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What are the best vid cards for N4?

Luke Phillip

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Luke Phillip » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:54:59

Ive finally had enough of my lowly V3 2000. What are the best cards to get
without spending too much money? I'd prefer not to spend much, and the
geforce2's looks good price wise... what sort of fps are they getting with
what cpu? Thanks

Luke
-=87=-

James Lars

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by James Lars » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:37:47

Creative Blaster Annihilator Ultra geforce 2, 64 meg., is great.  Before I had
a V5, but it wasn't as fast.  Now I can run Opengl.  I have all details maxed,
43 cars, 30-60 fps, PIII-1000, 256 ram.

James

Yoshi Minam

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Yoshi Minam » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:11:50

What resolution is it?

Y.Minami


Simon Brow

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Simon Brow » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 05:19:42

....or if you can't afford the Ultra then the GTS, even 32MB, is pretty
awesome with N4.


Dog-Le

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Dog-Le » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 06:59:22

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Isn't the Hercules GTS Pro kind of in the middle of the GTS and the GTS
Ultra?  Actually, closer to the Ultra?

It's about $100 cheaper than the Ultra as well...

-Larry

> ....or if you can't afford the Ultra then the GTS, even 32MB, is pretty
> awesome with N4.



> > Creative Blaster Annihilator Ultra geforce 2, 64 meg., is great.  Before
I
> had
> > a V5, but it wasn't as fast.  Now I can run Opengl.  I have all details
> maxed,
> > 43 cars, 30-60 fps, PIII-1000, 256 ram.

> > James

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Don Burnett

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Don Burnett » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:43:04

GeForce2 MX ( 32 mb), damn fine card and runs it pretty decent. Set you back
about 100 bucks.
The Hercules Prophet2 MX is a great one.

--
Don Burnette


btgos

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by btgos » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 11:53:18

Would anyone go with a Radeon 64Mb DDR over the Geforce2GTS 32Mb DDR. The
prices are about the same. I would like opinions.
Thanks,
btgoss


> GeForce2 MX ( 32 mb), damn fine card and runs it pretty decent. Set you
back
> about 100 bucks.
> The Hercules Prophet2 MX is a great one.

> --
> Don Burnette



> > Ive finally had enough of my lowly V3 2000. What are the best cards to
get
> > without spending too much money? I'd prefer not to spend much, and the
> > geforce2's looks good price wise... what sort of fps are they getting
with
> > what cpu? Thanks

> > Luke
> > -=87=-

Jag

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Jag » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:26:06


spoke:

I had a Geforce2 and went to a V5 instead. I didn't notice much dif on
the Geforce2 in frame rate in the games I play.
--
Jagg

Jag

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Jag » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:41:35


spoke:

Well, I bought it like some six months ago and the drivers were ***
then. But, Fly! runs better on my V5 in glide than it did on the
Geforce2 in D3D(less stutters). GPL is capped at 36fps and both cards
run it at 36fps. Don't play Q3A. I know it is overall slightly faster,
but if you read Papadoc's V5vGF2 article you will see that is not in
all cases and it is not by much at all when it is, except in Q3A (both
cards run it way above 60fps though). In games that make use of T&L I
would expect it to be faster, but even then in a game like CFS2 they
say using T&L doesn't make much dif at all. The T&L on the GF2 is
weak. That's why I told you the other day in the flight-sim group you
should wait for the NV20. Anyway, DeusEx, Unreal Tournament,
Freespace2, Jane's F15, LB2 (and others) all run faster/better on a V5
so it is all subjective in the end.
--
Jagg

Uncle Feste

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Uncle Feste » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:47:06

<snip>

I thought PapaDoc's V5-GF2 comparison was with a GeForce2 MX & not a
GTS.  The GTS is a bit faster than the MX.

--

Fester

Wolfgang Kronthale

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Wolfgang Kronthale » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:12:36

Hi!

Have a look at the ATI Radeon LE . This is the value edition of the RADEON.
But with a trick in the registry you can unlock the Hyper-Z. Then the only
difference to the regular RADEON is the slower RAM.

Get the info at http://www.hart-core.de/index.php?width=1024 (news from
12.2)

With this hack the RADEON LE is at 32bit graphics much faster than a
GeforceMX.

--
bye, Wolfgang
www.flyingtires.kronthaler.net



Wolfgang Kronthale

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Wolfgang Kronthale » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:13:42

See my msg posted below...
--
bye, Wolfgang
www.flyingtires.kronthaler.net



> Would anyone go with a Radeon 64Mb DDR over the Geforce2GTS 32Mb DDR. The
> prices are about the same. I would like opinions.
> Thanks,
> btgoss



> > GeForce2 MX ( 32 mb), damn fine card and runs it pretty decent. Set you
> back
> > about 100 bucks.
> > The Hercules Prophet2 MX is a great one.

> > --
> > Don Burnette



> > > Ive finally had enough of my lowly V3 2000. What are the best cards to
> get
> > > without spending too much money? I'd prefer not to spend much, and the
> > > geforce2's looks good price wise... what sort of fps are they getting
> with
> > > what cpu? Thanks

> > > Luke
> > > -=87=-

Jag

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Jag » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 23:31:40


thus spoke:

No. GTS.
--
Jagg

Glockenspie

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Glockenspie » Fri, 16 Feb 2001 06:08:10

Damn Don, we must have identical systems. Did you custom build yours?
Agreed, I have the Hercules Prophet 2 MX and everything looks and runs
fantastic on it.

Todd



Jag

What are the best vid cards for N4?

by Jag » Fri, 16 Feb 2001 05:51:11


spoke:

Damn, I should have kept that Geforce2! It was that friggin' Papadoc
conning us all into buying the V5 saying how much better it is. :-)
--
Jagg


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