Which Video Card to Get??

Well, since it has been pointed out to me that my Rage card won't work very well with N3, which video card should I get? I play primarily only sports games, and would actually like to play with N3 with all the goodies, not just the AI..... Dave

Two more questions I thought of after my original post.....would a new video card improve my graphics for the current games I run in D3D from my current card, or would I be buying a new graphics card just for one game (N3). Finally, and this is pure speculation, but would the Rage D3D graphics problem be something that would be fixed in an N3 patch possibly?? Once again, sorry about my being so naive when it comes to computers, but any help would be greatly appreciated.... Dave >Well, since it has been pointed out to me that my Rage card won't work very >well with N3, which video card should I get? I play primarily only sports >games, and would actually like to play with N3 with all the goodies, not >just the AI..... >Dave

If you HAVE to have a new card right NOW, you're probably best off with a Voodoo 3, either a 2000 or 3000. You can easily overclock the 2000 to 3000+(std.) speeds and they're dirt cheap(rebate too at the moment, I think). For N3 and GPL, glide is the way to go, and the V3's do D3D well also, just not "quite" at TNT2 levels. And their 2D is great, so you'll notice an improvement all-round. You'll be wanting a next-generation card before long (months?), so it's probably not a good idea to buy a top-dollar card at the moment. Cheers, Steve B. > Well, since it has been pointed out to me that my Rage card won't work very > well with N3, which video card should I get? I play primarily only sports > games, and would actually like to play with N3 with all the goodies, not > just the AI.....

The new voodoo's (v3's) can only do fullscreen, not a window... correct?

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> If you HAVE to have a new card right NOW, you're probably best off with a > Voodoo 3, either a 2000 or 3000. You can easily overclock the 2000 to > 3000+(std.) speeds and they're dirt cheap(rebate too at the moment, I > think). For N3 and GPL, glide is the way to go, and the V3's do D3D well > also, just not "quite" at TNT2 levels. And their 2D is great, so you'll > notice an improvement all-round. You'll be wanting a next-generation card > before long (months?), so it's probably not a good idea to buy a

top-dollar

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> card at the moment. > Cheers, > Steve B. > > Well, since it has been pointed out to me that my Rage card won't work > very > > well with N3, which video card should I get? I play primarily only

sports > > games, and would actually like to play with N3 with all the goodies, not > > just the AI.....

Iv'e tried several newer cards and still use a hercules thriller 8 meg, it runs GPL faster than 24 megs of voodoo. Of course it won't run 3dfx games.

If you are replacing your existing Rage with a new 2D/3D card [the rage is a 2D/3D card] then yes, all your D3D, etc games will see improvement. This also depends on the type of card. A TNT, TNT2, G400, etc will improve all your games that support D3D and/or OpenGL (for the most part on the OpenGL). The Voodoo3 series you will see improvement also but in addition to D3D and OpenGL, you'd also see improvements in any title that still uses Glide [3dfx's proprietary 3D format]. Lots has been said on the issue, you might wish to check out dejanews and do a search on the group about video cards. > Two more questions I thought of after my original post.....would a new video > card improve my graphics for the current games I run in D3D from my current

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> card, or would I be buying a new graphics card just for one game (N3). > Finally, and this is pure speculation, but would the Rage D3D graphics > problem be something that would be fixed in an N3 patch possibly?? > Once again, sorry about my being so naive when it comes to computers, but > any help would be greatly appreciated.... > Dave > >Well, since it has been pointed out to me that my Rage card won't work

very > >well with N3, which video card should I get? I play primarily only sports > >games, and would actually like to play with N3 with all the goodies, not > >just the AI..... > >Dave