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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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although I am a thriller fan I would agree, any good voodoo2.

ron wrote:

> I need some video card advice as it pertains to N2.
> I have about a 10 month old Dell 300 P2 package ( w/64 MB SDRAM and a 4 MB
> STB nVidia AGP card.  I want to boost N2 video performance ( & remain
> compatible with the future N99 and N3 releases).  I will be adding another
> 64 MB memory soon....my dilemma is how to go video card wise.
> Questions:
>
> (1)  Can I keep the current AGP card and add a 3DFX or rendition to a vacant
> PCI slot?
>        Does this make sense to do, and if so, which card would be best for
> N2
>        performance?
>
> (2)  If  #1 is possible, will there be conflicts between the 2 different
> type of video cards?
>        Will the machine, under Windows 95 automatically switch back and
> forth between
>        the two cards without conflict?
>
> (3)  Would I be better off trashing the current 4 MB AGP card and going with
> a bigger
>        AGP card?
>
>         Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>         Bottom line is, short of a little word processing, N2 ( and soon N2
> racing on TEN)
>         is the only application I am concerned about.

