To: Eric Busch (about Monster 3D card)

Hey Eric, I was wondering if you could give me some advice on that Monster 3D Rendition card from Diamond. I already have a Diamond Stealth 64 PCI 2mb DRAM card and I see that the Monster3D card works in conjunction with your existing video card. I am looking for a card that achieves everything: Win95 performance, 3D Rendition performance...everything. Please email me any advice you, or anyone else, can provide! -Jeff

The Monster3D (like all the non-Rush 3Dfx cards) will do nothing for Rendition games and are 3D only. They will however run Direct3D and their own native ported games. If you want an all around solution, you may want to look at the upcoming second generation Rendition cards. The Diamond StealthII is set to be priced at $130 or so for a 4meg board, and looks to be a very solid performer all-around. -- http://ebusch.akorn.net

As I am sure many people will tell you, the Monster 3D is not a Rendition card. It uses the Voodoo 3dfx chipset. Just to throw my .02 in, I love mine. The graphics are exceptional on the games that support it in native mode.

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>Hey Eric, > I was wondering if you could give me some advice on that Monster 3D >Rendition card from Diamond. I already have a Diamond Stealth 64 PCI 2mb >DRAM card and I see that the Monster3D card works in conjunction with your >existing video card. I am looking for a card that achieves everything: >Win95 performance, 3D Rendition performance...everything. Please email me >any advice you, or anyone else, can provide! >-Jeff

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> Hey Eric, > I was wondering if you could give me some advice on that > Monster 3D > Rendition card from Diamond. I already have a Diamond Stealth 64 PCI > 2mb > DRAM card and I see that the Monster3D card works in conjunction with > your > existing video card. I am looking for a card that achieves > everything: > Win95 performance, 3D Rendition performance...everything. Please > email me > any advice you, or anyone else, can provide! > -Jeff

Jeff, The Monster 3d is a 3dfx card not a Rendition card. It is a superb card for games which support the 3dfx chipset. What you may be interested in is a setup similer to what alot of gamers run around this neck of the woods (myself included.) I use an Intergraph Intense 3d 100 card with a Orchid Righteous 3d card alongside. Here's how it all works- The Intergraph card (4meg) handles all the 2d duties and does Rendition accelleration in the racing sims. When I fire up one of my 3dfx flight sims the Orchid kicks in and does it's thing. The two cards live happily alongside and dont seem to have any conflicts. Needless to say I am more than happy myself with this setup. I have both Rendition and 3dfx, the best of both worlds, so to speak. As far as I know any combo Rendition/2d card will work with any stand alone (Monster, Orchid, Flash) 3dfx card. Hope this helps, all the best, Mike -- Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works Computer/Audio/Video Convergance http://www.creativemedia-works.com "From Creative Minds spring Creative Solutions."