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Article #83477Re: I'm considering an ATI video card for 3d/2d, can you advise?
From: Brenda Kingston
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:00
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Gary White wrote: > > MAB4 wrote: > > > > i'm considering a new computer purchase with pentium 200mmx, to play alot > > of games,etc. > > my question: Is the ati (perhaps allin wonder or proturbo pctv2,etc) common > > for games to be compatible with, > > and is this a pretty good card for mostly 2d and some 3d usage. i would > > like the ability to > > display games onto a tv and tv/vcr to monitor for "saving". i heard a new > > card (expert-type unknown) > > can do this and has the new agp credentials. mostly worried about high > > cost, compatibilty, ease > > of use and of course good quality of image. please would knowlegable > > persons advise me of this or > > perhaps another card that will do these functions with the same > > concerns.please state what card(s) > > to consider. > > > > thank you much in advance.... mark (email at: ma...@prodigy.net ) > > ATI All-in-Wonder is a good combination of 2D and 3D acceleration. > Definitely not the best for games, 3dfx is. Gets very good ratings from > Boot and a couple of other mags. Has a lot of features. I got the 4MB > card. Manual is next worthless but Help files are ok. > AGP is at least a year away for game software, business apps rarely need > the bus speed advantage and most of the first AGP motherboards and > graphic cards are not great. Until win98, AGP is not supported and the > final version is months away. > -- > Gary White > Michigan, USA > > mailto:gar...@usa.net mailto:garywh...@worldnet.att.net > ICQ Pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/575452 The All-in-Wonder is great on windows 95, but it doesn't work with NT 4.0, there are no current drivers for it.
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