Creative 3D Blaster PCI

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Features / Package Content / Drivers Support
Q1Does 3D Blaster PCI require a separate graphics card to function?
Q2Can I use my graphics card and 3D Blaster PCI in the same system, making use of the 3D features on the 3D Blaster PCI and the 2D features on my graphics card?
Q3Does 3D Blaster PCI come with a VESA feature connector so that I can connect extra peripherals like a TV Tuner board to it?
Q4How much RAM is on the 3D Blaster PCI? Is it upgradeable?
Q5Which Windows platform does 3D Blaster PCI support?
Q6What are the games that are bundled with 3D Blaster PCI?
Q7Does 3D Blaster PCI support VESA 2.0?
Q8Can I switch the resolution and color depth of my Windows display on-the-fly?
Q9Can the card play MPEG and VideoCD?
Q10Which version of DirectX does 3D Blaster PCI come with?
Q11Will the 3D Blaster PCI accelerate 3D applications under Win 3.1?
Q12I use Windows NT 4.0. Does 3D Blaster PCI have drivers for it?
Q13Does the 3D Blaster PCI support 3D Studio MAX or AutoCAD by means of HDI / OpenGL drivers?
Q14Is the BIOS on the 3D Blaster PCI upgradeable?

System Requirement / Performance
Q15Why does the 3D Blaster PCI specify Pentium 90 as the minimum requirement while other Rendition-based cards only require a DX2/66?
Q16Can I use the 3D Blaster PCI on any of the following systems -- 486-DX2/66, 486-DX4/100, Pentium 60, Pentium 75?
Q17Can I use the 3D Blaster PCI on a machine which utilizes a Cyrix or AMD processor?
Q183D Blaster PCI comes with 4 MB of EDO RAM, how does it compare with faster video memory like RAMBUS, WINDOWRAM or VRAM?
Q19How fast is 3D Blaster PCI in terms of frame rate?
Q20I've heard rumors about slow 2D performance of 3D Blaster PCI under Win 95, does it accelerate Windows at all?

Comparing with Other Graphics Products
Q21What is the difference between 3D Blaster PCI and Graphics Blaster MA334?
Q22What is the difference between 3D Blaster PCI & ‘FALCON’?
Q23Are there any differences between 3D Blaster PCI and other Rendition-based cards?
Q24How is the 3D Blaster PCI compared to other 3D game cards such as the Diamond Stealth 3D?
Q25I have heard that Righteous 3D is significantly more powerful than 3D Blaster PCI, is this true?
Q26How does the 3D Blaster PCI compare to the 128-bit accelerators?

Games
Q27How many 3D Blaster compatible titles are there?
Q28How do I know if a title is supported by 3D Blaster PCI?
Q29Will my current games, like F22 or MechWarrior Mercenaries, run faster on 3D Blaster PCI?
Q30I’ve heard that the DOS performance of 3D Blaster PCI isn’t too great. Does that mean I won’t be able to play my DOS-based games?
Q31Can CGL games work with other 3D cards such as the Reactor?
Q32I am a programmer, would I be better off using Microsoft's DirectX SDK or Creative's CGL API to write a 3D game?

QUAKE on 3D Blaster PCI
Q33Does 3D Blaster PCI’s Quake work with other 3D cards?
Q34What do you mean by 3D Blaster PCI-accelerated Quake? What is the difference as compared to the software version?
Q35Some people say they cannot achieve 30fps in Quake with 3DB PCI. Is this true?

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