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A power vr card is one that uses Nec's powervrx2 chipset.  There are
currently 3
cards that i know of  that use it.  Integraph 5d, integraph 3dx (the x is
important),
and Matrox M3D, the M3D is the least expensive of the three, pricing at
$99.00 
in U.S. funds.  It supports microsoft direct3d, powersgl, the "opengl"
miniport used
in quake, quake2 and hexen2, and I believe Heidi. If the Game you saw said
it was
"powervr extreme" or "powersgl" it probably wont run on a 3dfx card, and
will need
one of the VR cards to run.  The vr cards have enjoyed a much larger market

penetration in Japan, than they have in the US.  As a result some games
that 
have been written in Japan are just now making it to our shores.  Such as a
powersgl version of resident evil, and Moon racer.  Games like moon racer
are
available in a VR version only, at this time.  Nec has made some
multimillion 
dollar developement deals with some of the software houses recently,  in a
hope
to address the lack of vr specific program.  In all fairness though, for
running glquake
the 3dfx card offers higher frame rates.  If that is your main concern
stick with a 
voodoo card.  Last benchmarks I saw, showed that the powervr cards had
higher
microsoft direct3d scores (than the voodoo cards).  hope ive hopelessly
confused
you.
Todd McCormick

Visionary <visi...@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in article
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> Can anyone tell me what a PowerVR card is? I just saw a new demo
> addition on the GamesDomain site that requires it. I know it is some
> sort of a 3dfx card, that is not based on the Voodoo chipset. Does that
> mean that a game that requires a PowerVR card will not work on a machine
> with a Diamond Monster 3D?
>