Originally posted by subculture2 I 'm getting a free Pentium III machine soon, so that should help things along a bit.
True.
From the research I've carried out , the fillrate of a Voodoo 5 card tops out with a Pentium III processor, so there isn't much point going beyond that spec of processor if I stick with a Glide card.
Right, It's main strength is that it can run the Windows version of Glide without a "wrapper", which would slow things down quite a bit...
What speed of processor do you suggest for good fps with the Glidos wrapper?
No easy way to calculate that, it involves the processor requirements of the game and what type of video card you have...too many variables...
The Voodoo 2 provides very respectable fps, but the resolution is low, and I run a 19" monitor, so 1024x756 is a bare minimum for me.
Understood, it's just that you're talking about 1024x768 with FSAA plus Windows Glide emulation...that's a heavy burden...
Originally posted by Snover What exactly do you mean by 'redundant'? The Voodoo5 has a 2D processor on it, so it's a solo card...
I think he meant "antiquated" or "dated"...
Originally posted by subculture2 ...it looks a lot better. Far off objects are clear and this is especially important in games like Red Baron.
...and any other game with wide, open areas. The castle by the Waterfall/Swamp in Hexen looks good in 640x480, but it's excellent in 1024x768. Seeing it far away, then approaching it as looms larger and larger, really adds to the visual impact of the game...as opposed to the low-res version where you have to get close just so you can tell what it is...
Originally posted by subculture2 I'm not convinced that my Geforce 2 Titanium card is bottle necking the system here, as it performs very well in other applications that i use it with.
No, but I bet it starts to choke using OpenGlide and FSAA at 1024x768 on a P2 processor.
Originally posted by Snover What's a nice quiet GeForce3 card?
My GF3 is quiet. Of course, it's technically a Ti200, but I can overclock to Ti500 speeds as needed. Hrmm. Is the fan running at a fixed rate or one of those that adjusts according to cooling needs?
I've got a Ti500 from Hercules and it's loud as an airplane (no seriously, every time I turn my computer on I feel like I'm sitting next to the wings in an airplane cabin).
Once got a Pioneer DVD-ROM. Sounded just like a F16 warming up its engine...constantly. Returned it very quickly as I figured the hearing loss wasn't worth it.