No matter how you slice it, the Voodoo3 was _behind_ the curve, if you compare it to the TNT2 (the Ultra is even more so). The one thing that 3dfx still had going for it back in 99' was Glide...In fact, if you revisit some of the old reviews, you will see that a good number of them would compare Glide performance to OpenGL (for the TNT2).
Not that I really needed to, but just to make sure my head was on straight, I checked a couple of reviews from 99', and sure enough, the TNT2 did, by and large, come out ahead in terms of performance...
Of course, the TNT2 also offered:
- 32-bit color
- 'real' AGP support
- 'real' OpenGL ICD (let's not kid ourselves about what 3dfx brought to the table).
If anything, I think the more correct summary of that era was the fact that the TNT2 and Matrox G400 were both superior to that of 3dfx...
The other thing to bear in mind is the fact that, since 3dfx died, there has been quite a few bits leaked to the effect that 3dfx basically put together the V3 line in the absence of Rampage...
Recall, Rampage was a design that even John Carmack referenced as some part that "has been in development for a number of years"...not verbatim)...Rampage was never intended to be the product to go up against the GeForce3, rather, a followup to the Voodoo2.
Hey guys,
I don't normally post to Slashdot, but I just thought I would post my quick take...
As soon as I read the PR this morning, I went to CW's site and purchased a copy.
In a nutshell, this IS the standard (AFAIC) that other Linux applications should live up to.
For starters, the installation was absolutely painless...No reading/sifting through a bunch of documents, Google, Yahoo, etc...Just run it, and it will take care of the rest.
Not only that, but it had the ability to grab numerous Fonts directly from the Web...Very nice.
More importantly...Office2000 just rocked under Linux! And one other thing I wasn't expecting...IE 5.0 installed perfectly, and ran like a charm!
In the span of 30 minutes, I installed Office2k, and then configured Outlook, tried a couple of DOC files, as well as a powerpoint demo I made just last week...All worked flawlessly, and without any performance degredation.
Kudos to CodeWeaver for putting together a very simple/easy to use application that simply works.
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No matter how you slice it, the Voodoo3 was _behind_ the curve, if you compare it to the TNT2 (the Ultra is even more so). The one thing that 3dfx still had going for it back in 99' was Glide...In fact, if you revisit some of the old reviews, you will see that a good number of them would compare Glide performance to OpenGL (for the TNT2). Not that I really needed to, but just to make sure my head was on straight, I checked a couple of reviews from 99', and sure enough, the TNT2 did, by and large, come out ahead in terms of performance... Of course, the TNT2 also offered: - 32-bit color - 'real' AGP support - 'real' OpenGL ICD (let's not kid ourselves about what 3dfx brought to the table). If anything, I think the more correct summary of that era was the fact that the TNT2 and Matrox G400 were both superior to that of 3dfx... The other thing to bear in mind is the fact that, since 3dfx died, there has been quite a few bits leaked to the effect that 3dfx basically put together the V3 line in the absence of Rampage... Recall, Rampage was a design that even John Carmack referenced as some part that "has been in development for a number of years"...not verbatim)...Rampage was never intended to be the product to go up against the GeForce3, rather, a followup to the Voodoo2.
Hey guys, I don't normally post to Slashdot, but I just thought I would post my quick take... As soon as I read the PR this morning, I went to CW's site and purchased a copy. In a nutshell, this IS the standard (AFAIC) that other Linux applications should live up to. For starters, the installation was absolutely painless...No reading/sifting through a bunch of documents, Google, Yahoo, etc...Just run it, and it will take care of the rest. Not only that, but it had the ability to grab numerous Fonts directly from the Web...Very nice. More importantly...Office2000 just rocked under Linux! And one other thing I wasn't expecting...IE 5.0 installed perfectly, and ran like a charm! In the span of 30 minutes, I installed Office2k, and then configured Outlook, tried a couple of DOC files, as well as a powerpoint demo I made just last week...All worked flawlessly, and without any performance degredation. Kudos to CodeWeaver for putting together a very simple/easy to use application that simply works.