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Re: Which 3D accelerator card to get: Diamond or Creative Lab?

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From: pa... Paul Lush
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 00:00
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In <442s49$g...@newsbf02.news.aol.com> john...@aol.com (JohnDonld) writes:
>Sure, Nvidia is using a cheat to get around rendering polygons.  The card
>is meant to be a low cost game board!  Creative's board cost more but you
>are also geting over 2x the polygon performance.  You get what you pay
>for.  Creative's board offers the best performance and also has the most
>support!  Creative made over $1.2 Billion last year and they will not
>offer you inferior technology.  

Seem the Modem Blaster - that was inferior as you could get.

>If you want a Saturn go out and buy one.  The Nvidia is not a substitute! 
>Sega is NOT making all it's games for the Nvidia.  I have a Playstation
>and it is far better than the Nvidia.  The 3D Blaster has 2x the
>performance than the Playstation.  
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From: pa...@clandcen.co.nz (Paul Lush)
Subject: Re: Which 3D accelerator card to get: Diamond or Creative Lab?
Date: 1995/09/29
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