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Article #257Re: Monster 3D
From: mik... Mike Seflers
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 00:00
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In article <34008D...@teleport.com>, lmo...@teleport.com says... > >John Savage wrote: >> >> In article <33FCFC...@teleport.com>, -FaNaTiC- <lmo...@teleport.com> wrote: >> > >> > Exactly!! >> > >> > You will NOT be disappointed. Buy an M3D! Best $$$ you'll ever spend. >> > >> > -FaNaTiC- >> >> I'm wondering if the other graphic cards out there that support the same >> features as the Monster 3D (transparencies, fog, anti-alias, etc.) are >> compatible with 3Dfx games like GLQuake, or if those programs don't >> recognize the graphic card's capabilities. Any ideas? > > >The only other cards that are compatible w/ glquake are the Hercules >Stingray 128/3D, Deltron Technology's RealVision Flash3D and the Orchid >Righteous 3d. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong). Go to >http://www.3dfx.com/voodoo/sale/retail.html to get info on these >products. The card MUST be 3dfx (voodoo chipset) to support 3dfx >games. Other cards simply are not compatible w/ 3dfx. For example, you >can't go out and buy a Virge based 3d card and run GLquake. It simple >won't work. > >I own a pentium 100 w/ a mere 24 megs of ram. I simply cannot believe >what adding this voodoo based card has done to this machine. Razor sharp >graphics at HIGHER framerates than the original quake. Tombraider and >Descent2 are phenomenal also. > >Looks as if the 3dfx is fast becoming the standard, so you really can't >go wrong w/ purchasing one of the above cards. I'd simply go w/ the M3D >as it has a solid customer base and is proven to perform extremely well. >Plus Quake2, Unreal, Diakantana (sp.), HexenII, and more than likely >DukeNukem Forever will all support the 3dfx cards. > >-FaNaTiC- To all those people who do not yet own one, I'm selling 'em for $170 apiece. mik...@execpc.com
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From: mik...@execpc.com (Mike Seflers) Subject: Re: Monster 3D Date: 1997/08/26 Message-ID: <5ttdh5$mcf@newsops.execpc.com> X-Deja-AN: 268529417 References: <01bca42b$c6038640$980087d0@fbudreau> <DF768354F50EB0DA.F024474A52FBCBDB.E098E4DC9998DCF2@library-proxy.airnews.net> <33FCFCF5.7226@teleport.com> <REMOVEMEjmsavage-2208972335510001@sa1-c10.dreamscape.com> <34008DA5.1A70@teleport.com> Organization: Mike's Wares Newsgroups: alt.games.quake2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit