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TNT2 with PCI?

#432
From: blacksmoke7
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00
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 Do you know if their will be a PCI version of this card because I dont have
AGP  slots. I am stuck with a AMD-k6 233.

In article <7df5c7$p5p$1@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
  "Chaotic Origin" <7bu1q896t1@news.com> wrote:
> What I don't understand is that the TNT2 is just a faster TNT with AGP 4x
> and more memory etc. Does it have new 3d features like hardware bump
> mapping, enviroment mapping, full screen anti aliasing, texture compression,
> etc.? The TNT-2 will probably be the fastest by 10% or so. I definitely do
> not think it is a next generation card, but a faster current generation
> card.
>
> My previous point was that the cards haven't even been shipped yet but
> because of Tom a vaporware card is already name the king of 3d. You even say
> the words yourself. That is just BS...at least for a few months. Personally,
> I rather have a card that is 10-25% slower than the TNT-2 but have cool new
> 3d features.
>
> Mr. Mojo <5mojo5@airmail.net> wrote in message
>
> >company. After seeing the Voodoo3 I though "oh crap, they did everything I
> >was hopeing they wouldn't do" which is just release a faster version of the
> >Banshee. Currently in my mind the TNT2 is the king of the NEXT gen of
> cards,
> >hopefully 3Dfx takes the next round and all those other companies can go to
> >hell.
> >
> >--
> >Mr. Mojo
>
>

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Subject: TNT2 with PCI?
Date: 1999/04/07
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