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Article #83485Re: I'm considering an ATI video card for 3d/2d, can you advise?
From: Jeremy
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:00
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Get a 3Dfx or 3DfxII card, no doubt about it. 3Dfx is the most widely supported, and will continue to be. A good 2d/3d 3Dfx voodoo rush card is the Hercules Stingray 128/3d. I have this, and it is awesome. Buy it. 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 )
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From: Jeremy <jrs...@wenet.net> Subject: Re: I'm considering an ATI video card for 3d/2d, can you advise? Date: 1997/10/10 Message-ID: <343ECC7A.2A4AB5A@wenet.net> X-Deja-AN: 279388190 References: <01bcd171$4b981920$09c1edcc@gaetano> To: MAB4 <MA...@prodigy.net> Organization: Whole Earth Networks News Reply-To: jrs...@wenet.net Newsgroups: comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.mulitmedia,comp.os.ms-windows.apps.compatibility.win95,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.periphs,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit