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You'll find a whole host of cables in the Pure 3D II's box of tricks. Most
important is the VGA cable, which is identical to the original Pure 3D's, being a
DB-15 analogue monitor connector (VESA DDC2B) with a Mini DIN 9pin
connector. It bends easily and does the job it's required to do. In other words it
doesn't give out any evidence of distortion on a monitor. Also included in the
box are a Mini DIN 4pin (S-Video NTSC/PAL) cable and an RCA (Composite
video NTSC/PAL) cable. An interesting niche will be for current owners of
Canopus' Total 3D 128V because you'll be able to connect it to a Pure 3D II
internally via an analog bi-directional internal pass-through cable. If nothing else
it will cut out all the clutter of wiring at the back of you PC and sweep it all
inside where it belongs. Eventually Canopus will most likely sell the cable on
its own for an extra fee should you require it- although details of this are yet to
be confirmed.
Another very visible feature of the Pure 3D II is the placement of the SLI
connector. For some reason it has been shifted slap-bang into the middle of
the board. I'm personally not sure why, and what with all the kefaffle that went
on originally with SLI cables being too long, Canopus seem to have done their
homework because the SLI cable works just fine for me. And with the SLI cable
being six inches, you've got more to play with so to speak (control yourselves!).
Perhaps by being more flexible it'll also be a tad easier hooking up two boards
in SLI mode as opposed to he usual 1.5 inch cables. So there you have it- the
Pure 3D II comes with an SLI cable that's longer and bendier than any of its
competitors.What no games? Nope there aren't. The box is totally devoid of
any games bundle but let's face it, how many of you already own Quake2 or at
least Quake? A fair few I should imagine and with that in mind, your main
reason for purchasing a Voodoo2 will likely be in order to play Qauke2 with
3Dfx's minGl driver at high resolutions anyway. And for those of you that aren't
into Quake 2 but into Incoming or Redline Racer instead, my point is still
iterated because you'll most likely already won the games you want to play
with a Pure3D II. There you have it, you're buying the hardware for use with the
software and NOT really buying the hardware for the software (potential
bundles).
So take a peek at the shot at the below showing off the goods, provided by
SE's own leopard-skin flat-bed scanner (Tom grow up and quit leaving those
butt cheek prints on the glass!).
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