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Thanks.  Yes, posts like yours tend to influence me greatly in a
buying decision.  By the way, how does disabling Z-buffering affect
image quality in a 3D accelerator? 

Thorns

On Thu, 03 Dec 1998 22:27:59 GMT, bf18511@binghamton.edu wrote:

>In article <366ae958.12013132@news.earthlink.net>,
>
>I just bought a MaxiGamer 3D2 for my AMD K6-2 300 system with a similar
>configuration to yours. I paid $99 only a month ago not expecting it to go
>lower but at $89, it's an even better deal. In fact if I were you, I'd buy
>two and link them together via SLI. I decided against the Banshee because I
>saw that benchmarks with the K6-2 and Banshee were slower than K6-2 and
>Voodoo2. If you buy two cards, you will have the fastest 3D currently
>available on the market. The only reason I didn't buy two was because I don't
>think I need that much speed yet. Probably the longer you wait, the cheaper
>they will get especially after Voodoo 3 arrives. At that point, you should be
>able to buy Voodoo2 SLI for around $150 or less. But if you can't wait, I'd
>recommend the MaxiGamer 3D2. It is also the only card that can run at
>1024X768 without Z- buffering. Hope my advice will help make your decision
>easier.  dreamlogic@nixspamsprintmail.com wrote:
>
>> These are now being offered on the internet for $89 (after rebate).
>> Right now I own an S220 Stealth 2 and it just doesn't seem to run
>> modern first person shooters -- the game genre I prefer -- as
>> adequately as it did when Quake 2 first came out.  I'd like to hear
>> from current owners of Maxi Gamer 3D2 Voodoo II boards (especially
>> those with K6-2's) and whether or not they think this is a product of
>> good performance & quality.  Any regrets?  Praise?  You sure can't
>> beat the price -- in most cases $50 less than the nearest competitor.
>> I'll be using this with a K6-2 266 MHz processor (overclocked to 300
>> MHz) on a Shuttle HOT-569 MB w/ 64 megs ram.  Or should I go for the
>> Banshee?  Any feedback or advice is welcome
>>
>> Best,
>> Thorns
>>
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