Oxygen VX1 video card question

[Nailbunny]

Does anyoe know much about this card. I know it's an older card and geared for 3D apps...what makes it great for 3D? I can get one pretty cheap (hopefully like $12)..is it worth it? How would it be for 3D games of today and how would it stack up to a Geforce 2 or 3?

Keep in mind this isn't the "newer" GVX1..but the older 16MB one.

Thanks,
-NB

 

[AnAndAustin]

Well the Oxygen VX1 came out around Jan 2000 and sold for around £200/$200 and geared towards commercial users running CAD and animation applications. The chip also provides acceleration for 100 percent of the OpenGL 1.2 pipeline, accelerated volumetric rendering, bump-mapping with per-pixel lighting, dual bilinear mip-mapping or triple texture blending in a single cycle. IIRC it is a DX6 card, like the Voodoo cards while GF2, Rad7500 etc are DX7 cards. It was decidely average at the time and sported esp poor Direct3D perf, a lot has happened in the last 3 or so years we're talking GF 256 (GF1) territory here. This is from notes and memory but I'm pvery sure it is accurate.

 

[Nailbunny]

Thanks AnAndAustin..so would it be worth the $12 for using in 3D apps..or would a Geforce2 GTS still be better?

 

[LukFilm]

GF2 would be MUCH better.

 

[Goi]

Heck, I think my Voodoo3 3000 would be better than that!

 

[AnAndAustin]

I'd still expect the GF2GTS would be better even in the professional applications, and certainly way better for anything else. Either way the 16MB RAM will surely hurt you. $12 isn't a whole lot to pay to try it out, but I doubt it will be an improvement on a GF2MX let alone a GF2GTS.

 

[Nailbunny]

Thanks for the input guys. If I get it, it'll be used in my (hardly utilized K6-3) 3rd machine...it's better than the Diamond 4MB card in it now.