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TNT owners are going to jizz their pants when 221 comes out. The voodoo 2 is dead. Tim has been locked in his chamber of magick conjuring up something very very cool indeed.

We're working with lots of hardware manufacturers (we hope to get a look at the Voodoo3 soon!). We are definitely not specializing in one technology - we want Unreal technology to run well on LOTS of different hardware! We're just glad that Tim's finally got robust, reliable performance on the TNT.

Aha! - Ich erinnere mich da an Aussagen von Epic das der TNT.... naja, warten wir es ab ob Taten folgen.

Yes, we have been doing a lot of soul searching lately regarding the graphics business. We truly love it but it hasn't been loving us back. The saturated Voodoo2 market over the summer gave us quite a start. The prices dropped like a rock and the channel was stuffed all summer. The SPECTRA 2500 sales have been great, in fact, too great. We underforecasted and ran out of product. Based on the summer experience with Voodoo2 boards, a decision was made to not restart manufacturing because boards would not be available until late January at the earliest. We had no idea demand would remain so strong. As time slips away and prices for TNT boards start to erode, we felt that we should not step back in. Our market in Japan remains strong and we will continue in that market with the 3200 and other products.

Für den User bedeutet dies ein herber Verlust, da Canopus immer wieder innovative Ideen auf seinen Grafikkarten umgesetzt hat (800x600 TV out bei RIVA128, Voodoo Pass through)

hartware:
Da es nun doch amtlich ist, daß 3Dfx nur noch Eigenproduktionen mit STB herstellt und vertreibt, wie wirkt sich das auf Ihre Roadmap aus? Welchen Grafikchips wird sich Ihre Firma in Zukunft zuwenden?

F. Fichtner: Wir haben in der Vergangenheit immer eine gewisse "Neutralität" bezüglich Graphiksilicon gepflegt, die sich jetzt letztendlich "auszahlt". Auf der anderen Seite haben wir in unseren Roadmaps für 1999 bereits den Focus auf weniger Architekturen im Graphikbereich gelegt. Wir sehen nach wie vor (speziell) in 1999 nVidia als den bestimmenden Faktor im Highend Commercial / Consumer Graphikumfeld.

Die Software ermöglicht einmal die einstellung des Chiptakt des TNT und des Speichertakts. Darüberhinaus lässt sich die Speicherzugriffszeit beschleunigen.
Wichtig: Die Software ist BETA!!!!! Benutzung erfolgt auf eigene Gefahr. Über 100MHz beim TNT (Engine) und 120MHz Speichertakt (Memory) sollte man nicht hinausgehen, es sei denn man weiss genau was man tut!
Bevor man das Menü mit 'Übernehmen' oder 'OK' verlässt sollte man auf jeden Fall den button 'Test settings' drücken!

Download: ASUS V3400 TNT Tweak v1.0b BETA

It has hardly ever been as easy to give my recommendations as in this graphics card comparison. The only TNT cards that I would buy are the Asus V3400TNT or even better the Asus V3400TNT/TV as well as the Hercules Dynamite TNT. Although those cards are the only two that come without a software bundle, the hardware and usability features speak for themselves. The Asus cards have the best cooling, good drivers, excellent 'overclockability' and the V3400TNT/TV has the best video-out feature and is the only one with video-in feature as well. The Hercules card also comes with very good cooling, the best drivers and a guaranteed 'overclockability' to 98/125 MHz.

Den kompletten Test findet Ihr hier. Anmerkung: Die in Tom´s Test gemachte Feststellung das ASUS ein konservatives Speichertiming verwendet konnte ich bei meiner V3400 Karte nicht feststellen. Der Memclock beträgt 110MHz, wie bei allen anderen TNT Karten auch.

Stratics hat ein 3D Karten Shootout gemacht und dabei den nVidia TNT mit 3Dfx Banshee, 3Dfx Voodoo2 und S3 Savage 3D verglichen:

I TNT- coupled with AGP 2x texture storage, 16MB of memory, 32 bit rendering and a host of other great features, the TNT is hard to beat. Benchmarks were always close to the top. Image quality is excellent with good color saturation and a minimum of banding in any game I used. This chipset will be great for any near 3D games.

3Dx Banshee landete auf Platz II, Voodoo2 auf Platz III und die S3 Savage 3D auf Platz IV. Den kompletten Test findet Ihr hier.

Download: ASUS V3400TNT SDRAM Bios v2.04.17 INOFFIZIELLES RELEASE

So anyway, I've got my shiny new Riva TNT, but I was wondering where those 3D Now! drivers were, so I can play Quake 2 faster than a P2, and a higher res than SLI :). Also, our good buddy Keith, over at AMD, reminded me that the 3DNow! Quake 2 patch is not just for V2, but video cards that have 3DNow! OpenGL driver support, and that S3's is coming along nicely. Anyway, here's the scoop on 3DNow! RivaTNT drivers:

Hi Jeff,

We are working on adding support for 3DNow to our drivers. When the performance improvements and stability are where we want them to be, I
will make sure we release new drivers to the web. In short, the memory architecture on Super7 requires quite a bit more work in order to get
better performance.

Regards,
-Nick

Planethardware hat die ELSA Erazor II getestet:

With a recommended street price of $169, it's definitely a bit pricey for a TNT board, most of which are now retailing for $130 to $140, but the addition of an onboard fan and custom drivers almost make up the the price difference, but not much. If you look hard enough for retailers around the net, you can find this exact board through sources like Pricewatch for around $130 and less, a reasonable price. This is simply a top quality TNT board,which lives up to every one of my expectations and beat some of them, I was very impressed.

Den kompletten Test finet Ihr hier: Erazor II Review
Anmerkung: Die getestete Version war noch mit Lüfter ausgerüstet. Dieser Lüfter wurde in der Zeit November/Dezember aber durch einen passiven Kühlkörper ersetzt!

Von Adrian gibt es einen Test der Creative Labs Graphics Blaster TNT:

Personally, I think the Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT card is a great buy. It's cheaper than most other RIVA TNT cards while offering equal if not better performance, excellent driver support and a reasonably good shot at overclocking. Creative appears to be giving the RIVA TNT its personal touch and I think that's good news for GraphicsBlaster RIVA TNT users. Finally, someone cares enough to take a product and make it better where it counts most.

Der komplette Test ist hier zu finden: CL Graphics Blaster TNT review

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