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

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From: Graham
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:00
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Exactly what planet do you come from!!! Most benchmarking test show that the
G400 is way out classed by the likes off the voodoo3 and the ultra tnt2!!!
It maybe quicker at doing some 2d things, but when it comes to 3d thing the
other two cards are way better. Personaly I prefer the voodoo 3 due to glide
support.

q2 wrote in message <37947D07.C3A1DEE7@hotmail.com>...
>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.
>
>--
>How many of you believe in telekenesis? raise my hand....
>Is/Q2
>
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From: "Graham" <graham_79@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Topic: What's today's best 2D card + 3D card combination for  gaming?!!!
Date: 1999/07/20
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