Re: Best Video Card for 600 Mhz.

rrevved wrote:

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> > On Thu, 08 Aug 2002 18:32:04 GMT, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >600Mhz PC > > If that's an Intel PIII-600, there is a possibility that you > can plug a (cheap) PIII-1000 into the board and get a very > nice speed increase, with absolutely no other changes. I did > that to my old system. Mine was a Dell.

Thank you rrevved: I have been reading, but not posting to my own thread until I found one piece of information. My motherboard is probably capable of supporting a pair P3-1000! So... I think it's worth $280.00, plus shipping, for two. This sounds like a whole new situation. I know, a Gig isn't exactly cutting edge, but it's a nice round number that makes this soon to be "other" machine even more viable for continued service. So, does this change the discussion of the video cards this PC can exploit? Yes, 2D is critical, I make my living off this machine writing programs. If I have to compromise, I have to choose the best text over the best 3D performance. Thanks Larry

Larry wrote:

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> > ATI has better video quality than PREVIOUS GeForce cards. The GeForce 4 has > evened that out IMHO. > > The 2D quality difference between my old GF3 Ti500 and new GF4 Ti4400 is > quite remarkable, and I think the GF4 is right up there with the ATI now. > > Of course, Matrox is the king of 2D quality, but even with the Parhelia they > don't have their 3D performance house in order :(

I've been using a Matrox G400 Max for Unix development. The 3DFX has been OK for that work on the WIN 2K machine. I run both OS at 1600 X 1200. I pull the Matrox and pop in the Voodoo for Work in windows. Thanks Larry