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From: Mike Daniel <mdaniel@linknet.net>
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Subject: Re: Millenium, OpenGL..Tris per second??
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Adam Chrystie wrote:
>
> thROB (Robert Nederhorst wrote:
>
> > Everyone needs to check the latest issue of New Media. They have a full roundup of 3d based video
> > cards. The Imagine 128 series 2 comes out the winner, since it does do hardware based shading, etc
> > and the Matrox does not. The price is about $100 more.
> >
> > Robert
>
> The Imagine 128 acting as a 3d accelerator?? I had never seen it advertised
> as 3d accelration capable. Anyway, I have had nothing but bad experiences
> with Number Nine, the company who makes the Imagine 128...So, I'd stay away
> from them..
>
> For example, they said they would mail be the mpeg playback software which is
> suposed to make the motion 771 playback full size mpeg animation in full
> color..it took the 6 months to get it to be and then they tried to charge me
> for it!! Furthermore, the software DOES not work...So..let the buyer be
> aware.
In response to the Matrox it does have hardware 3d support, gouraud
shading, texture, double buffering, 16bit Z-buffering, OpenGl support
This card works at it's peak performance when populated with 8meg