VOGONS


First post, by MrEWhite

User metadata
Rank Oldbie
Rank
Oldbie

I am currently building a P3 machine, and I wanted to know if a TNT 2 would be a good match for this machine along with SLI Voodoo 2s?

Reply 1 of 4, by Tetrium

User metadata
Rank l33t++
Rank
l33t++

I think it would, though the TNT2 is a bit old compared to the CPU.

And perhaps make sure your card isn't one of the TNT2 M64 cards which, even though still good for what they are, are a notch slower still.

If you have a GF2-MX or maybe GF4-MX, those were quite a bit faster I think and should be easy to find (if you don't have tons of those already 🤣).

But then again, if you're only gonna be using the Voodoo's, then the TNT2 should do fine I think.

Whats missing in your collections?
My retro rigs (old topic)
Interesting Vogons threads (links to Vogonswiki)
Report spammers here!

Reply 2 of 4, by MrEWhite

User metadata
Rank Oldbie
Rank
Oldbie
Tetrium wrote:
I think it would, though the TNT2 is a bit old compared to the CPU. […]
Show full quote

I think it would, though the TNT2 is a bit old compared to the CPU.

And perhaps make sure your card isn't one of the TNT2 M64 cards which, even though still good for what they are, are a notch slower still.

If you have a GF2-MX or maybe GF4-MX, those were quite a bit faster I think and should be easy to find (if you don't have tons of those already 🤣).

But then again, if you're only gonna be using the Voodoo's, then the TNT2 should do fine I think.

Nah, it is a Diamond V770. And the TNT2 is probably going to be used only for DOS and Desktop stuff.

Reply 3 of 4, by saturn

User metadata
Rank Member
Rank
Member

Not the best pairing. But it's not a bad card for what it is.

Reply 4 of 4, by Tetrium

User metadata
Rank l33t++
Rank
l33t++
MrEWhite wrote:
Tetrium wrote:
I think it would, though the TNT2 is a bit old compared to the CPU. […]
Show full quote

I think it would, though the TNT2 is a bit old compared to the CPU.

And perhaps make sure your card isn't one of the TNT2 M64 cards which, even though still good for what they are, are a notch slower still.

If you have a GF2-MX or maybe GF4-MX, those were quite a bit faster I think and should be easy to find (if you don't have tons of those already 🤣).

But then again, if you're only gonna be using the Voodoo's, then the TNT2 should do fine I think.

Nah, it is a Diamond V770. And the TNT2 is probably going to be used only for DOS and Desktop stuff.

Then it's probably gonna be just fine (it's the real TNT2 alright 😀 ).
For desktop stuff even the M64 ones were more than fast enough.

I'm not sure about DOS on that card though, but I think it worked alright (I'm not a DOS expert though, perhaps better to wait for someone more knowledgeable to answer that question 😀 )

Whats missing in your collections?
My retro rigs (old topic)
Interesting Vogons threads (links to Vogonswiki)
Report spammers here!