time the PSX2 ships in North America, the PC should be well beyond it visually.*
*Of course the world is ending on Y2k, so these are hypothetical hardware progression estimates.
After reading your comment me initial comment is "what a moron". You are doing more to hinder the acceptance of Linuz as an alternative OS then helping. The original poster had a point. Without knowing the terminology that Linux can throw at you during an install, installing is difficult. End of story.
What? The logic here escapes me. The Dead have allowed their concerts to be recorded and traded by fans. End of story. Tape, vinyl, mp3, wav, etc... are formats, and only formats for the distribution and trading of this music. Any artists that alllows their music to be recorded and traded and then argues against the format in which it is traded is a fool.
The bigger question (IMO) is why people are so fascinated by the Grateful Dead? Boring, boring, boring. But i don't indulge in drugs, so that may explain it.