Re: New motherboard for 3dfx ?

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From: Dave Gibbons
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 00:00

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On 12 Oct 1997 01:29:29 GMT, Hihi@earth.nospam (CosmicRay) wrote:

In article <343fbebf.10482182@news.prestel.co.uk>,
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk 
says...
>>
>>Enjoy your 3Dfx.
>>

>I am still cleaning the foam from my mouth, watching this
>new 3DFx.  I was having so much fun... I had to stop for
>a minute and come back here...WOW.
>And by the way, From the few steps I took in Jedi Knight,
>I feel completely immersed.  The "ambiance" of the game is
>a true wonder.  
>Now, I must have that GLquake patch... :)
>
>Thanks to you, YOU WERE RIGHT, PCI chipset 430FX is enough.
>The output is clean, sharp, miraculous :)

Sure beats lashing out on a new board too eh!

>
>I bought that Intense 3D (Intergraph) 3Dfx rush, and am glad.
>I believe that the conventional 3DFX would have been smoother
>in 800x600, but 640x480 is plenty details for me, and my
>big screen T.V.

You can't run 800x600 on many games with the current addon boards
(non-rush) JK included. I too am happy with 640x480.

>I raise my glass to your good fortune.
>and hope to read your articles soon.

Don't get your hopes up!


All the best

Dave
dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk

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From: dave@flavious.prestel.co.uk (Dave Gibbons)
Subject: Re: New motherboard for 3dfx ?
Date: 1997/10/12
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