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Re: Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2?

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From: John Balint
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00
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I hope they have a better card out for the next-gen procs. in 1901...  :p

    -John Balint
    amanda6@bestweb.net


Mike <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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>ditto, me too
>
>--
>
>Mike
>
>Please remove the .NOSPAM from my email address when replying
>
>check out - www.msu.edu/~tansymic
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>perlow@technologist.com wrote in message
><7cm6kp$iaq$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>>After reading several early reviews of the pre-production Diamond V770,
>>including the one from Tom's hardware guide and CNET, I have finally
>decided
>>to cancel on my order (which I have had in a queue for almost 2 months
now)
>>from Electronics Boutique (EBWORLD).
>>
>>If the reviews with the beta boards and drivers are on target, and I
>beleive
>>that they are, then NVidia has really one-upped 3DFX with their TNT2.
Solid
>>2D performace, Voodoo2 SLI-level 3D perfomance in 16 bit color, as well as
>>fast 32- bit 3D support and MPEG acceleration as well. I'm sorry, but as
>much
>>as I love 3DFX and my voodoo2 SLI, after reading this and current
>benchmarks
>>against the Voodoo3 3000, I just had to jump ship this time.
>>
>>When 3DFX gets its act together and decides to get aggressive with its
chip
>>designs instead of resting on their laurels, I'll be happy to buy and
>>recommend another 3DFX product again. This time, my dollars go to NVidia
>and
>>Diamond.
>>
>>Anyone else cancel their boards from reading the recent reviews?
>>
>>Jason Perlow
>>Contributing Editor
>>ZD Sm@rt Reseller
>>
>>
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From: "John Balint" <amanda6@bestweb.net>
Subject: Re: Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2?
Date: 1999/03/16
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