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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (711)	5/21/1998 12:39:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) of 14778

>> Would you suggest the Millenium? Use PCI or AGP? 4MB enough or spring for 8MB?<< The Millenium II is one of the best 2D cards around. Matrox has a good reputation for maintaining updated drivers. ( NT and Win95) It has been the standard. Newer cards are starting to hit the market but the improvements are not related to 2D. The new cards have 3D, TV, and video capture capabilities. The amount of RAM depends on the number of colors you want to see and at what resolution. I do not know the specs off hand but you can find them on the Matrox site. If you are working with a 17 in monitor there is no way that you will be able to use 8MB RAM. 8 MB RAM would be for a 21 in Monitor at 1600 X 1200 and millions of colors. This would be for graphics types of applications. AGP or PCI? You will not notice a performance difference. The decision here is based on your available slots. If you are getting a BX board get the AGP ( verify that the board has an AGP slot first, I have seen a couple server cards that do not have AGP). You will pay a few dollars more for the AGP but you will save a PCI slot which you may need for something else. Zeuspaul

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