Mr Shaughnessy:
        I would like to obtain better gaming graphics.  Is the Nvidia Riva TNT card
1x?  Tom's Hardware rates it higher than the Banshee based cards.  What is
your opinion?  Would a Diamond Riva TNT or STB velocity 4400 work in my
machine?  Thanks for your help.

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Sent:   Sunday, 04 April, 1999 10:22 PM
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Subject:        Re: [PCBUILD] (Add: 1x Video Card?)

The answer depends somewhat on how you use your computer.  My first thought
would be to recommend a Banshee based card, such as the Diamond Monster
Fusion.  All Banshee's operate at 1X AGP.  They provide excellent 3D for
games and are very good in normal windows/business apps.  However, if you
don't do any 3D gaming the Matrox Millenium G200 is probably a better bet.
It is a 2X card, but will run in 1X mode.  The Matrox card is generally
considered the best consumer card for windows/business apps.  Either card
can be found for about $100.00 these days, as a new generation of cards is
just around the corner (again).

Dan Shaughnessy


>         I have a Dell Dimension XPS D300 and am interested in upgrading my
video
> card.  My mother board only supports 1x AGP according to Dell.  My
question
> is which graphics card will give me the most bang for my buck without
buying
> a lot of features my system can't use?  Dell is no help.
>

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