You can buy Voodoo (1) cards for $99 bucks, (Diamond Monster), or Best Data
for $49, ( www.bestdata.com ), that will work just fine with your regular
Pentium chip.  The difference will be negligible with your Pentium chip than
if you had installed a Voodoo2.  The Banshee is a solution that can transfer
to your Pentium II system, but without the second texture mapping buffer of
a true Voodoo2 you will not get the ultimate performance from 3Dfx chipset.
Recommendation: Buy a Voodoo (1), then if you upgrade get a Voodoo3 (next
June/July) for your new system.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jun Qian <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, November 28, 1998 11:57 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Banshee or Voodoo2


>Hi all,
>My computer is P233mmx, i want to upgrade the video card so that i can
>play 3D games. I heard that Voodoo2 and Banshee are both designed for
>PII cpu. But i'm not rich person, I can't get a PII at the moment. my
>problem is, I want to buy a 3Dfx based card to get max game support, so
>I looked for a Banshee or a Voodoo2 based card. They both have similary
>price. can someone tell me which one is best fit for my computer, a 12Mb
>Monster 3D 2 or a PCI version 16Mb Banshee based? TIA
>
>Jun
>
>PS: if i use Banshee, I don't know what to do with my current 4Mb video
>card.

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