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you forgot mpeg haardware acceleration
it rules 

Charles Schaffer (szsc...@dale.ucdavis.edu) wrote:
: In article <43qf8g$8...@steel.interlog.com>,
: Dave Glue <dav...@interlog.com> wrote:
: >aaa...@agora.ulaval.ca (Francois Taddei) wrote:
: >
: >>>I was really excited about this, finally something that will lift the
: >>>PC above the Playstation and Saturn.	
: >>>Yeah, right.	
: >>>Then I saw the price they want to charge 349 US dollars.
: >>>Shit, that's 50 dollars more than a playstation, and with a
: >>>playstation you get a lot more than just a graphics chip.	
: >
: >>Did you knew that it will come with a bundle of games like:
: >
: >>Flight Unlimited
: >>Magic Carpet+
: >>Nascar Racing
: >>Azrael Tears (not out)
: >>and 1-2 other one that are also not out.
: >
: >>349$ for the 3D Blaster + 5-6 Games and other cool stuff (demos), I
: >>think it's not to pricy.  Of course, there will be a light version 3-6
: >>month after, at a lower price, but I WILL buy the 3D Blaster the day
: >>it come out.
: >
: >That's true, and some people seem to be forgetting this when comparing
: >the prices to the consoles.  A playstation with 4-5 more games jacks
: >up the price to over _$500_.  Who knows how much the U64 with its
: >gigantic cartrdiges at 80$ a pop with 5 games packed-in (which it
: >won't).
: >
: >Not to mention, the games bundled actaully have (gasp) objectives and
: >strategy, not just shoot-em-ups.
: >

: I agrree but the 3d labs card sucks big time. Diamonds Edge with the
: nvidia chip rules. It's got onboard 16bit sound card, harware .avi 
: acceleration, 3d acceleration (of course!) and it has 2 megs of vram
: all for about 300$.