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Re: Sunday Best Buy Ad - STB 4400!

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From: Joker
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 00:00
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Dear all,
    The only reason they're selling soooo darn low is cause the new TNT2 .25
micron chips with the faster RAMDAC and drivers will be coming out soon like
in January.  I'm waiting for those.  So save your money for these babies.
By then you'll have enough from the accumulated pay checks to get a better
version of the TNT.

-joker

Rich wrote in message <3675B49E.668B@interaccess.com>...
>Catch the Best Buy Ad in Sundays paper!  They are selling the STB 4400
>Velocity TNT (16 meg) AGP or PCI for $129.99 (retail not OEM)!  Thought
>that was a good price, best I saw on the internet was for 128 (OEM).
>
>Went to pick one up today, of course sold out, but were giving rain
>checks!  Another best buy had them in stock but was too far away (30
>miles).  Got my rain check.  Had rain checks before from best buy and
>they always came thru.  Clerk said more were coming in, in the next
>couple of days.
>
>I guess I will wait a few days before I take my rain check & ad to
>another store, were they do price matches.
>
>I currently have a viper 330 4 meg agp & a Voodoo2 (8 meg).  The viper
>has been fair but the latest drivers have been messing my MS Works &
>Publisher 98 programs.  Was looking at other cards around $100 bucks but
>thought ...why not the STB 4400.  Thought for a few bucks more it would
>give me a decent work & gaming setup.
>
>Only have a PII266 & 64 megs, but a good Mitsubishi 87TXM monitor.
>Anyone using a diamond monster voodoo2 & an STB 4400 together?  Any
>comments or conflicts?
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From: "Joker" <jik3343@is.nyu.edu>
Subject: Re: Sunday Best Buy Ad - STB 4400!
Date: 1998/12/16
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