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Article #790Re: First Impressions of Monster II (Hey, it's new to me!)
From: Chris Townsend
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:00
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 > >-- > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Remove "nospam." from the e-mail address > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Pursuant to US Code Title 47, Ch 5, Subch 2, _227: Unsolicited > >commercial Email received at this address is subject to a US$500 > >download and archival fee. > >By Emailing such, you agree to these terms. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove "nospam." from the e-mail address ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pursuant to US Code Title 47, Ch 5, Subch 2, _227: Unsolicited commercial Email received at this address is subject to a US$500 download and archival fee. By Emailing such, you agree to these terms.
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