Re: New hardware advice please...

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From: Robert Wilderspin
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 00:00

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On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 19:56:04 +0100, tonyh <tonyh@tcp.co.uk> wrote:

>Robert Wilderspin wrote:
>> 
>> Since I've only got one AGP slot against 4 PCIs (of which one is
>> used), I'm saving it for something better.
>
>But if you get a new AGP card your PCI one will surely be redundant
>anyway, won't it? So you're not really saving your AGP slot.

The graphics card I already have is a very good 2D/3D combination
card.  On the 2D side, unless I'm going to be buying a 25" monitor in
the near future I'm pretty much maxed out on performance, so that the
only reasonable upgrade is for 3D (which is what AGP is for anyway).

So I'm waiting for a better AGP 3D card to come out, to run
concurrently with my PCI combo, replacing the 3D functions.

Well, it makes sense to me!

Incidentally, does anyone know if there's a chance of getting
non-Voodoo 3D cards working under Linux in the future?  We're pretty
stuck for choice here, so I'm surprised that I haven't heard of anyone
working on this.

Rob Wilderspin
--
"But I need it to crash once every few days - 
reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..."
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From: antispam@feverish.demon.co.uk (Robert Wilderspin)
Subject: Re: New hardware advice please...
Date: 1998/08/24
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