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Article #275Re: Desparately Seeking Kevorkian or Need Advice in Choosing a 3D Card
From: mark
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 00:00
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:17:45 GMT, ale@dynaman.demon.co.uk (Adam) wrote: Talking about Orchid Voodoo card... >The memory issue isn't really an issue. All the problems were with old >batches and only related to being able to overclock the card to a >faster speed. (Which most people have found doesn't really give *that* >much of an increase) Wrong, wrong, wrong!!! The problems related to a batch of Orchid cards with FAULTY memory (seriously below spec) that even failed when UNDERCLOCKED. I should know- I had one. I feel sorry for the people conned into keeping theirs. However, that problem is long in the past :) Mark Perkins
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