Remembering Intel 740

Re:Remembering Intel 740 by goldcd on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @08:51AM (#29012633)

I've got somewhat fond memories of that card. I think it sat between my m3d and my first nvidia card (TNT?) I remember it being incredibly cheap - and with DirectX support my first card out of the years of the dark proprietary wilderness.

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Re:Remembering Intel 740 by filiperui on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @06:04PM (#29019683)

This! The i740 was my first "real" 3D graphics card - I remember running the Final Reality benchmark on it and feeling genuinely excited with the purchase.

After that I got the Riva TNT (Diamond Viper V550 iirc) which changed everything from a consumer point of view. Good times.

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Re:Remembering Intel 740 by rasz on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @10:00PM (#29021465)

i740 was outright good (8MB models only) compared to bottom of low end market at the time. Permedia, Sis, Ati Rage Pro Turbo, Cirrus Logic Laguna3D, anything Trident.

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