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Jun Qian <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:41:56 +1100
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both Viper 550 and Matrox card don't support AMD 3DNOW i believe, I've heart
lots of bad stories about those cards with AMD CPU.

Get a Voodoo 3 if money is not problem to you. Or Voodoo Banshee is a good card
(with AMD CPU) too.

Good luck.

J Qian

Kristin Burns wrote:

> I read somewhere on the internet that reviewed motherboards and processors,
> that the new video cards using the TNT Riva chipset do not work with the ADM
> K6-2.  I just bought a new motherboard (DFI P5BV3+) with a AMD K6-2 350mhz
> processor.  I was thinking of getting the Diamond Viper 550, but I am now
> not sure if this will work or not.  Does anybody know for sure if this is in
> fact true??  Also, does anybody have any recommendations on what kind of
> video card to get??  I was also thinking about the Matrox Millinium card.
> The PC will be used both as a business type PC and a game machine.  My
> boyfriend wants to be able to play games like Dear Hunter 3-D on it! :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kristin Burns
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