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Re: Topic: What's today's best 2D card + 3D card combination for gaming?!!!

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From: q2
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:00
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if you're gonna get anything higher than a P3-450 make sure you buy a
G400. it is the fastest and most fully featured card out today and it
runs circles around everyone when used on a high end system.

if you're gonna spend that kind of money on a new system, then get a
G400

Is

ping7678@ping.be wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am about to get myself a new computer (it will be a 500Mhz I think)
> esp. for playing all the latest games and I am trying to figger out what
> graphic card(s) to get. I have 2 questions:
> 
> 1/ is it still best to go with 2 separate cards (a 2D and a 3D card)? If
> so, I think I would get a Voodoo II or III card as my 3D card, cause it
> still seems the card most compatible with games I would like to buy, but
> I don't know which brand is best?!!. Also, which 2D card would best fit
> with the Voodoo card you suggest?!
> 
> 2/ or will a 2D/3D card be equally good, and if so, which is the leader
> here?
> 
> PS: should I buy AGP or PCI cards?
> 
> PS2: is it true that if you use a 3D card like Voodoo 2, this can
> distort your 2D card in higher resolutions? what's the story and is
> there anything you can do about this?
> 
> Any good suggestions are very welcome!! Thanks alot!!
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Luc.

-- 
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Is/Q2
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Subject: Re: Topic: What's today's best 2D card + 3D card combination for  gaming?!!!
Date: 1999/07/20
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