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Jim Purcell <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:37:54 -0600
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Kristin,
The Viper 550 in my machine works like a dream w/my AMD 350.  The Matrox
card when first released did not like AMD processors at all but that has
supposedly been remedied.
HTP
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Jim Purcell                Customer Resource Computers
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Buy what you need; not what a salesman needs to sell.

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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