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Re: First Impressions of Monster II (Hey, it's new to me!)

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From: Chris Townsend
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00
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I have an Abit IT5H which is full AT form factor and has lots of room,
it was the fact that the case is so small and cluttered I was worried
about. I know a friend of mine had aproblem in that there was only one
PCI slot on her Shuttle Hot 591P that her Mill II would fit in but that
is a super 7 board and I believe it is a lot smaller than  your 569. You
might want to post again here as a seperate question or in the shuttle
group, alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.shuttle as somebody must have the
answer and it is an important issue for you.

Chris Townsend 

Rob Fullerton wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> Which motherboard are you using?
> I have heard that some Voodoo 2 cards have trouble fitting into certain
> motherboards, due to the location of the CPU near the PCI slots. I have a
> Shuttle Hot 569 running a 233mmx at 292, and will get the Monster 2 to go
> along with my Canopus Total 3d 128v, if it clears the CPU heatsink/fan
> combo.
> 
> Buycomp has the 8 meg for $85 after rebate.
> Thanks,
> Rob
> 
> Chris Townsend wrote in message <35F966E5.75879DFF@att.net>...
> >I finally broke down and got a Monster 3d II 12MB to go with my Riva
> >128 ZX. My initial thought on looking at the board was "wow I wish I
> >hadn't crammed my AT board into a minitower just so I could put it on my
> >desk, this thing will never fit". It did fit though and after I
> >restarted the computer with the board in it I just pointed Win98 at the
> >folder where I had installed the 3dfx reference drivers, restarted and
> >it worked perfectly, the total time for installation and setup was about
> >5 minutes. I would put the difficulty level of installation on about the
> >same level as setting up an iMac, plug it in and turn it on. Overall I
> >can say that I am quite impressed with its performance on my overclocked
> >233mmx. My 128zx ran Quake quite well and looked very good in D3d
> >especially the newer games, although it did have issues with a couple of
> >D3D games most notably Tombraider which had to be tweaked to look good,
> >but even the newest D3D game I have tried looks just as good or better
> >with the Voodoo and runs smoother. Though I haven't tried Quake II yet
> >on the VooDoo, the Sin Demo looks fantastic. Overall I am quite
> >impressed with the board. I just purchased Jane's F15 and although it is
> >not a "wow" type game graphics wise, its overall look and feel are
> >superb, making it worth the fact it is going to take me forever to learn
> >to fly well. I am currently trying to figure out a 3D Game to get that
> >shows off the 3dfx Graphics and am considering Unreal but I am not sure
> >if the overclocked 233 will run that game well, any suggestions on a
> >good game would be appreciated. I have switched over to the most recent
> >release of the Diamond drivers because they are mostly the same drivers
> >as the 3dfx reference plus you get the overclocking slider. The more I
> >use the Voodoo the more I am liking it, now all I need is a G200 so I
> >can have the best of both worlds and of course a BX board and faster
> >processor. One last thought is that considering I got an excellent price
> >on both the 128 zx ($99) and the Monster II, ($135 including shipping
> >and after rebate) my total cost has been not much more than a Millennium
> >II 4MB about 6 or 7 months ago.
> >
> >Chris Townsend
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Subject: Re: First Impressions of Monster II (Hey, it's new to me!)
Date: 1998/09/11
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