At 02:34 PM 8/30/99 , David Gillett wrote:


>   I too have a RAGE 128, and am very happy with it, even though it has "only"
>16 MB of RAM.  Note that at 1600x1200 resolution and 32bpp depth, 8GB should
>be enough, and more is useful only when running 3D rendering software *that
>takes advantage of it*.
>   My hunch is that if your customer is doing 3D rendering that actually needs
>more than 16 MB on the video card, they may want to consider one of the cards
>that does OpenGL in hardware -- the last time I checked, these were in the
>$500-1K range.


I hate to disagree with David, but...

My card is the ATI Rage Fury 128 card with 32mg ram and TV out.   This
card features hardware OpenGL, DirectX support, hardware MPEG-2/DVD
decoder and 32-bit true color 3D acceleration.  I bought this card last May
for around $175.00.


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