N3 advice please

Hello I have just bought N3 and regard it as significant advance over N2 in most respects. However, it does NOT like my Herc Thriller AGP card. 128MB of RAM, would adding either a Voodoo 1 or 2 enable me to run N3 graphics flat out (as I want) , or do I need to go the whole hog and buy a V3 3000. Thanks

And the VooDoo 4's and 5's have been announced at Comdex...hum ! http://www.sharkyextreme.com/archives/november99_16.shtml#991116:0506

It depends on what you mean by "Flat Out" graphics. I can run with all goodies turned on at 1024x768, and the frame rate is in the mid 20's, but I'm using 2 Voodoo2 cards in SLI mode. Before I got my 2nd Voodoo2 card (recently), I was able to run at 800x600 with about the same frame rate, as I recall. Hope this helps you out....

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> Hello > I have just bought N3 and regard it as significant advance over N2 in > most respects. > However, it does NOT like my Herc Thriller AGP card. > 128MB of RAM, would adding either a Voodoo 1 or 2 enable me to run N3 > graphics flat out (as I want) , or do I need to go the whole hog and > buy a V3 3000. > Thanks

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> Hello > I have just bought N3 and regard it as significant advance over N2 in > most respects. > However, it does NOT like my Herc Thriller AGP card. > 128MB of RAM, would adding either a Voodoo 1 or 2 enable me to run N3 > graphics flat out (as I want) , or do I need to go the whole hog and > buy a V3 3000. > Thanks

Ian, If you can afford the V3 3000,then get it. I upgraded from a Voodoo2 to the Voodoo3 3000,and the difference is like night and day. Joel Willstein

Ian, A Voodoo2 would be a great way for you to keep your Thriller yet attain great performance in N3. A V2 is quite cheap right now, too. Best Buy and CompUSA both have them for $79 minus a $30 rebate ($49 total). I N3, GPL, and NL. I run all graphics at 800 x 600 and can run 1024 x 780 with slight frame rate degradation at the start of a race. My roommate with a Voodoo3 3500 gets no better performance than my V2 in these particular games on a comparable system. I like having my Stealth II S220 for Rendition games like SODA and CART (ICR2). Best of both worlds with the V2. Hope that helps-- ANash xvman.vcf < 1K Download