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Re: Sunday Best Buy Ad - STB 4400!

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From: dibbler
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 00:00
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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?

No conflicts here.  My M3D2 12MB is still faster than my 4400 for 3D though.
I have a PII266 with 128MB.
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Subject: Re: Sunday Best Buy Ad - STB 4400!
Date: 1998/12/15
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