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WHAT IS THE BEST 3DFX CARD FOR THE MONEY

rdra..

WHAT IS THE BEST 3DFX CARD FOR THE MONEY

by rdra.. » Wed, 28 Oct 1998 04:00:00

What is the best card for the money i saw a voodoo 2 card not sure who
made it at eb for 150 with i think 12 maybe 8 mg any ideas would be
helpful

rdracer

Tim (fusio

WHAT IS THE BEST 3DFX CARD FOR THE MONEY

by Tim (fusio » Thu, 29 Oct 1998 04:00:00


>What is the best card for the money i saw a voodoo 2 card not sure who
>made it at eb for 150 with i think 12 maybe 8 mg any ideas would be
>helpful

They're almost all reference designs. Performance-wise, they're within
a few percentage points of each other.
One of the differences is that some of the early ones came with slower
than 3Dfx spec 100mhz RAM, due to claimed shortages when all the card
manufacturers were clamoring for it.

Look for the Silicon Magic designation on the RAM chips. This is the
fast RAM. I saw the STB Black Magic 12meg at EB for $150.
They were one of the ones using the slower RAM on the early boards,
but the Black Magic I got has the 100mhz RAM.
Excellent deal. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

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Atreide

WHAT IS THE BEST 3DFX CARD FOR THE MONEY

by Atreide » Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Say Hey All,
  The cheapest 3DFX is the Banshee. (90$ after rebate)  I'm getting 36fps in

My PII233 chokes down to 15-17fps with only 5 cars on track.  For the truly
bucks-down among us, try the Diamond 220 (Verite 2100), at about 50$ it runs
all the 3d  features perfectly.
                                                        CAW
Zonk

WHAT IS THE BEST 3DFX CARD FOR THE MONEY

by Zonk » Fri, 30 Oct 1998 04:00:00


>Path:
>Say Hey All,
>  The cheapest 3DFX is the Banshee. (90$ after rebate)  I'm getting 36fps in

>My PII233 chokes down to 15-17fps with only 5 cars on track.  For the truly
>bucks-down among us, try the Diamond 220 (Verite 2100), at about 50$ it runs
>all the 3d  features perfectly.
>                                                        CAW

But without 32bit Colour 3D support it's a throw away card in 6 months time.
I'd really reckommend those wanting a 3Dfx card to get a Voodoo2. At least you
can keep that along side the card you'll need to run the real colour stuff
coming after Xmas.

Z.


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