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Article #35270Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination
From: Anthony Q. Bachler BAS
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1997 00:00
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Sorry to tell you guys, but there is no such thing as a 3D card unless you are running a holographic display. The term 3D is an advertising ghimick. All these cards can do is render a 3D image on a 2D display. The image is not really 3D. It only contains some shading that makes it appear somewhat 3D. -- ::-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- HTTP:vax2.rainis.net/~cwhizard/norn.htm Home of the Daily Sixpak of Norns. This message contains Anti-SPAM features which must be manually removed from the reply address. Feck wrote in article <3325e8ff...@news.ntr.net>... > 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: "Anthony Q. Bachler, BAS" <cwhi...@NOSPAMsockets.net> Subject: Re: What is the best 3d graphics card/combination Date: 1997/03/12 Message-ID: <01bc2f18$d0b6e920$LocalHost@anthonyb> X-Deja-AN: 225003529 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> <01bc273b$88ab1b40$961b2399@culbeda-95> <33216a43.1552826@netnews.voicenet.com> <3320E334.7FD8@vinip.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> <332119a5.16961894@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <5fsqpl$sio@newnews.metronet.com> <01bc2c26$e0feb6e0$530520ce@coolio> <J2evMRAWBJJzEwOC@sallison.demon.co.uk> <3324BB84.5A2A@thegrid.net> <3325e8ff.4071156@news.ntr.net> Organization: Apcad Engineering, Inc. 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