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padawan · 06-23-2000, 03:29 PM

I have had the opportunity to see the Voodoo5 5500 and 6000 running, and compare them to a GeForce2 GTS. I personally chose a GeForce, it is faster and cheaper. 3dfx is hyping FSAA, which is truly a great feature, but since I am a first person shooter fan, I don't have time in a game to stop and look for the "jaggies". Nvidia cards take a huge performance hit from the AA, but the Voodoo5 is very capable of maintaining a descent framerate with 2X AA on. I just prefer being able to get 160fps in Quake3 on a GeForce2. Once you start running at 1024x768x32 and above, the FSAA doesn't really matter anymore.

06-23-2000, 03:29 PM	#9
padawan Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: California Posts: 894	I have had the opportunity to see the Voodoo5 5500 and 6000 running, and compare them to a GeForce2 GTS. I personally chose a GeForce, it is faster and cheaper. 3dfx is hyping FSAA, which is truly a great feature, but since I am a first person shooter fan, I don't have time in a game to stop and look for the "jaggies". Nvidia cards take a huge performance hit from the AA, but the Voodoo5 is very capable of maintaining a descent framerate with 2X AA on. I just prefer being able to get 160fps in Quake3 on a GeForce2. Once you start running at 1024x768x32 and above, the FSAA doesn't really matter anymore.