3D cards with Rendition Verite..Which One ?

OK, I've been researching all of the 3D cards with the Verite chip for the upcoming Nascar 2. So between Creative Labs, Intergraph, and Sierra's versions, is one supposed to be better than the other, or should price be my guideline for purchasing one over the other ? I haven't noticed any difference... If there are any comparisons on other websites or newsgroups, please post. Darin Carr

All are exactly the same hardware-wise. Creative lab's board will be the only one that supports their Creative Graphics Library API (they control this through the card's BIOS), but that's not that big of a deal as few games (other than the bundled titles) will use it. I chose the Intergraph for a few reasons. First, it has been available for over a week now. Sierra's board will not be out until Nov, and CL's board is just being shipped from distributors. Secondly, I felt it had the best software bundle (i.e. ICR2). Third, Intergraph is a very good company and gives tremendous customer support (more than I can say for Creative Labs). On several occasions I have received unsolicited e-mail from one of their employees with regards to questions that have arose in the newsgroups. Basically it comes down to who you feel has the best bundled titles and who will give you the best support. The answer to both of those for me was Intergraph, and so far I have seen nothing that would indicate I made a bad choice. In fact my experiences with Intergraph has only reaffirmed my beliefs. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

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>Subject: 3D cards with Rendition Verite..Which One ? >Date: 23 Oct 1996 22:35:41 GMT > OK, I've been researching all of the 3D cards with the Verite chip >for the >upcoming Nascar 2. > So between Creative Labs, Intergraph, and Sierra's versions, is one >supposed to be better than the other, or should price be my guideline for >purchasing one over the other ? I haven't noticed any difference... > If there are any comparisons on other websites or newsgroups, please >post. >Darin Carr

Darin, The hardware on all three is identical. I chose the Intergraph board because it was out first, and it had ICR2 Rendition Ready bundled with it. Intergraph's support is great as well, they are already giving us a driver update for windows next week. Their tech support has been very helpful.

I would hope it's faster than the Reactor. After all, by the time Sierra's card hits the streets they will have had nearly a month's extra time to work on driver revisions. BTW, the updated drivers and BIOS should be out for distribution by Intergraph by the end of next week. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/

I heard from one person that the Sierra Screamin' 3D is supposed to be a bit faster in Windows as far as 2D is concerned. I bought the Intergraph because I wanted ICR2 and Sierra wasn't available yet. I remember play ICR2 and having trouble judging distances but now, with these new 3D cards, pixelation is down to almost none existant and I find it easy to see down the road. I just wish that Papyrus changed all the tracks on the Rendition version of ICR2. They only changed 5. Can we buy a full version? Anybody know? Frank

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>Subject: Re: 3D cards with Rendition Verite..Which One ? >Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 02:14:38 GMT >>Darin, >>The hardware on all three is identical. I chose the Intergraph board because >>it was out first, and it had ICR2 Rendition Ready bundled with it. >>Intergraph's support is great as well, they are already giving us a driver >>update for windows next week. Their tech support has been very helpful. >What is a ballpark price for the Intergraph board, and where did you >get it? >CR

$199 + Shipping comes to around $220.00 Go to http://www.intergraph.com/ics/reactor Go to Q&A and call the number given, you will get it the next day. l8r, Todd

>Darin, >The hardware on all three is identical. I chose the Intergraph board because >it was out first, and it had ICR2 Rendition Ready bundled with it. >Intergraph's support is great as well, they are already giving us a driver >update for windows next week. Their tech support has been very helpful. What is a ballpark price for the Intergraph board, and where did you get it? CR

$216 shipped to my door in less than 24 hours. Currently I think it is only available directly from Intergraph (see their web page at http://www.intergraph.com/ics/reactor). I've heard that the 3D Blaster PCI (identical hardware, but no ICR2 bundle) has been spotted at CompUSA. -- Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/