It s hard enough to get one video card to behave in a computer system let alone two. But installation of the Monster took all of five minutes and the card has functioned flawlessly since. I was impressed with the images presented in the Monster s default configuration, which offered minimum enhancements. But I was blown away with the performance in its maximum mode. The immediate thing I noticed was textures in the games looked more realistic.
Walls didn t look blocky and the colors blended with more realism.
I could see enemies much farther away and they looked far more realistic. You can tell if a computer game is optimized for the Monster card by looking on the box for the Monster logo or by looking to see if the game uses the 3Dfx controller. You ll need a Pentium system with an open PCI slot and 16 MB of RAM to take advantage of the Monster. Of course, the better your monitor, the better the image you will see. I think there s no better investment if you play games on your computer.