Re: Gateway, Dell & More (Help)

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From: Steve Wingard
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 00:00

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Thomas E. Retkowski wrote in message <344589EE...@pitnet.net>...
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>Mike Frazer wrote:
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>> The price SUCKS.  I work at Best Buy in the Computers and Home Office
>> dept.  We have a Compaq pII 300mhz with DVD, 64 megs RAM
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>What kind of Ram?  Mine would have SDRAM, I would bet Best Buys is EDO
>Ram?Also what kind of Motherboard?  I wouldn't think Compaq is in the habit
>of including the 440 FX AGP board?

440LX is the chipset that supports AGP...

>> HD, 3dfx card
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>Who makes the 3dfx card, and mine would not be Voodoo, VooDoo is the lesser
>of the 3dfx cards.

Actually, they're both called "Voodoo".

"Voodoo Graphics" is the faster one, and it's 3D-only.  You have to have a
standard 2-D card as well.
Manufacturers/brand names:
    Diamond "Monster 3D",
    Orchid "Righteous 3D",
    Canopus "Pure 3D"

"Voodoo Rush" is the newer one, which is used in combination 2D/3D
cards.  It's not as fast as the original "Voodoo Graphics" chipset in some
situations (GLQuake is 5-9fps slower).  3Dfx is working on new drivers
and BIOS that will address that.
Manufacturers/brand names:
    Hercules "Stingray 128/3D"
    Intergraph "Intense 3D Voodoo"
    Jazz "Adrenaline Rush"

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From: "Steve Wingard" <swin...@spyglass.com>
Subject: Re: Gateway, Dell & More (Help)
Date: 1997/10/16
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