🚀 go-pugleaf

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.

andrew davies wrote:
> 
> When you look to buy a new piece of comp hardware, the price should be the
> main point. Top of the range card at the mo is the GeForce 2, with the plain
> GeForce 1 being the best midrange (NVidia does have a new, low end, card
> coming out - at about 150USD with near GeForce 1 capabilities). Having said
> this, EQ seems to have been built with Glide in mind (only available on the
> Voodoo  cards) and people have reported better than expected with this over
> DirectX.
> I would like to see reports back on the whole range of cards outthere -
> should really be on one of the websites methinks <g>
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> Lawless <lawless@smgfan.com> wrote in message
> news:3960B6F7.5F083356@smgfan.com...
> > I want to get a new 3D card (I'm currently using the Nvidia Ultra TNT
> > 2).  I was wondeirng if anyone had any suggestions for a good card
> > since I don't really keep up with 3d news.  I noticed the Voodoo 5500
> > card was out, as well as a new card by Nvidia called the GEForce2
> > which sounds pretty good.  I'll mainly use the card for gaming.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions or know of any good web sites that review
> > cards?