Conference 501clb::games

    Stefan,
    
    How did you choose between the Monster 3D and the righteous Orchid 3d?
    
    
    Greg

re: .0

Awesome!  Based on the review in .0, I went and got one yesterday.  It really 
blows your socks off.  Not only are the accelerated games much, much faster, but 
they look really good.  In fact, the first few times I was playing GLQuake, I 
kept getting killed because I was doing too much sight-seeing!

To give you an idea of the amount of acceleration, in the opening screen of the 
Quake Mission Pack I, I was getting 17 frames per second at 538x400 with a 
Matrox Mystique.  With the 3Dfx, I get 40 fps at 640x480 and the visual 
appearance is much more pleasing.

Now, does anyone know how I can get my full version of Descent II to use the 
3Dfx?  (The version shipped with the card is the shareware version).

    re .2
    
    I also bought an Orchid R3D yesterday, AWESOME!!
    
    I got bundled Descent II with the card, as well as Fatal Racing, MW2
    and Actua Soccer, all 3DFX enchanced!!
    
    You can just buy Descent ][ and then download a patch to run the 3dfx
    version.
    
    
    Greg
    
    ..waiting for F1 from Pysgnosis

    For reasons to buy a Voodoo accelerator, check out:
    
    http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~fgrayson/3dfxscreenshots/Formula1/image04.jpg
    
    Unbelievable, my mates at Pysgnosis say the game will ship, end of
    April.
    
    Greg

    A shareware version of POD is available at
    
    http://www.ubisoft.com/usgames/pod2.html
    
    (Supports 3dfx, MMX etc.)
    
    bye,
    	Stefan.

This card never ceases to amaze me, some of the demos are great! 

Just got TombRaider for it which is gobsmacking!

Anyhow, I got some free games with the Orchid, and I got two copies 
of Fatal Racing (known as Whiplash in the USA), and Actua Socccer. I 
also got MechWarrior II which I don't like.

So I'll sell or swop 'em with other 3dfx owners/games.

Greg

    I bought a Matrox Mystique 2mb for my P166.
    I managed to get a tad more speed in GP2.
    A - Would it improve if I upgraded to 4mb.
    
    B - Can I add a Voodoo 3D to my Mystique, or do I have to install my
    2D card Diamond Stealth, which I still have to run with it.
    
    C - Which would be faster.
    	The Mystique with 4mb, or the 2D Diamond Stealth along with the
    VooDoo Accelerator.
    
    D - How much for a VooDoo?
    
    Thanks.
    
    John. 

    A - Would it improve if I upgraded to 4mb.
  
>> Not sure it would make much difference to GP2
  
    B - Can I add a Voodoo 3D to my Mystique, or do I have to install 
my     2D card Diamond Stealth, which I still have to run with it.
   
>> Yep, you can add the Voodoo.
 
  C - Which would be faster.
    The Mystique with 4mb, or the 2D Diamond Stealth along with the
    VooDoo Accelerator.

>> Depends on the game, any 3d game will be loads faster on the 
Voodoo, assuming ie either uses Direct3D or native 3dfx, ie GL Quake, 
 Tombraider etc. F1 GP2 will make no difference.
    
    D - How much for a VooDoo?

>> In the UK, around �130 + VAT

A MONSTER 3
fx board from Diamond is $184 from NECX Direct.  It works just fine with a 
Matrox card.  I have mine working with a Millennium.

    THANKS GUYS,
    
    By the way, I assume it slots into a PCI slot?
    
    John.

Got this in the mail, IMHO, the Creative 3D isn't a patch on the 
3dfx, but the game will fly on the 3dfx card due to the native glide 
port!



NEWSFLASH!  NEWSFLASH!  NEWSFLASH!                            16th 
May 1997

Dear Greg,

Leading software developer, Psygnosis, has today launched the 
outstanding 
Formula 1 for Windows� 95 in the UK. 

Packed full of stunning, real-time graphics, Formula 1 is the first 
PC game 
ever to REQUIRE AS STANDARD a high performance 3D graphics 
accelerator such as 
3D Blaster PCI. A highly optimised version, designed to take 
particular advantage 
of 3D Blaster's unique features, is included on the standard retail 
Formula 1 CD.

Clearly Psygnosis is setting the trend for the future, and Creative 
Labs is 
pleased to participate in this momentous occasion with a special 
offer available 
exclusively through Game stores across the UK and Ireland:

     ************************************* 
     *                                   * 
     *  BUY FORMULA 1 AT GAME THIS WEEK  * 
     *                                   * 
     *              AND                  * 
     *                                   * 
     *   RECEIVE �30 OFF 3D BLASTER PCI  * 
     *                                   * 
     *************************************

Formula 1 boasts the official FOCA/FIA Formula 1 World Championship 
racing 
license, and realism and speed are the guiding principles throughout. 
Every 
driver, track, and option has been optimised to provide the most 
complete 
racing experience outside the real racetrack. Even the engine noises 
are based 
on DAT recordings taken from a real Formula 1 race car.

With PC games increasingly relying on hardware accelerators to bring 
 
arcade-quality action on to the home PC, there has never been a 
better time 
to upgrade the graphics card in your PC. 

3D Blaster PCI is the only 2D/3D card available today that offers 
outstanding 
3D performance without compromising image quality. And backed by the 
full might 
of the Creative Labs organisation, it offers the best 3D title 
support in the 
industry.

    Will F1 work with a Matrox Mystique?
    
    John.

Yes, but I think it lists 4mb as min video memory.

Got it on Sunday, not much time to play yet, very different to F1 GP2