Posted on 15-Sep-2000 18:52 GMT by Teemu I. Yliselä | 33 comments View flat View list |
Eyetech have a large update on the Predator expansion board, outlining amongst other things the technical merits of the product's chosen solutions. They say, "The Predator will be available in two different form factor designs, one for the A4000 desktop and one for the A1200. The A1200 form factor version will come with 3xPCI and 1 x AGP simultaneously usable slots and will fit in any tower capable of taking a Z4 busboard. The A4000 desktop form factor version will come with 2xPCI and one AGP slots plus one shared PCI and regular, Video Toaster-compatible A4000 video/Zorro3 slot (making 4 simultaneously usable slots altogether). Both form factor versions will also have provision for a G3/G4 PPC & SDRAM slot. Each form factor design will be available in two versions, the Predator-SE and the Predator-Plus. The Predator-SE will be a low cost version supporting PCI cards only, albeit over the high speed PPC local bus connector (see below). The Predator-Plus will be the fully featured version with AGP, G3/G4 and SDRAM slots activated. A trade-in/upgrade option will be available for purchasers of the Predator-SE who subsequently wish to add Predator-Plus facilities." The SE versions are planned to be released in November (A4000 version) and December (A1200 version) with the Plus versions following in early 2001.
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Posted by Amifan on 18-Sep-2000 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 27 (Bill Toner): gee.... what's wrong with 16bit??? You ever seen 32bit on the amiga???
Voodoo 3 does 32bit 2D and 16bit 3D. HereticII runs 16bit only, quake1 runs 8bit, Sin 16 bit, shogo ?
We got cheap fast card now (almost) and suddenly ppl start to complain about 32bit???
I just brought a voodoo3 3000 for my miggy. I placed in my dad's peecee and ran a cracked (hey I don't care about peecee's) version of hereticII AND sin.
The image quality is much better then the permediaII.
Several speed tests show that the TNT2 ULTRA is only faster then the voodoo3 when you have a very fast (PIII450+) an use very high resolution.
The normal TNT2 (is there a PCI ultra version??) is always slower then the voodoo3 3000
Remember 32bit color 3D is a feature not a requerement.
Another minus: 32bit high resolution modes are (extremely) slow on a TNT2.
Any other card? as far as i know, only the the ATI RADEON and TNT utra and the Geforce serie are faster then a voodoo3
If you want 32bit? then buy a voodoo4 or 5.
THERE WILL BE NO NVIDIA BASED 3D CARD DRIVERS FOR THE MEDIATOR OR PREDATOR SINCE YOU NEED THE SPECS TO CREATE A DRIVER. |
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