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> No... I've just been trying to figure it all out. I've never played
> Quake until now, I'm playing Quake II on an ATI 32MB Rage Fury card and
> I'm not getting very good results.
Who's drivers are you using...reference drivers from ATI or others?
> I'm able to play, but only on a
> small window (640x480 max). Is this because I'm not using 3dfx?
3dfx is smart....and by gettin hitched early with Linux server developers...I
think
they are ruling King in the Linux-gaming department.
I am personally not a huge fan of 3DFX....but I have come to appreciate what
they have done with the gaming side of Linux. I really wanted to fight it out
and wait for a GOOD TNT2 Driver....but nothing showed...and the tutorials
I found were less than helpful. (No offense meant to anyone..I just did not
get it)
My Q3 from Loki shipped with MatroxG400 drivers and 3dfx V3 chipset
drives...with a tut on how to set it up. To be honest...I think it will be a
while before the X MesaGL driver will be strong enough...or worldly compatable
enough to satisfy us "FEED ME NOW!" gamers.
> What
> about Quake 3, can I play that on a Voodoo 3 card?
Yes!
> Or should I wait for
> drivers for the Voodoo 5?
I am sure there are already strong beta drivers out for the V5. With the kind
of quick satisfying development that we saw with the V3 and Linux...I would
guess that trend will follow with this next series of Voodoo ? chipsets.
> How does that V3-2000 work with Quake?
In Quake 3...its fine
In UT...I will let you know sometime soon....
With Ktron...FRICKING WICKED ;-)
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> What's the rest of your hardware like?
I picked up a nice deal on a Abit KA7, ($115)
and a Athlon 700 ($202)
I grabbed a "cheap" Overclocking Fan and Heat Sink <The RDJD> and push my
system at about 886Mhz. ($40)
I have 512 MB of ram
a Sound Blaster Live Value
Viper TNT2 Ultra
(BTW--anyone else out there a Diamond Viper fan...I have an entire collection
of the little bastards...from the original Diamond Viper to the 330, the 550,
770U---I told those dudes at Diamond I should get a free T-Shirt or something
for my patronage...no dice :()
The system works great ..and I have had no problems with any of the hardware.
> I'll be building a new computer
> in the next month and I would like to pick parts that will be able to
> handle games as well as work.
>
Where are you buying your hardware from?
Kat
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