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To: timbur who wrote (5775)	7/24/1998 5:15:00 PM
From: Piranha	Respond to of 16960

<< That was $129 for Monster 3D = Voodoo Graphics, not V2! >> I just called back to check. Price for 8MB was $219, not $129. I must have mentally transposed the numbers. Sorry for the confusion. Piranha

To: timbur who wrote (5775)	7/28/1998 4:17:00 PM
From: timbur	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Banshee and Blitz news from voodooextreme.com : -------------------------------------------------------------------- After digging around a bit, I scored a few morsels of information on Banshee. My primary concern was that with a lot of sites using a "Beta" of the chip and "alpha" drivers, that the board would not be or is not currently being represented well. Well, here's what I dug up (this is from 3dfx, but I can't say from who...just trust me when I say it's a VERY reliable source over there): I think final performance is about the same as the beta stuff we've been putting out. The chip has been solid for quite a while and if there's a performance increase then it'll be mostly driver work. Some major system OEM deals are concluding. You'll hear about them over the next few weeks as systems are sent to reviewers (can't hide the decision then!) Didja know Banshee did SDRAM and SGRAM? SGRAM is much more expensive and we've yet to verify a large overall benefit to speed using it. It may be there but it's not fully tested yet. We've got over 95% of the current Glide titles (and D3D) running already without any trouble. Got a new build of NFL Blitz and it runs at not only at 1024x768 but also 1600x1200 (Banshee optimization) :) Amazing looking! It uses Glide and Direct3D 6.0 with much better visuals and performance through Glide - duh! And the team doing Blitz has also been contracted to do the port of a popular Atari racing game ;) It'll have the same enhancements as Blitz! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the blatant rip Billy! Tim