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Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

Roger Andersso

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Roger Andersso » Tue, 16 Oct 2001 18:48:33

Hello everyone!

I have been thinking about upgrading my system by changing videocard.
Currenly I am running a TNT2Ultra and have had my eyes on the Geforce
card lately. However I have not come to grips on which variant is best
for me. Obviously I am mainly running racing sims but at times I also
frag away with some FPS. (Quake3 etc...). So if anyone have an idea what
would be good for me I would love to hear your opinion!

Specs:
P3 733 (will not change CPU in the near future)
TNT2Ultra
17" monitor which only copes well at 1024*768

IMHO GPL and N4 only need 16-bit colour but other games/sims might be
better off with 32-bit so this must also be useable!

If you also know which drivers to use don't hesitate to add that info as
well ;)

Regards
/Roger

David Ciemn

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by David Ciemn » Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:27:36

:o)))

Tweak Mooky =^..^=


Gerald Moo

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Gerald Moo » Wed, 17 Oct 2001 21:51:39

Take a look at www.tomshardware.com and their GeForce reviews and benchmarks.

HTH,
Gerald


> Hello everyone!

> I have been thinking about upgrading my system by changing videocard.
> Currenly I am running a TNT2Ultra and have had my eyes on the Geforce
> card lately. However I have not come to grips on which variant is best
> for me. Obviously I am mainly running racing sims but at times I also
> frag away with some FPS. (Quake3 etc...). So if anyone have an idea what
> would be good for me I would love to hear your opinion!

> Specs:
> P3 733 (will not change CPU in the near future)
> TNT2Ultra
> 17" monitor which only copes well at 1024*768

> IMHO GPL and N4 only need 16-bit colour but other games/sims might be
> better off with 32-bit so this must also be useable!

> If you also know which drivers to use don't hesitate to add that info as
> well ;)

> Regards
> /Roger

CoolDu

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by CoolDu » Thu, 18 Oct 2001 01:22:56

Dude,

I've found with NR4 that more video ram is better.  I have a 32mb
Geforce2 GTS and I get 40-55 fps usually.  No matter what card you
have, wrecks in teh game will drastically slow down the fps.  Anyway,
if I had a chance to do it again, I'd get a 64mb geforce 2 card.  GF3
is still out of my price range.  Plus, use the latest nvidia drivers
like the 20.21 at guru3d.com.  I also only race in 16 bit color FYI.

Hope this helps.


> :o)))

> Tweak Mooky =^..^=



> > Hello everyone!

> > I have been thinking about upgrading my system by changing videocard.
> > Currenly I am running a TNT2Ultra and have had my eyes on the Geforce
> > card lately. However I have not come to grips on which variant is best
> > for me. Obviously I am mainly running racing sims but at times I also
> > frag away with some FPS. (Quake3 etc...). So if anyone have an idea what
> > would be good for me I would love to hear your opinion!

> > Specs:
> > P3 733 (will not change CPU in the near future)
> > TNT2Ultra
> > 17" monitor which only copes well at 1024*768

> > IMHO GPL and N4 only need 16-bit colour but other games/sims might be
> > better off with 32-bit so this must also be useable!

> > If you also know which drivers to use don't hesitate to add that info as
> > well ;)

> > Regards
> > /Roger

Steve Blankenshi

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Steve Blankenshi » Thu, 18 Oct 2001 02:15:26

There's an interesting upgrade article at http://www.aceshardware.com/ that shows a GF2 might be a better choice unless you have DDR
ram and a faster CPU.  He compares various upgrades, alone and in combination, with the resulting benchmarks.  Can't vouch for the
results, but it's an interesting read and seems to match some results people are seeing with GF2 vs. GF3 in F1-2001.

Cheers,

SB


> Hello everyone!

> I have been thinking about upgrading my system by changing videocard.
> Currenly I am running a TNT2Ultra and have had my eyes on the Geforce
> card lately. However I have not come to grips on which variant is best
> for me. Obviously I am mainly running racing sims but at times I also
> frag away with some FPS. (Quake3 etc...). So if anyone have an idea what
> would be good for me I would love to hear your opinion!

> Specs:
> P3 733 (will not change CPU in the near future)
> TNT2Ultra
> 17" monitor which only copes well at 1024*768

> IMHO GPL and N4 only need 16-bit colour but other games/sims might be
> better off with 32-bit so this must also be useable!

> If you also know which drivers to use don't hesitate to add that info as
> well ;)

> Regards
> /Roger

Roger Andersso

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Roger Andersso » Thu, 18 Oct 2001 05:48:58

Ok, more good info that I'll try to stuff somehwere in my head :).

/Roger


> Dude,

> I've found with NR4 that more video ram is better.  I have a 32mb
> Geforce2 GTS and I get 40-55 fps usually.  No matter what card you
> have, wrecks in teh game will drastically slow down the fps.  Anyway,
> if I had a chance to do it again, I'd get a 64mb geforce 2 card.  GF3
> is still out of my price range.  Plus, use the latest nvidia drivers
> like the 20.21 at guru3d.com.  I also only race in 16 bit color FYI.

> Hope this helps.

Roger Andersso

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Roger Andersso » Thu, 18 Oct 2001 05:49:01

Thanks, I'll check it out!

/Roger


> There's an interesting upgrade article at http://www.aceshardware.com/ that shows a GF2 might be a better choice unless you have DDR
> ram and a faster CPU.  He compares various upgrades, alone and in combination, with the resulting benchmarks.  Can't vouch for the
> results, but it's an interesting read and seems to match some results people are seeing with GF2 vs. GF3 in F1-2001.

> Cheers,

> SB

Ed Solhei

Which Geforce variant for GPL and N4 etc...?

by Ed Solhei » Thu, 18 Oct 2001 06:04:57

To put it simple...  as long as you steer far away from the MX-chipped GF2
cards any card with 64mb DDR-ram will probably do. The MX-version is not
desirable tho... especially on fast computers (i.e 800+mhz) - where they'll
probably end up being an bottleneck.

--
ed_


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