We couldn't resist. Last-minute price drops allowed us to whittle down the total price of Dream Machine 98 to accommodate the Canopus card, which we consider to be the best implementation of the 3Dfx Voodoo2 chipset. And, yes, the Pure 3D II is a faster 3D accelerator than the Mystique, which we chose for its 2D power and versatility. Armed with 12MB of 100MHz EDO DRAM, nothing about the Pure 3D II is ordinary. Soundcard Supporting both A3D and DirectSound3D, this PCI sound card is perfect for games that boast 3D positional sound.
Digital ports turn the card into a desktop recording studio.
It wouldn't be Dream Machine 98 if it contained an old-school ISA soundcard. And you have to love the daughterboard interface for attaching an external MIDI device. The Montego offers legacy support for DOS and Sound Blaster compatibility, but since this takes up two IRQs, we mapped the secondary IRQ to the first and said to hell with Sound Blaster emulation. Hard Drive Seagate's 9GB hard drive spins at 10,000RPM and rides the Ultra Wide SCSI bus. Put the speedy spindle and fat pipe together, and you've got throughput to write home about.