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#Acad and 3dS Hardware…

    02-Feb-94 02:14:58
Fm: Conrad Stolze 72110,1263
To: John Tissavary 71054,15
John, >> The MGA II's are less expensive, faster in VGA, but don't have 3D hardware as far as I know. << There's always a catch isn't there! <G> Yes you are correct, the MGA 2's WILL NOT support z-buffering (the 3D hardware). They are being marketed solely on the VL and PCI busses as a high end Windows, AutoCAD, etc accelerator. Believe it or not, the design of the 2's (and the fact that they are not encumbered with the potential addition of the z-buffering hardware) makes them FASTER that the MGA's even though they use the same circuitry! Chuck