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In article <61169k$6...@mtinsc03.worldnet.att.net>, 
ccr...@worldnet.att.net says...
>  I was reading in a magazine today and they rated it and gave the release
> date....It said first quarter '98.  I have heard that it should come out
> before that.  So when is the real release date?  My other question is, will
> the Pure3d card be good enough to use for quake 2?  Thanks to whoever
> responds.

My guess is that Id will try and make the Christmas rush to get some good 
fast return right out of the gate.  It'd be my humble opinion they'd be 
nuts if they didn't but who knows.. maybe they've hit a snag or two that 
will prevent putting a tight product out on time.  I wouldn't mind 
waiting a few more months if it meant not having a piece of junk. :-)

I'm curious too what some good hardware would be to take full advantage 
of Quake 2.. I've been thinking about buying a Diamond Monster 3D card.  
I already have a Dell PPro/180 with 64 megs of RAM and a S3 Virge PCI 
card w/ i think 2 megs of VRAM.  Thoughts, anyone?  I'd like to keep the 
upgrade costs below $500

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First of all, if you read blues news ( http://bluesnews.com/ )on a daily
basis, you'd see that the column about the release date for 98' (I bet
you read that in Next Generation =-) was a goof-up. Quake2 WILL be
released before January. Come hell or high water =-)

As for the hardware questions, the Monster3d will rock on Quake2, and
the Pure3d will be just downright sublime, with 4 megs of dedicated
texture memory and 2 megs of frame buffer, the Pure3d will SCREAM!!

Both cards will cost about $200 each, a very worthwhile investment.
Its of course recommended to have atleast 32 megs of ram which should
run just fine ( i still want to upgrade to 64 though, lucky bastard!).
And ANY Intel Pentium based chipset of atleast 100Mhz should run pretty
smooth, but of course its recommended to have atleast a 150 or 200.

Thats the facts....enjoy =-) 
 
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I would personally recommend ditching your PPro.  They aren't bad, but you
could do better.  Wait another month or two before gettin a new CPU.  I am
sure the prices will keep droppin.  Correct me if I am wrong, but you can
get a MMX 200 for around $250 now.  Not  a bad deal, but make sure your
motherboard can handle it.

Stone <DONTSP...@dwx.com> wrote in article
<3435655B...@dwx.com>...
> First of all, if you read blues news ( http://bluesnews.com/ )on a daily
> basis, you'd see that the column about the release date for 98' (I bet
> you read that in Next Generation =-) was a goof-up. Quake2 WILL be
> released before January. Come hell or high water =-)
> 
> As for the hardware questions, the Monster3d will rock on Quake2, and
> the Pure3d will be just downright sublime, with 4 megs of dedicated
> texture memory and 2 megs of frame buffer, the Pure3d will SCREAM!!
> 
> Both cards will cost about $200 each, a very worthwhile investment.
> Its of course recommended to have atleast 32 megs of ram which should
> run just fine ( i still want to upgrade to 64 though, lucky bastard!).
> And ANY Intel Pentium based chipset of atleast 100Mhz should run pretty
> smooth, but of course its recommended to have atleast a 150 or 200.
> 
> Thats the facts....enjoy =-) 
>  
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> 

You're crazy! My PPro 180 machine tears stuff up!  It has at least 2 or 3 
years left in it before it starts warranting being ditched.

In article <01bcd09a$919da520$0bff1ace@default>, dra...@cyberhighway.net 
says...
> I would personally recommend ditching your PPro.  They aren't bad, but you
> could do better.  Wait another month or two before gettin a new CPU.  I am
> sure the prices will keep droppin.  Correct me if I am wrong, but you can
> get a MMX 200 for around $250 now.  Not  a bad deal, but make sure your
> motherboard can handle it.
> 
> Stone <DONTSP...@dwx.com> wrote in article
> <3435655B...@dwx.com>...
> > First of all, if you read blues news ( http://bluesnews.com/ )on a daily
> > basis, you'd see that the column about the release date for 98' (I bet
> > you read that in Next Generation =-) was a goof-up. Quake2 WILL be
> > released before January. Come hell or high water =-)
> > 
> > As for the hardware questions, the Monster3d will rock on Quake2, and
> > the Pure3d will be just downright sublime, with 4 megs of dedicated
> > texture memory and 2 megs of frame buffer, the Pure3d will SCREAM!!
> > 
> > Both cards will cost about $200 each, a very worthwhile investment.
> > Its of course recommended to have atleast 32 megs of ram which should
> > run just fine ( i still want to upgrade to 64 though, lucky bastard!).
> > And ANY Intel Pentium based chipset of atleast 100Mhz should run pretty
> > smooth, but of course its recommended to have atleast a 150 or 200.
> > 
> > Thats the facts....enjoy =-) 
> >  
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >       st...@dwx.com    irc.pseudo.com #pseudo
> >  Remove the DONTSPAM from my address when emailing. 
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > 
> 

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Hey try overclocking the thing to 233mhz.  A friend of mine has one and it
tears things up  
even better.

Reuben King <REMOVETH...@texas.net> wrote in article
<MPG.ea01d80c...@news.texas.net>...
> You're crazy! My PPro 180 machine tears stuff up!  It has at least 2 or 3

> years left in it before it starts warranting being ditched.
> 
> In article <01bcd09a$919da520$0bff1ace@default>, dra...@cyberhighway.net

> says...
> > I would personally recommend ditching your PPro.  They aren't bad, but
you
> > could do better.  Wait another month or two before gettin a new CPU.  I
am
> > sure the prices will keep droppin.  Correct me if I am wrong, but you
can
> > get a MMX 200 for around $250 now.  Not  a bad deal, but make sure your
> > motherboard can handle it.
> > 
> > Stone <DONTSP...@dwx.com> wrote in article
> > <3435655B...@dwx.com>...
> > > First of all, if you read blues news ( http://bluesnews.com/ )on a
daily
> > > basis, you'd see that the column about the release date for 98' (I
bet
> > > you read that in Next Generation =-) was a goof-up. Quake2 WILL be
> > > released before January. Come hell or high water =-)
> > > 
> > > As for the hardware questions, the Monster3d will rock on Quake2, and
> > > the Pure3d will be just downright sublime, with 4 megs of dedicated
> > > texture memory and 2 megs of frame buffer, the Pure3d will SCREAM!!
> > > 
> > > Both cards will cost about $200 each, a very worthwhile investment.
> > > Its of course recommended to have atleast 32 megs of ram which should
> > > run just fine ( i still want to upgrade to 64 though, lucky
bastard!).
> > > And ANY Intel Pentium based chipset of atleast 100Mhz should run
pretty
> > > smooth, but of course its recommended to have atleast a 150 or 200.
> > > 
> > > Thats the facts....enjoy =-) 
> > >  
> > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > >       st...@dwx.com    irc.pseudo.com #pseudo
> > >  Remove the DONTSPAM from my address when emailing. 
> > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > 
> 
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> Reuben King, another Bitter Little Bastard(tm) (CASHP #18-97)
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