Re: Voodoo3 2000 or 3000

In article <88n200$u9s$[email hidden]>, "bj�rn" <[email hidden]> writes: >is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is enough >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? >thank you for help > It depends. I'm not into overclocking, and my 3000 does make a difference. Probably about 4-5 fps. I haven't done ANY tweaking on the 3000. YMMV... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

True. But I can run my 3000 at 200, which is pretty fast. Slick <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:88od5v$510$[email hidden]... > The TV out is almost useless (at least I couldn't do much with it...) it > looks real bad much worse than old Amiga platforms, What is the prize > difference? but anyhow I don't think the 3000 is worth it! most of the2000

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> cards can be tweaked to run on 166 so is it worth to give any additional > money to basically the same thing? > Bottom line : don't think much of the TV out on the 3000. > > Cheers, > > -- > Oli > BeoRocket Racing > http://www.beorocket.co.yu/ > > > bj�rn <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:88n200$u9s$[email hidden]... > > is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is > enough > > (I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB > > and GPL runs fine), also for the future? > > thank you for help > > > > > > > >

While not answering your question the V4 and V5 should be out soon, and they should both knock spots off the V3 in any form. By the way, I have a V32000, overclocked to 166mhz and I can't see the point of the extra money for the 3000, it works fine with GPL etc. Steve bj�rn wrote in message <88n200$u9s$[email hidden]>...

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>is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is enough >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? >thank you for help > > >

Great! my runs silly on anything above 173... While the 2000 worked fine on 186 max. -- Oli BeoRocket Racing http://www.beorocket.co.yu/ Todd Sorensen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OUUr4.14889$[email hidden]... > True. But I can run my 3000 at 200, which is pretty fast.

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> While not answering your question the V4 and V5 should be out soon, > and they > should both knock spots off the V3 in any form. By the way, I have a > V32000, > overclocked to 166mhz and I can't see the point of the extra money > for the > 3000, it works fine with GPL etc. > Steve > >is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is > enough > >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB > >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? > >thank you for help

My V3 2000 card is working great here, and its currently clocked at 175 (the V3 3000 runs at 166, and the V3 3500 runs at 183MHz). I've got extra cooling in the case (two pc case fans) pointed at the V3 card, so no probs with overheating here. Its been running ok at 175 for about 2 weeks now. 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

I run my 3000 at 190mhz comfortably. It will run as high as 200 but some games have tearing at that setting. A lot of people also overclock the 2000. So here's the question only you can answer - is the extra speed worth $20 to you? That's the difference in the price of the cards. The new Voodoos, like the 5500 should be great, better in every way, but with an estimated price of around $300 I think. Slot

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> In article <88qs5l$nr4$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Stephen > Barnett) wrote: > > > While not answering your question the V4 and V5 should be out soon, > > and they > > should both knock spots off the V3 in any form. By the way, I have a > > V32000, > > overclocked to 166mhz and I can't see the point of the extra money > > for the > > 3000, it works fine with GPL etc. > > Steve > > > > bj�rn wrote in message <88n200$u9s$[email hidden]>... > > >is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is > > enough > > >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB > > >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? > > >thank you for help > > My V3 2000 card is working great here, and its currently clocked at 175 > (the V3 3000 runs at 166, and the V3 3500 runs at 183MHz). I've got > extra cooling in the case (two pc case fans) pointed at the V3 card, so > no probs with overheating here. Its been running ok at 175 for about 2 > weeks now. > > 8-) > > *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html >

I run my V3 3000 at 178mhz. Anything more my system get's up tight. I also have a heat extracting fan mounted in the slot next to the card and have not had over heating problems. I do think the V5/6 are worth waiting for. Both will offer full screen anti-aliasing via hardware with little hit on performance. The V4 is a fast chip, but without the hardware effects of the V5/6. According to 3Dfx, all three chips V4/5/6 will be out within a few days/weeks of each other. But you never know. -Andrew "RS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vfbC4.20450$[email hidden]...

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> :> > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:890grr$6es$[email hidden]... > > In article <88qs5l$nr4$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Stephen > > Barnett) wrote: > > > > > While not answering your question the V4 and V5 should be out soon, > > > and they > > > should both knock spots off the V3 in any form. By the way, I have a > > > V32000, > > > overclocked to 166mhz and I can't see the point of the extra money > > > for the > > > 3000, it works fine with GPL etc. > > > Steve > > > > > > bj�rn wrote in message <88n200$u9s$[email hidden]>... > > > >is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000 is > > > enough > > > >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB > > > >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? > > > >thank you for help > > > > My V3 2000 card is working great here, and its currently clocked at 175 > > (the V3 3000 runs at 166, and the V3 3500 runs at 183MHz). I've got > > extra cooling in the case (two pc case fans) pointed at the V3 card, so > > no probs with overheating here. Its been running ok at 175 for about 2 > > weeks now. > > > > 8-) > > > > *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html > > > >

I run my V3 3000 at 183 Mhz (3500's clock speed) without any extra cooling. No problems whatsoever. BTW I think the new Nvidia chip is far more impressive, especially since we can expect more games to use T&L. I've always been a big 3DFX support but I'm not so sure anymore. "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tMcC4.7314$[email hidden]... > I run my V3 3000 at 178mhz. Anything more my system get's up tight. Ialso > have a heat extracting fan mounted in the slot next to the card and havenot > had over heating problems. > > I do think the V5/6 are worth waiting for. Both will offer full screen > anti-aliasing via hardware with little hit on performance. The V4 is afast > chip, but without the hardware effects of the V5/6. According to 3Dfx,all

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> three chips V4/5/6 will be out within a few days/weeks of each other. But > you never know. > > -Andrew > > > "RS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:vfbC4.20450$[email hidden]... > > :> > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:890grr$6es$[email hidden]... > > > In article <88qs5l$nr4$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Stephen > > > Barnett) wrote: > > > > > > > While not answering your question the V4 and V5 should be out soon, > > > > and they > > > > should both knock spots off the V3 in any form. By the way, I have a > > > > V32000, > > > > overclocked to 166mhz and I can't see the point of the extra money > > > > for the > > > > 3000, it works fine with GPL etc. > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > bj�rn wrote in message <88n200$u9s$[email hidden]>... > > > > >is the 3000 with tv out worth the price or do you think the 2000

is > > > > enough > > > > >(I tested it with AMD 500, 128MB > > > > >and GPL runs fine), also for the future? > > > > >thank you for help > > > > > > My V3 2000 card is working great here, and its currently clocked at175 > > > (the V3 3000 runs at 166, and the V3 3500 runs at 183MHz). I've got > > > extra cooling in the case (two pc case fans) pointed at the V3 card,so

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> > > no probs with overheating here. Its been running ok at 175 for about 2 > > > weeks now. > > > > > > 8-) > > > > > > *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html > > > > > > > > >

"Harjan Brand" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OklC4.820$[email hidden]... > I run my V3 3000 at 183 Mhz (3500's clock speed) without any extracooling. > No problems whatsoever. > > BTW I think the new Nvidia chip is far more impressive, especially sincewe > can expect more games to use T&L. I've always been a big 3DFX support but > I'm not so sure anymore. I haven't been able to find anything on Nvidia's new chip and timetable. Any sites you can recommend? The V4/5/6 are due in April and May which is why I'm looking forward to them. Also, don't want to give up GPL just yet.