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GameSpot's 3D Showdown: Who's Got the Fastest 3D Card in the West? We Rate 24, By Loyd Case
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What was planned as a minor skirmish has instead turned into a major showdown. So many 3D accelerator cards are available right now it's difficult to keep them all straight, much less tell the good from the bad and the
Inside you'll find:
• 16 new 2D/3D combo cards reviewed, including:
   The Hercules Thriller 3D
   The ELSA Victory Erazor
   The Diamond Stealth II
   The Diamond Viper 330
• Five AGP cards
• Three dedicated 3D accelerators
• An early look at the experimental Obsidian 100SB
• A table listing all of the performance tests ...and more!

24 3D cards in all!

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ugly. We put 24 cards through their paces in CG Labs - provoking a gritty brawl among 2D/3D combo cards, dedicated 3D cards, and the latest AGP cards. The results brought some surprises, both pleasant and otherwise.

The two new RIVA 128 boards are the biggest surprise. Canopus 3D, which made a splash last year with the Rendition-based Total3D, has shipped its Total3D 128V. Another shock came from motherboard manufacturer ASUS, which got into the retail graphics card fray with its RIVA-based 3DexPlorer. And Creative Labs surprised us with its Permedia 2 board. There are 24 pieces of hardware here, so hang on to your hat and let the showdown begin!

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News from 12/17/97
• ATI releases the All-in-Wonder Pro
• Alpha release of a full OpenGL driver for RIVA 128 boards
• Mini GL driver for Diamond Stealth II and other information about Rendition cards
• How to fix the 3D image quality of RIVA 128 cards running games like Tomb Raider II Take Me There