First post, by feipoa
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I was noticing that in many games, like Turok 2, Outlaws, and Interstate '76, the game's graphic setup allows me to select between Matrox G200 D3D, Voodoo2 D3D, and Voodoo2 glide. Obviously, for games which were originally written specifically for glide, the Voodoo2 in glide mode tends to be the fastest option. However, for games which were originally written for Direct3D, but later had some 3dfx patch, sometimes the game is better with the G200 D3D. This got me wondering, how does the Voodoo2's Direct3D capabilities compare with other graphic cards of the era?
In Turok 2, it seems the Voodoo2 using Glide might have the slight speed edge, however, I cannot figure out how to display the frame rate to verify. Does anyone know how to display Turok 2's frame rate? The colour with the G200, however, is a bit richer. Because of the slight speed benefit, I've been using the Voodoo2 in Glide mode, but don't notice much difference between G200's D3D mode and the Voodoo2's D3D mode.
In Outlaws, the Glide driver is limited to 640x480 and has a pretty lousy display in general. When I use the Direct3D option in Qutlaws, I get about a 16% speed improvement over the G200 when comparing 800x600 vs. 800x600. There is another video here, which seems to get about a 100% improvement, though, the tester is using two Voodoo2's in SLI vs. one G200. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVYHmXfiEP4
So how does the Voodoo2's Direct3D capabilities compare with other graphic cards of the era?
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