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Article #6578Re: 3d blaster will be VLBUS only?
From: alp... James Wall
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 00:00
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dav...@interlog.com (Dave Glue) wrote: > john...@aol.com (JohnDonld) wrote: > >The PCI version is being optimised for a PNP environment. It will exceed > >the VLB version! > The Diamond model is already PNP. "Optimized" is Creative-speak for > "working". And gee, a 3D card- that's a lot to handle for PNP. The > Diamond is sound, game controller, 2d/3D acceleration, video > enhancement, and they managed to get it PNP on the first release. One other interesting thing is the decrease in load on your bus. The more cards you have in the slots, the slower your computer becomes. If this Edge card can eliminate the two of the most common ISA cards people have, a game port and the sound card [some people have two sound cards, one for better midi patches and one for SB compatibility/digital] .. hmm. Should be nice. [-------------------tear along dotted line-------------------] [alp...@hunterlink.net.au - Newcastle, Australia] [user friendly propaganda - tested on americans] [mcdondalds for thought - plastic for food] [8 out of 9 wimmin' - preferred it]
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From: alp...@hunterlink.net.au (James Wall) Subject: Re: 3d blaster will be VLBUS only? Date: 1995/09/28 Message-ID: <44ekt3$jqt@ghostgum.hunterlink.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 110917071 references: <444otd$sn@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <445f06$abf@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <446pn6$phi@steel.interlog.com> organization: 7-11 newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit