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Reply #60 - 02.08.05 at 20:48:31
 
something i have to say about ATI: i never used some arcade systems like Amiga or Commodore or console when i was young (i'm still young but that's another story). i started using computers when CGA Graphics comes up (!) this was the absolutely highend solution at this time. after that it never was important which kind or brand of graphic card you have. later it was only important that you have the newer EGA, then VGA adapters. First time i remember the graphic card became a important part of the computer was at the beginning of the SVGA era together with Simcity 2000. but then no one looked for the brand or chipset, only the svga feature was important.
after that i cannot remember that a product before the voodoo graphics became a milestone in the history of graphics cards...okey the s3 virge was the first "3d chip"...sry the chip was crap... then came the ATI Rage Pro with some games that used some features from this chip... it was nice but this was not really 3D like 3dfx...

about the ATI drivers: when the 8500 came out, it was a card for freaks... the drivers were real crap, you must patch most of the games, like you have to do with the Kyro chips... and sry i had a long long time problems with the ATI Drivers, cause they never keep settings for my dual monitor system when i updated the drivers, this problem is fixed since the catalyst 5.6 (!!!!)

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Reply #61 - 02.08.05 at 20:52:55
 
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Oh well done Gary!  Grin He knows how to type in a generic Google search.  That will bring back valid proof.



What are you stupid?

>plonk<

I have zero patience for people who like to argue for the sake of arguing and state black is white and white is black.

You were told to take it to an ATI board, don't let the door hit you on the backside on the way out if you can't be reasonable.
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Reply #62 - 02.08.05 at 20:53:01
 
but you are here in a place for 3dfx where some peoples thinkin different Wink

i also cannot understand what's so fantastic in ATI ? there was nothing they've do which could be interesting enough to be a "real fan" of them  ???
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Reply #63 - 02.08.05 at 22:10:44
 
everyone has thier own opinion and they must do what is best ofcourse...

The ATi 9700 Pro really changed the world in 3D graphics like the Voodoo Graphics did back in '96.

I have always had ATi since I had the 9700 Pro, never wanted anything else, like NV has used cheats with thier drivers, ATi PWNzz all, and especially with the Best overall Image Quallity in the world. 2D nears that of Matrox and 3D there is no better clearence that that of ATi, I have the AUS ATi Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition and man it's alot better than the GeForce 6800GT in D3D games with Shader Model 2.0, but in OpenGL the GeForce has the upper hand.

every card has it's own speciallity, ATi = Best in D3D, nVidia Best in OpenGL & T&L, S3 best in Texture Compression aka S3TC, segment, Matrox best in Multi monitor support and best in 2D. Matrox always had av ey good name even the Matrox Millenium G100 was the best 2D card in the world.


but 3Dfx did make it's day back in '96 agree with that, but to me it was wierd and stup[id stuff, You had to buy a 3Dfx card to play a certain type of game, OpenGL wasn't compatible, so it wasn't that kind for the owners that didn't have the cash to buy one, because they wouldn't be able to play a certain amount of games, so it was still a pain when 3Dfx came, I really started lik'n 3dfx with thier Voodoo3 3000 AGP why> well because you didn't need to put sepperate cards in a system, it had the Glide API, OpenGL and D3D in one, which was more pleasant for install and more user friendly.

Though SLi Voodoo2 was ver powerfull at it's time also.
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Reply #64 - 02.08.05 at 22:24:00
 
Back on topic please.

Rampage.
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Reply #65 - 02.08.05 at 23:25:56
 
Hi to all and sorry for my bad english, I'm an italian 3DFX fan and for as I know there are 2 Rampage in the world, perhaps three.

The only functional Rampage is in Italy, thanks to Amigamerlin and Hank, here are some links:

http://www.atris.it/Forum/showthread.php?t=33674

http://www.atris.it/Forum/showthread.php?t=33673

http://www.forumzone.it/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15998&FORUM_ID=40&CAT_ID=25&Topic_Tit...

For any question and translation please contact  ^SiRtA^ (Rampage owner), Amigamerlin and Hank Semenec.

Good reading. Smiley
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Reply #66 - 02.08.05 at 23:48:48
 
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Hi to all and sorry for my bad english, I'm an italian 3DFX fan and for as I know there are 2 Rampage in the world, perhaps three.

The only functional Rampage is in Italy.



1) I know where there is four confirmed boards.

Confirmed means confirmed- No doubt, 4 boards, take it to the bank as we state here in the US.

I know where there might be a another board, I'm still working on that individual.

2) SiRtA sold his, it's no longer in Italy.


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Reply #67 - 03.08.05 at 00:55:18
 
yeah SiRtA sold his indeed he told me this week Smiley

must of been worth a bl**dy fortune hay Smiley

that is something I really couldn't do it is soooo Rare, maybe rarer than my rares Sting CD "Nada Como El Sol."

anyways hehe I really do hope that there were 30 rampages and still hope that there is a Spectre 2000 the one with the Sage T&L chip really got a feeling that that also is drifting around.

We must remember that not all information would be spreaded out, there is still some secret info to be revealed but what that may be is ofcourse the question and problem.

Questions are to be answered and problems are to be solved, but it's the sollution how to do that Wink

May The Force Be With Our Quest here Wink
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Reply #68 - 03.08.05 at 12:11:04
 
Om My God gary look at this !

http://www.atris.it/Forum/showthread.php?t=33673&page=1&pp=10

a very big and new topic of the Rampage card! it can do EnviroMental Bump Mapping Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

Click Thumbnails to enlarge!

3D Mark 2000's EMBM test:
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Half Life Direct3D rendering!:
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Reply #69 - 03.08.05 at 15:32:09
 
well it's logic that the 5500 does not have EMBM, the Rampage does Wink Test it minimal of a Gf3, Matrox G400MAXX or a Rage Fury MAXX, they are the minimal supporting cards for EMBM Wink

The Ramapge was based on DirectX8 and had ShaderModel 1.0 support the Napalm there did not have this feature so EMBM isn't possible.
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Reply #70 - 03.08.05 at 19:59:50
 
yeah sure does, the Rampage has good 3D in 3D mark looks very nice, in Quake3 it kicks butrix !
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Reply #71 - 03.08.05 at 20:07:47
 
The shots look superb  8)

Man I wish 3dfx were still around and I had the latest card in my main rig  Cry
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Reply #72 - 03.08.05 at 20:14:23
 
yeah you know that for sure, I got a 3dfx card in all of my rigs Wink just to remember them and to honor good ole 3dfx Smiley

K6-2 500Mhz @ 550Mhz
3dfx Voodoo3 3000 AGP + TV-Out 16MB SDR Rev.C 5199

Athlon XP 2700+
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB SDR Rev.A 2500

Dual OpteronDP 244 CG
ASUS ATi Radeon X800XT Platinum Edition AGP 256MB GDDR3 Rev.B 0514
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB SDR Rev.A1 2900

if 3dfx were still here I would of done the same Voodoo5500 Wink The Rampage would of been a great step in the right direction for 3dfx, and NV and ATi would have had a great competition to go against.
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Reply #73 - 07.08.05 at 02:16:11
 
that's a nice find Janskjaer Smiley never seen this pic before Smiley man I wish I were there though , wouldn't you Smiley
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Reply #74 - 07.08.05 at 13:46:30
 
Those pics are from:
http://www.firingsquad.com/features/gdc2000/roundup/default.asp

and you can easily read caption of second picture ar firingsquad's: "Alex 'Sharky' Ross and 3dfx's Brian Burke".
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