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Konstantin V. Kelenin wrote:
> 
> > Also you save money by not having to get expensive seperate 2D and 3D
> > hardware not to mention a PCI slot.
> 
> what are u talking about cooling? ATI cards sucks - they r expencive
> and slow - don't even think about ATI. about support for riva -
> maybe maybe - but do u want to buy a card for 200-300 $ and wait
> for future support? I u don't. So - u have one choice - 3dfx -
> u can be sure - any game u buy during next 2-3 years will be
> accelerated with 3dfx (i talk about DIRECT PORT not about
> direct3d). ofcourse riva128 has higher direct3d performance
> but higher direct3d performance and higher performance not the one
> thing - remember - u will never see Quake direct3d port - and
> directly ported games are looked more pretty.
> 

Your right but let's face it RIVA is a great 2D engine also. People
always focus on the 3D but I sure spend more time using 2D vs 3D. It's a
great 2D engine and you have great 3D when you need it.
Viper330 AGP is $168 by me and the V128 is $199 at CompUSA. So $300 is a
bit extreme. Riva is not as good as 3Dfx in quake etc. but God forbid
you want to play something in a window with a Monster Orchid or whatever
you have. You'll be screwed BIG TIME. Riva has both in and out of a
window vs. the best when not in a window, and nothing while in. Why buy
a card for $150 PLUS a 2D card and have no 3D support in a window. 
Riva will be supproted. 2-3 years? I don't think so and in 2-3 years who
cares people will think of 3Dfx as dinos then.

Patrick
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