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I have an agp motherboard and an orchid righteous 3DFX video card. My question is this....My present s3 video card is slow and crap!(a highly technical term..) Is it worth me buying an 8mb card of one of the two above flavours and if so what is the difference between them. My 3d card takes care of games very nicely so I would be looking for something to improve redrawing and 3d in windows. Any comments would be gratefully received
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I really would have to say the RivaTNT, it's the most powerful 2D/3D combo card available now. It will outperform your 3dfx (3dfx = voodoo) card in every game in image and speed, and you can keep your 3dfx card for glide games. I really don't see why you should go for the G200 since Creative offer a RivaTNT without TV-Out for like $130, and it's got 16Mb of memory. I would only go for the G200 because of it's better driver (let you specify your own refresh rate etc)
FYI, there're currently lots of 2D/3D combo card available which is good:
1) RivaTNT based card: great speed and image (no glide). 16Mb ($130)
2) 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee based card: great speed ok image (glide support). 16Mb ($110)
3) S3 Savage 3D based card: ok speed ok image (no glide). 8Mb ($110)
4) Matrox G200 based card: ok speed great image (no glide). 8Mb upgardable to 16Mb ($130)
FYI, there're currently lots of 2D/3D combo card available which is good:
1) RivaTNT based card: great speed and image (no glide). 16Mb ($130)
2) 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee based card: great speed ok image (glide support). 16Mb ($110)
3) S3 Savage 3D based card: ok speed ok image (no glide). 8Mb ($110)
4) Matrox G200 based card: ok speed great image (no glide). 8Mb upgardable to 16Mb ($130)
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