G400 Dual Head & Legacy Cards ??

[TezDurrant]

Hi,

I currently have a PII 350 with an 8MB Matrox Millenium G200 graphics cards,
a Creative Labs PCI Voodoo 2, & a Creative Labs DXR2 Mpeg card ( part of the
DVD Encore package ).

I have recently purchased a 32MB Matrox Millenium G400 DualHead card & a
PIII 550 Slot 1 Processor as upgrades to the system.

Should I leave the Voodoo 2 & DXR2 cards in the system ?

Should I consider getting a Rainbow Runner G-Series as a replacement for the
DXR2 card ?

Anyone got any benchmarks to help show benefits / difference ?

Any advice appreciated.

Cheers

Terry

[dsp]

Terry,

Regarding the first question, if you want to play Glide based games (most EA games) keep the Voodoo 2 in there. The DXR2, I'd suggest try playing a video without it in and compare to see if you find the improvement in CPU usage worth it (G400 compared to the DXR2). The Rainbow Runner G is not a TV-out/DVD decoder it is a TV-in/video editing card, so no don't replace your DXR2 with it because they perform different functions. Hope I've been able to help and that I've made some sort of sense.

dsp

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