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How To Buy A... Video Card
Product: ATI 3D XPRESSION+ PC2TV Company: ATI Technologies 905-882-2600, fax 905-882-2620 Price: 2MB, $169;4MB, $199 Description: 2MB SDRAM; 3-D graphics accelerator with 64-bit conventional video Upgradable: RAM can be upgraded to 4MB Resolution: 2MB card, 2-D: 800x600/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 800x600/16.7 million colors. 4MB card, 2-D: 1024x768/16.7 million colors; 3-D specs not available. -- Product: Diamond Stealth 3D 2000XL Company: Diamond Multimedia Systems 800-4-MULTIMEDIA, 408-325-7000 Price: 2MB, $169; 4MB, $199 Description: 2MB or 4MB Silicon Magic RAM; 3-D graphics accelerator with 64-bit conventional video Upgradable: RAM can be upgraded to 4MB Resolution: 2MB card, 2-D: 800x600/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 640x480/65K. 4MB card, 2-D: 1024x768/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 800x600/65K. -- Product: Matrox Mystique Company: Matrox Graphics 800-361-1408, 514-969-6320 Price: 2MB, $179;4MB, $229 Description: 2MB or 4MB SGRAM; 3-D graphics accelerator with 64-bit conventional video Upgradable: RAM can be upgraded to 4MB Resolution: 2MB card, 2-D: 800x600/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 640x480/65K. 4MB card, 2-D: 1280x1024/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 800x600/65K. -- Product: Number Nine 9FX Reality 772 Company: Number Nine Visual Technology Corp. 800-GET-NINE, 617-674-0009 Price: 2MB, $199;4MB, $279 Description: 2MB or 4MB EDO VRAM; 3-D graphics accelerator with 64-bit conventional video Upgradable: RAM can be upgraded to 4MB Resolution: 2MB card, 2-D: 800x600/16.7 million colors; 3-D: 640x480/65K.4MB card: 1280x1024/16.7 million colors. -- Product: STB Velocity 3D Company: STB Systems 888-234-8750, 972-234-8750 Price: 4MB, $249;8MB, $349 Description: 4MB or 8MB EDO VRAM; 3-D graphics accelerator with 64-bit conventional video Upgradable: RAM can be upgraded to 8MB Resolution: 4MB/8MB cards, 2-D/3-D: 1280x1024/16.7 million colors; 1600x1200/65K. Copyright © 1997 CMP Media Inc.
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