Rendition or Matrox???

Unfortunately the Mystique is not a viable 3D solution. It is still a fast DOS and 2D Windows card, but it lacks filtering. This is a huge drawback, as Bi-linear filtering is one of the most noticeable features of a 3D card. I assume you've seen the new Mario64? It's only running in 256x224, but looks much better, mainly due to the smooth textures as a result of bi-linear filtering. Currently for 3D there are only 2 options, an add-on 3D only Voodoo or the replacement 2D/3D combo Rendition cards. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

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> Well after looking through here im even more confused. I have seen > some lovely screen shots of ICR2 on the new rendition card, and some > good up n coming games supported by the Mystique. I am an avid GP2 fan > so really want somin that will boost its performance, plus all new > games coming soon. I know there still isn't the perfect answer but hey > which one? And what about the Diamond 3D although i currently own a > stealth64 dram and love it apart from one thing, there is this > annoying dot in the middle of my screen ( a missing pixel) which > diamond told me they would resolve, that was about 6 months ago.So > back to my question which one please! Any advice would be appreciated. > Alan

I'm running the Intergraph(rendition chip) reactor 3d card,myself.The whole 3d scene seems pretty much deivided between the the rendition chip and the virge,with a few others coming on the scene..so I agree it is hard to settle on one. However,it is likely that game programs will get ported eventually to those left still standing when the smoke clears...I happen to think the rendition chip will be one of them... As for the others...who knows? -- rgs, John < http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2444 >

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> I'm running the Intergraph(rendition chip) reactor 3d card,myself.The > whole 3d scene seems pretty much deivided between the the rendition chip > and the virge,with a few others coming on the scene..so I agree it is > hard to settle on one. > However,it is likely that game programs will get ported eventually to > those left still standing when the smoke clears...I happen to think the > rendition chip will be one of them... > As for the others...who knows? > -- > rgs, John

If you posted this on comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video you would probably have been burned alive by the Voodoo people already. I wish they could see more posts like this that have nothing to do with benchmarks, just people who play computer games and buy what is available off the shelf. I guess everybody has there own version of reality. Dana Bailes