rec.autos.simulators

Xducer,
        nice system, sounds like it will be a screamer. I realize that AGP is
the up and coming prodigal son. That said, I would stay away from the
first generation motherboards and AGP vid cards. With a slot 1 266
Pentium2 and one of the available (tried and true) Asus or Tyan boards
coming with lots o' slots, I'd wait a month or so for the Rendition 2200
vid cards. The 4meg 2200 includes TV out and of course also handles the
routine 2d duties. Then slam in one of the new Canopus Pure 3d 6meg 3dfx
cards alongside the R2200! Heck, who needs AGP! That way you are going
one step behind the bleeding edge and will be able to run almost any 3d
API. You also will not be getting early development parts and the
related problems. Believe me, I too am a classic early adopter and don't
mind fighting a few hardware battles because the rewards are so great.
That may be fine for you but my advice right now would be to stick with
PCI cards until AGP shake's itself out a little bit.
        Well, there's my nickel, all the best, Mike Davis
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Michael S. Davis
Creative Media-Works
Computer/Audio/Video Convergance
http://www.creativemedia-works.com
"From Creative Minds spring Creative Solutions."