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pa...@mfltd.co.uk (Paul Spencer) wrote:

>Hi,	

>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.	

>Is it just me or is this destined to flop as hard as the 3DO blaster
>did ?

Check the price of PC graphics accelerators.  This is not a card just
to run games designed for another system that can do no more.  It also
functions as a Windows accelerator, and the 3D can accelerate your 3D
modelling programs in Windows as well.  The price is around the same
as current fast Windows 2D accelerators, and people buy those quite
frequently.  Hell, a Mach64 here in Toronto costs as much as a
Playstation, and that just accelerateds Windows GUI and future 2D
games.

That being said, Creative does have a knack for over-pricing average
products.  But this is only ONE entry into the race.  There will be
MANY products, one of which is Diamonds Edge.