On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, 'Bryce' wrote:

>> If I were to grab a new video card, any recommendations for decent perf? Not
>> gaming, just really want an MS alternative...and wish I had gotten into Alpha
>> long before the corporate technology slaughtering began.
>
>I get good milage out of voodoo3 cards even if the DRI interface for it will
>only work in 16bit and not 24.

No suh.. Voodoo 3 has a _hardware_ limitation of 16 bit 3D
acceleration. IOW, there is no 24 bit acceleration mode in the
hardware.

Voodoo 4/5 I believe support 24 bit 3D.

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