Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : S3 (A LONGER TERM PERSPECTIVE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Avatara who wrote (11627)	7/29/1998 3:45:00 PM
From: Mike Boiko	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14577

Sorry, but there is NO clear winner between the various 2D/3D combo cards. We have to wait till all of the cards are available in stores, and then test them with the latest shipping drivers. only then will we know. But since you bring this up.... Anand's Review 7/24/98 is located at: anandtech.com If TNT is such a "clear winner", then why in Anand's review, does the Savage3D beat out the TNT in the following areas: o High End ZD Winbench98 2D performance - 269 vs 268 o Quake 2 Open GL - Timedemo 640x480 - 60.3 vs 57 o Forsaken D3D - 800x600 - 116.3 vs 108 To be a clear winner, you better be able to win in all 3 areas (ie. 2D, OpenGL, and D3D) by some significant margin. and at this point in time TNT is not doing that. -mike- Clearly the only thing we can tell now...is that we must wait till these cards are available to customers...before crowning a 2D/3D victor. We just don't know.