Video Cards...

Hi, I am going to be buying a new computer very soon, and was wondering which video card I should get. I have the choice between the STB Lightspeed 128 or the Matrox Millenium. There is only a $60 difference between the 2. I mainly plan on using the computer for games and internet access. Mainly, ICR2, Nascar, GP2 and Nascar2... I probably will end up getting a rendition board in the future, but for the rest of the year I want a good fast game card with decent to fast windows capability. Thanks Andrew -- --------------------------------- Andrew Heckman, Help Desk Manager Academic Computing and Strategic Technologies Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL WWW: http://www.nova.edu/~help

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>Hi, > I am going to be buying a new computer very soon, and was >wondering which video card I should get. I have the choice between the >STB Lightspeed 128 or the Matrox Millenium. There is only a $60 >difference between the 2. I mainly plan on using the computer for games >and internet access. Mainly, ICR2, Nascar, GP2 and Nascar2... I >probably will end up getting a rendition board in the future, but for the >rest of the year I want a good fast game card with decent to fast windows >capability. >Thanks > Andrew

--snip-- I had the same choice about a month ago. I went with the Matrox. Now that I find out how much trouble the STB is haveing with the Nascar2 demo I am glad. ;) Seriously though, I have heard good things about both cards. However, my vote would have to be for the Matrox. J.Villanueva

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> >Hi, > > I am going to be buying a new computer very soon, and was > >wondering which video card I should get. I have the choice between the > >STB Lightspeed 128 or the Matrox Millenium. There is only a $60 > >difference between the 2. I mainly plan on using the computer for games > >and internet access. Mainly, ICR2, Nascar, GP2 and Nascar2... I > >probably will end up getting a rendition board in the future, but for the > >rest of the year I want a good fast game card with decent to fast windows > >capability. > >Thanks > > Andrew > --snip-- > I had the same choice about a month ago. I went with the Matrox. Now > that I find out how much trouble the STB is haveing with the Nascar2 > demo I am glad. ;) > Seriously though, I have heard good things about both cards. However, > my vote would have to be for the Matrox. > J.Villanueva

I would have to disagree. Since the card will be replaced shortly why spend the extra money for the Matrox, even though it is probably a better card. Unless you had someone in mind that wanted a Matrox that you could sell it to you might as well go with the LS128. The STB card is a pretty good card also. One thing to consider is when the new 3D cards become available the older 2D card's value will plummet. Dana Bailes

I perfer Diamonds cards for their reliablity their new 3d card is nice a fairly inexpensive

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> Hi, > I am going to be buying a new computer very soon, and was > wondering which video card I should get. I have the choice between the > STB Lightspeed 128 or the Matrox Millenium. There is only a $60 > difference between the 2. I mainly plan on using the computer for games > and internet access. Mainly, ICR2, Nascar, GP2 and Nascar2... I > probably will end up getting a rendition board in the future, but for the > rest of the year I want a good fast game card with decent to fast windows > capability. > Thanks > Andrew > -- > --------------------------------- > Andrew Heckman, Help Desk Manager > Academic Computing and Strategic Technologies > Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL > WWW: http://www.nova.edu/~help