Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2?

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From: perlow
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00

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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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