Those are windows only games at this point. Pretty
much any new video card will play those games happily.
I play half-life and counter-strike every day. On my
computer with a voodoo5 I run them at 1280x1024 using
the miniGL driver and 4 sample anti-aliasing. They
are perfectly smooth. High frame rates and BEAUTIFUL!
Words cannot convey the image quality in game.
Dacia
--- "Kelly, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I will be playing half-life, ages of empires, and
> some other stuff.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dacia and AzureRose
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 2:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Video Card
>
>
> which games. that is a big issue.
>
> If you only play quake3, evolva and other new games
> that can actually use hardware T&L then you'll be
> making a pretty good decision by going with a
> geforce
> based card.
>
> On the other hand if you play flight sims, glide
> games
> or older games you might look at a voodoo3,4 or 5.
> Especially if you dual boot with wandows to play
> those
> older games.
>
> The Anti-aliasing that the voodoo4 and 5 series can
> do
> is a BIG deal on games from about last december and
> older. No jaggies, no pixel popping, no crawlies,
> no
> slowdowns and that is in half-life! I understand
> that
> flight sims, car racing games and sports games
> really
> benefit even more. Freespace2 looks like a movie on
> my system. It is totally amazing. I've spent the
> last few nights hanging out with my brother drinking
> beer and watching himplay that game on his 19in
> monitor.
>
> So, I guess what I'm saying is "What games do you
> play?"
>
>
> Dacia
>
>
> --- "Kelly, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I am going to use it primarily for gaming. And
> we'll
> > see what else I can get
> > my hands into...
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:19 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: [newbie] Video Card
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I only have one off topic suggestion ...... have
> fun
> > =o) theres a ton of
> > cool things out there to try or implement/refine
> and
> > perfect ... try em all
> > ..... when you get curious or daring enough, play
> > with some source code (C
> > C++ Perl Python) whatever .. even if you dont know
> > how to code, or leave
> > everything the way it is .... the cool thing is
> > Linux is the ultimate
> > playground for anyone who wants to actually "use"
> a
> > computer rather than
> > have an operating system "guide" the user. The
> > learning curve for the
> > operating system *core* looks more like a vertical
> > wall than a curve ...
> > thing is there are a LOT of hands sticking out
> > willing to help if you want
> > them to. If you're careful about steps you take
> > (recovery disks, backups
> > etc) and you ask for help ... .the climb is a
> rush.
> >
> > Ok enough .... on topic advice for video cards
> ....
> > I believe another
> > poster mentioned the best advice. Choose
> something
> > that suits what you
> > want to use it for and what resources you already
> > have (Monitor
> > limitations, is this for gaming and playing with
> > OpenGL stuff, do you just
> > need X running etc) I personally am a fan of Loki
> > and support their
> > porting efforts by purchasing their games ported
> to
> > Linux so I like hitting
> > high frame rates with full effects on and GeForce
> > and a nice 17" .24
> > monitor do this for me. It al ldepends on what
> you
> > want =o)
> >
> > Lonny
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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