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Article #35254Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination
From: David Culbertson
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 1997 00:00
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If you want the real scoop on what to buy, there is an excellent section on Tom's Hardware Guide in the video section... Check it out. http://sysdoc.pair.com (BTW, the Matrox Millenium and a 3Dfx card (Diamond Monster 3D or Orchid Righteous 3D) is the best overall windows performance/game performance combo... If you don't do the Win95 thing, the STB is suppose to be pretty decent.) Dave > I tested all the cards you mentioned, but I like the ATI the most. It has > smooth graphic... o, by the way, the one I tested for ATI was Expression > 3D (2Mb) > > >> > > >> I liked the ATI 3D rage. > > >> SOme liked the STB or the Matrox. > > >> However, the Matrox is over-rated and is not really that good. > > >> It uses too much of the CPU where as the drain on COU is less on the > STB and the ATI. > > >> > > >Then why is the Mystique beating the other two in the PC Mag reviews ? > > > > > I think the best combo for a gamer would be the following: > > > > 1 Matrox Millennium > > 1 3dfx card (such as the Diamond Monster or the Matrox Millennium)
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From: "David Culbertson" <cul...@openix.com> Subject: Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination Date: 1997/03/02 Message-ID: <01bc273b$88ab1b40$961b2399@culbeda-95> X-Deja-AN: 222585927 References: <01bbfff5$13df6ae0$bc1cd6cc@tplace> <32db6022.2365609@news.earthlink.net> <5c937r$46n2@wolfman.xtra.co.nz> <5ckc6a$obf$1@f02s02.tac.net> <01baf186$7248df40$67c548c2@default> <32fcb3b0.10711002@news.mindspring.com> <01bc1809$93f042a0$c40950ce@willard> Organization: Ernst & Young, LLP Newsgroups: alt.binaries.games,alt.binaries.games.discussion,alt.binaries.games.quake,alt.games,alt.games.command,alt.games.command.and,alt.games.command.and.conquer,alt.games.command-n-conq,alt.games.command-n-conq.red-alert,alt.games.descent,alt.games.duk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit