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Let me know what info you get…..I'm in the same boat!!

Hey Mike, I use a VLB video card so I can't help you there. Over the years I have grown quite fond of the NEC monitors. Sometimes they are a little more expensive, but I think they are worth it. I've had my MultiSync 4D for three years now and it still displays a great image. Good luck <jir>

>>>I've had it with the ATI Mach64 video card that I have. It is just too buggy for me. I am now entertaining any and all recommendations for a video card that works FLAWLESSLY!! under 3dStudio. Cost is no object! (hah, how often do you hear that!) I would also appreciate recommendations for a 17" or 20" monitor that would work well with whatever recommended video card.<<< I'm using a #9GXE64Pro 4MB PCI card on a Dell P90 w/32MB RAM. The card works flawlessly in 3DS, AutoCAD R12/13, and CADKEY. Switching between modules takes just a second. The speed of the card is great, it is a fast DOS card. I use 3D Editor at 1280x1024x65k and MatEd at 1152x960x16.7M colors. The machine originally came with a #9 Imagine 128/4MB card but there were no 3DS,ACAD drivers when I got it 6 months ago. That meant I could only use 1024x768x16 and 800x600x256 as those were the only VESA modes it supported. It was a superfast card under Windows though. I sold the Imagine 128 to get the GXE64Pro. Over the last month or so drivers for ACAD, 3DS, CADKEY, OS/2, and Windows NT have become available for the Imagine 128. A friend has a Imagine 128 and I am going to take my stuff over to try out the drivers to see how fast it is. The #9GXE64Pro is the VRAM version and sells for $350/2MB and $525/4MB. The Imagine 128/4MB is $800. I would have kept the Imagine 128 if there were drivers, but I think it worked out better in the long run. I wouldn't buy an Imagine 128 now though. With 3DS coming out for NT late 95 I would rather have a card that supports hardware based OpenGL acceleration, hoping that 3DS will support it. If you don't need 4MB VRAM I would get a 2MB video card and save money for a OpenGL supported card, something with the Glint Chip. As far as a monitor goes. I own a Sony 17SE and Nokia 447X, both 17" Trintron based monitors, identical guts. I love Trinitron picture quality, but you may want to check it out yourself. All Trinitron tubes have a wire mask that has a hair-thin lines across the screen. It doesn't bother me, but some hate them. I have seen the NEC XP17, if it were available at the time I bought my current monitors I would have spent the extra $200 to get that instead.