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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997 14:10:11 -0400, "ClayMan (Clayton Tso)"
<clayman@ipoline.com> wrote:

>Arnold H Lee wrote in message <3434e792.440902@news.wam.umd.edu>...
>
>>unfortuantly, if you want to run your computer at 100 mhz bus speed,
>>micron or toshiba brand won't be enough.  so far, only one brand of
>>SDRAM has held up to stably running 100 mhz bus speed...
>
>No known motherboard available to the public can go up to 100 mhz bus speed.

the point was that WHEN they do come out (and they will come out very,
very soon) your current ram may not run terribly well in them.  100
mhz boards are out for testing.

>>the millenium II is an over-priced piece o' crap.  it doesn't perform
>>better than the MILLENIUM, and it has only marginal 3d performance
>>upgrades.
>
>Actually, it's much faster than the Millenium and it's much cheaper now.
>You can get a 4MB for less than $200.

hmm.  didn't notice the price drop.  on the otherhand, i've heard from
reputable sources that it's 3d performance increase over the millenium
is marginal...just a couple new features.  and its 2d can't be that
much faster.  the millenium was king of the hill in that respect for
some time.  all you get is higher res with the MII.

>>  A good 2d/3d combo (like a Virge DX or VX card like STB's
>>velocity 3d 128 or even the velocity 3d which i own and am very
>>satisfied with) and a diamond monster 3d.
>
>Incorrect information.  Velocity 3D uses the ViRGE VX.  Velocity 128 3D uses
>a totally different chipset, known as the nVidea Riva 128 chipset.  ViRGE is
>not a good choice.  It's 2D is bad and it's 3D even worse.

yes, yes,  i have the velocity 3d, i know it only has the VX chipset.
it is pretty good 2d wise.  i should have stated that its 3d
performance ranks dead last.

>Get a Pure3D or an even better choice would be a Riva 128, or wait till the
>Rendition Verite 2200, or the banshee.
>

that's why i recommended the Velocity 128 3d...