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Article #35260Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination
From: Feck
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:00
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 17:55:16 -0800, Wallace <wal...@thegrid.net> wrote: >Steve Allison wrote: >> >> In article <01bc2c26$e0feb6e0$530520ce@coolio>, Dennis Moran >> <coo...@coolio9.com> writes >> >Robert <Ro...@metronet.com> wrote in article >> ><5fsqpl$s...@newnews.metronet.com>... >> >> Close, it's actually The Hercules Dynamite 128 with a Orchid3d >> >> The Hercules is much faster, and has higher refresh rates then the >> >> Millenium. >> >> >> >> meis...@ix.netcom.com (Meister) wrote: >> >> >> >> >Matrox Millenium and Orchid Righteous 3d are the best combination. I >> >> >have this combo and it works awesome! >> >> >> >> >Meister >> >> >> >> >> > >> >Not quite. The Millenium has the highest refresh rates out of all video >> >cards, and is a lot faster than the Dynamite128. >> > >> Oh yes and at what resolution are we talking about? and is this 2D or >> 3D? the millennium is beaten by the Diamond Stealth 3d for most except >> 3D. >> There are many faster cards on the market now, and getting faster. But >> which is going to be the best supported? That's the question! >> >> -- >> Steve > >Hi all, > >I've got a Matrox Millenium. Do the 3d cards you all are talking about >plug into the millenium?? I keep reading about people using 2 cards. >Just trying to find out how to speed mine up. I saw that matrox makes a >3d "daughter" card but I don't see any posts on it. I'm only getting 15 >fps, i thought the millenium was "the best" when I bought it. > >Thnx >Bill I'm using the Monster 3d card wich interfaces into an existing 2D card ( I have the STB 128 ). It works better than all the other configs my friends are using. I read in a PC Gamer mag that using a 2D with a 3D add-on produced the best overall stats. Maybe not the best mag for technical data, but hell, all I do with my PC is game and since thats all they really give a crap about I went with thier suggestion.
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From: (Feck) Subject: Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination Date: 1997/03/11 Message-ID: <3325e8ff...@news.ntr.net> X-Deja-AN: 224583545 References: <01bbfff5$13df6ae0$bc1cd6cc@tplace> <32db6022...@news.earthlink.net> <5c937r$46...@wolfman.xtra.co.nz> <5ckc6a$obf$1...@f02s02.tac.net> <01baf186$7248df40$67c548c2@default> <32fcb3b0...@news.mindspring.com> <01bc1809$93f042a0$c40950ce@willard> <01bc273b$88ab1b40$961b2399@culbeda-95> <33216a43...@netnews.voicenet.com> <3320E3...@vinip.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> <332119a5...@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5fsqpl$s...@newnews.metronet.com> <01bc2c26$e0feb6e0$530520ce@coolio> <J2evMRAW...@sallison.demon.co.uk> <3324BB...@thegrid.net> Organization: NTR.NET Corporation 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