Re: Recommendations for 3D Card?

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From: Billy Shields
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 00:00

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In alt.games.everquest Lawless <lawless@smgfan.com> wrote:
: I don't want to spend more than $400.  I'm pretty confused about the
: whole 3D card thing.  Is the GeForce just a graphics chip, and then
: card manufacturers use that chip to make cards?  And the Voodoo5 is a
: manufacturer that uses the 3DFX chip?  I tried to find the Feforce
: card at computershopper.com and some places, and they had a couple of
: companies that made it. I thought it was just a card like the voodoo 5
: that you bought.

$400 is a lot to spend on a video card.  Theres no reason not to
get a GeForce2 GTS for that amount of money (I think the Asus
V7700 can be gotten for as little as $260-270).

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From: Billy Shields <random@opera.iinet.net.au>
Subject: Re: Recommendations for 3D Card?
Date: 2000/07/04
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