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I just wanted to know what Card you started on (no doubt a Voodoo or RIVA) plus what was the processor at time.......
1994) I started off with a Monster3D card in a P66 ran screamer rally like a dream...
1996) Then got a 233K6 with a pathetic S3 Virge/Trio hybrid with 2Mb of Mem, God i was stupid to Buy Unreal then... but software mode was good at 25fps...
mid 1997) went to a trade fair Bowlers, in Manchester's Trafford Park, UK, got a 8Mb 3Dfx Voodoo2 for just £50 saw a V3 3000 Going for £200... but it was a con, took the V2 home and banged it straight in... loaded Unreal up, nearly fell off the chair, picking my jaw up at every frame at 800x600 was something i'll never forget...
1998) got a AMD K6-3 450 with built in SIS video, benched it on Final Reality (if you could remember this DX6 benchmark - you're a veteren) instantly slammed the Voodoo2 in and installed Unreal - WOW! At the end of that year, Unreal Tourney Demo was released, Glide only.. took pride in showing off to all my console friends who spent 179 on a PSone.... mwhahaa!
1999) bought a Voodoo3 2000 PCI for 75 using a voucher at PC World, Voodoo2 went back into 233 and that SIS onboard chip never saw use again... even to this day... never forget giving Tourney a go at 1280x1024 whew!
2000) new PC, this time a Duron 700 the one i'm typing on now, it cam with a TNT2 and Quake3 didn't half run fast and look gorgeous in 32bit... soon found some cash for a Geforce256 - wow! couldn't forget the look on my friend faces when they saw this one in action!
2001) bought a Geforce2MX for just 60 quid, also got hold of 3DMARK2001, which i ran ASAP (of course!) but despaired at having to put res. down to 640 so the trees scene was smooth in the demo...
2002) purchased something in Feb, just as specs on NV25 flooded the net... yep a GF3 Ti200 - finally something to run Comanche4 on and see THAT water in 3DMARK2001 - AWESOME! My mates who a PS2 didn't say a thing when i said a GF3 had been around for 1.1 years... (snigger-not to mention GF2 and One looked better than PS2!) I still have that 700 Duron and GF3 and will only upgrade my processor in the next 12 mnths - Graphics staying as it is until Doom3 - and THATS FINAL!
1994) I started off with a Monster3D card in a P66 ran screamer rally like a dream...
1996) Then got a 233K6 with a pathetic S3 Virge/Trio hybrid with 2Mb of Mem, God i was stupid to Buy Unreal then... but software mode was good at 25fps...
mid 1997) went to a trade fair Bowlers, in Manchester's Trafford Park, UK, got a 8Mb 3Dfx Voodoo2 for just £50 saw a V3 3000 Going for £200... but it was a con, took the V2 home and banged it straight in... loaded Unreal up, nearly fell off the chair, picking my jaw up at every frame at 800x600 was something i'll never forget...
1998) got a AMD K6-3 450 with built in SIS video, benched it on Final Reality (if you could remember this DX6 benchmark - you're a veteren) instantly slammed the Voodoo2 in and installed Unreal - WOW! At the end of that year, Unreal Tourney Demo was released, Glide only.. took pride in showing off to all my console friends who spent 179 on a PSone.... mwhahaa!
1999) bought a Voodoo3 2000 PCI for 75 using a voucher at PC World, Voodoo2 went back into 233 and that SIS onboard chip never saw use again... even to this day... never forget giving Tourney a go at 1280x1024 whew!
2000) new PC, this time a Duron 700 the one i'm typing on now, it cam with a TNT2 and Quake3 didn't half run fast and look gorgeous in 32bit... soon found some cash for a Geforce256 - wow! couldn't forget the look on my friend faces when they saw this one in action!
2001) bought a Geforce2MX for just 60 quid, also got hold of 3DMARK2001, which i ran ASAP (of course!) but despaired at having to put res. down to 640 so the trees scene was smooth in the demo...
2002) purchased something in Feb, just as specs on NV25 flooded the net... yep a GF3 Ti200 - finally something to run Comanche4 on and see THAT water in 3DMARK2001 - AWESOME! My mates who a PS2 didn't say a thing when i said a GF3 had been around for 1.1 years... (snigger-not to mention GF2 and One looked better than PS2!) I still have that 700 Duron and GF3 and will only upgrade my processor in the next 12 mnths - Graphics staying as it is until Doom3 - and THATS FINAL!