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To: Greg S. who wrote (8418)	10/17/1998 10:17:00 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

Greg, I did an install of the CL Banshee last weekend and posted: Message 5985416 I installed another one for a friend earlier this evening and things went equally well. He tried out a couple of 2D applications to check performance and found a large improvement. He had an S3 card but I didn't notice which one. I wasn't able to hang around much for any other activity... Also, I haven't found anyone in any of the stores to admit that there is a rebate on the Banshee card and no hints of it at the Creative site that I've found. There was a rebate on the Voodoo2 cards. Am I missing a rebate or is the rebate only on the Voodoo2 cards? Best Regards, Jim

To: Greg S. who wrote (8418)	10/18/1998 10:25:00 AM
From: Laptev	Respond to of 16960

Yes the CL version is slightly less expensive, but the Guillemot comes with SGRAM and the others come with slower and less expensive SDRAM... I have heard reports that this results in a speed difference of from 5-25%. Not sure what the real difference is. >Also note that this just about the cheapest you can get - CL has a >$30 rebate and it sells for $105 at hardwarestreet, so you're >effectively getting a banshee for $75 - that beats Guillemot's $85. >I think the price is lower because CL doesn't offer games in the s/w >bundle. But they only have 9 in stock, so go get one now!