Re: WC4 mpeg2 DVD

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From: Karl Frank
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:40

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XxShadowxX wrote:
> The thing is, I don't need the card this was bundled with - as I already have
 > a creative DXR3 card I pulled from my old 300 mhz pII system.
> Worse still, even if I was to buy another DXR card, I'd end up buying
 > another DVD-Rom with it, as those were the only ones that included the
 > mpeg2 version of wc4...
> Not only that, but on ebay, there's no guarantee that the included copy
 > of WC4 still comes with the DVD drive.

I am not 100% sure what you try to say, but to clarify any confusion:
You NEED the DXR card that the DVD was bundeled with.
You do NOT need the original DVD Drive that the DVD came bundeled with. 
ANY DVD DRIVE will do as long as the decoder card is present.

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From: Karl Frank <ka...@karl.frank.name>
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Subject: Re: WC4 mpeg2 DVD
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 09:40:38 +0100
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