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To: joel3 who wrote (10671)	2/13/1999 7:07:00 PM
From: Greg S.	Respond to of 16960

1600x1200 is supported by monitors of size 19"+. I think there might be some 17" monitors out there that do 1600x1200 but not many. However, 19" monitor prices have been below the $450 mark for quite some time and have recently fallen below $400, making them an EASY upgrade for gamers, hardcore and casual alike. I think most people that use a computer quite often that haven't already upgraded to 19" or better will do so within the next two years - certainly by year end almost everyone will have a 17" screen and 1280x1024 will be standard resolution, with 1600x1200 for those that want to max out their dpi. The timing is just about right - hopefully TDFX will at least push the envelope in terms of framerate/resolution, because there's a possible victory to be won there (since they're not going to win the image quality award ..) Egad, I shudder to think what an action-packed game will look like at 1600x1200x40fps. Any card coming out in the next few months that can do this framerate and has 32-bit rendering is a guaranteed success in my book. Too bad for Voodoo3. But I think TDFX is still in the ball game .. Voodoo3 will keep them competitive, but Rampage had better take the cake. -G