Re: Matrox M3d Power VR card

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From: M Wright
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00

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Rob Berryhill (indyfan@bga.com) wrote:
: > The cheapest I've seen them is $69.95 minus a $20.00 rebate for a total of
: > $49.95. This probably makes it the highest performing 3D only video card for
: > the money.
: 
: Well, calling it a 3D card (even though Matrox does) is being more than 
: generous.  In plain English, it is a card, but sorely lacks in the "3D" 
: department.
: Rob
Its a shame you live in USA Rob, because otherwise you could come round 
to my house and see UNREAL at 800*600 with ALL features turned on moving 
super-smooth on my overclocked 233MMX, and I KNOW that you would 
reconsider your above statement (After the 30mins it'd take you to get 
your breath back ;-) ). It took me 1 hour of looking at the sceenery to 
get back to playing...
:-)))))))))))))
Mark

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From: sumpjw@star.bris.ac.uk (M Wright)
Subject: Re: Matrox M3d Power VR card
Date: 1998/06/17
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