Das ganze in Gross und auch noch andere gibt es hier

Auf Scary's Shugashack gibt es schon erste Bilder zu Q3Test Phase4:

I just mailed id Software exec Todd Hollenshead and asked if the new Quake III Test will be released this Saturday and he replied "We're *hoping* we'll have it released by this weekend. I'm not saying that we will, but that's what we're shooting for."

...Man kan über ID sagen was man will, aber diese Testversionen sind klasse! :-)

3Dfx: ...Promises have been made that this next product will be the outright leader and will have more features than any other product on the market. Features include 4X AGP with sidebands/texturing, 32 bit z-buffer (using their patented W-buffer, which is a linear buffer as compared to the traditional 1/z Z-buffer: the W-buffer has been used in all 3dfx products to date.), 8 bit stencil buffer, M-buffer, T-buffer (what these two are is beyond me? Perhaps this is the technology demo that 3dfx will present in late July?), 32 bit color, S3TC, Narrow Channel YAB Texture Compression, bilinear-trilinear-anisotropic filtering, full-screen anti-aliasing, and the ability to add a third party transform and lighting processor....

NVIDIA: ...Very little is known about this chip other than it will support onboard transform and lighting calculations. Reports have it that it is behind schedule and was originally supposed to be announced by early fall. It now looks like it will be announced sometime in December. Rumors state that it will have many advanced features including S3TC, environmental bump mapping, quad-texturing, and an advanced memory architecture that will support up to 256 MB of memory (OUCH!). It will be produced initially on the .25 micron process with speeds up to 200 Mhz, and will then be produced on the .18 micron process 6 to 8 months later with some optimizations (NV-11). This monster supposedly has over 15 million transistors.

Dazu gibt es Infos zu Chips von S3, Matrox, Trident, intel und ATi. Schaut mal vorbei.

In Verbindung mit einem Facelift der 3DMark Website startet Futuremark ein Gewinnspiel. Zu gewinnen gibt es einen AMD K6-2 400MHz PC. Alles was man machen muss ist 3DMark99MAX downzuloaden (geiles Wort <g>), zu benchmarken und das Ergebniss einzuschicken: 3DMark Gewinnspiel

This article provides an architectural overview of NVIDIA's TNT graphics processors, followed by a performance evaluation of TNT. Lastly, some shortcomings of TNT are addressed. Unless otherwise stated, performance numbers are based on a 450 MHz CeleronA system.

Der Artikel ist hier zu finden.

Need the best of both worlds? Do you need the full-featured set that the Nvidia TNT2 product offers and have the ability to play Glide based games at high-resolutions? Are you confused about what Video Card to pick, 3DFX Voodoo III or Nvidia's TNT2?

Well Alienware has the solution, choose both! Now Alienware offers an exclusive technology that will allow you to have both an Nvidia TNT2 and a 3DFX Voodoo III, in the same system, at the same time. You are probably asking yourself how is Alienware getting two (2) 2D/3D video cards running in the same system. Alienware in cooperation with Metabyte have developed special drivers that essentially let you pick and choose what video card you want to use when playing the game of your choice. Essentially we have taken the robust, full-featured set that comes with Nvidia's TNT2 and the powerful performer that is the 3DFX Voodoo III and put them in one system.

The other question you are probably asking yourself is why would I need both 2D/3D cards in the same system? The honest truth is that we recommend this special configuration only to the hardcore gamer that needs it all. The truth is that you can pick either video cards and still have a great gaming system. Both video cards in their own right are awesome, and if you are a gamer you can't go wrong with either one. Alienware is all about giving the customer alot of different options and this is just one of many options we offer. We are all about performance and pushing the envelope.

Major Advantages:

• The ability of playing games with all the major API's supported, Direct3D, OpenGL, and Glide
• 32-bit color support of Nvidia TNT2 at high-resolutions
• Glide base games not limited to 1024 x 768 resolutions, can go higher (if game supports it)
• You don't need to use an older 3DFX Voodoo2 Card to play your favorite Glide based games
• Have the ability to play D3D and OpenGL games with either video cards
• Hardware support of Glide vs. Glide Wrapper (emulation)
• We give you the flexibility that no other system manufacturers give you

What it comes with:

• Nvidia Ultra TNT2 w/32 MB AGP TV-Out Video Card
• 3DFX Voodoo III 2000 PCI w/16MB Video Card
• (2) VGA Cables
• VGA Switchbox (1600 x 1200 Resolution)
• Super Multi-Card Drivers

ThanX to AGN3D! (Sie sollten das System Heizkessel nennen <eg>)

• Auf Systemlogic gibt es ein Preview von 3DLabs Permedia3
• CG Cafe hat in die Kristallkugel geschaut und ein Preview zum TNT3 alias NV10 (oder wie auch immer gemacht)
• AGN Hardware hat ein Review der Guillemot Maxi Gamer Xentor32 gemacht. Schaut mal vorbei!!
• Auf Adrian's Rojak Pot gibt es den ersten teil des BIOS Optimization Guide

The Athlon's 128K L1 cache is awesome for memory-intensive games like Unreal.    Operations like visibility determination, which thrash on the Pentium III's 32K cache, now run at full speed on the Athlon.  This CPU truly shows a generational performance improvement, like going from my old 486 to my first Pentium.

When I saw AMD's K7 spec, I was pretty skeptical.   The K6 had been hyped up, but in reality it was slower for Unreal than a Pentium II of comparable clock rate, due to its poor non-SIMD floating point performance.  The K7 claimed to fix all of that, and debut a new architecture with 3 execution pipelines.   I decided to wait and see, without getting my hopes up.

Bottom line: I waited, and now I have seen!  The Athlon is clearly the fastest x86 CPU at any clock speed.

Die ELSA AG gab am Donnerstag in einer Ad Hoc Meldung bekannt, daß fünf der sechs international führenden Hersteller von Windows NT-Workstations künftig auf ELSA setzen und ihre Systeme der kommenden Generation mit der professionellen Grafiklösung ELSA Synergy II ausstatten werden.

Die in meinem RIVA Station Cardtest aufgetretenen Hitzeprobleme der Voodoo3 3000 scheinen kein Einzelfall zu sein. Die Jungs von TweakPC berichten mir in einer Mail das auch sie Überhitzungsprobleme mit der Karte haben.

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