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

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From: Mike
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:00
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ditto, me too

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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: "Mike" <tansymic@pilot.msu.edu.NOSPAM>
Subject: Re: Anyone else cancel their Voodoo3 orders in favor of TNT2?
Date: 1999/03/16
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