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Subject: Re: ATI Rage fury
From: netlarry@xhisx.com (Larry)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 07:08:02 -0500
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From what I've been able to gather, it has two advantages over the TNT
cards:

1.  32 bit color games.  Since there is a total of one, I believe, not a
big deal.

2.  DVD Decoder.  A _big_ deal.

2D and 3D/16 bit performance is typical.  Nothing groundbreaking here.

I got tired of waiting for them to ship it (it was like 5 months late)
and I bought the Diamond Viper TNT instead.  I don't regret it one bit.

As for 3dfx compatibility, that is a different technology that only 3dfx
cards have.  However, DirectX seems to be where the industry is heading
so I don't think 3dfx is as important as it used to be.

With 3dfx's recent moves towards greed, and the upcomming TNT2, I think
they are going to suffer greatly in the next year.

What a shame :(

-Larry

Greg Gummerson <ggummrsn@ican.net> wrote:

> Anybody have any experience with this card.  It is supposed to be 3dfx
> compatible.
> 
> I don't want to spend the cash if its a dud
> Thanks
