rec.autos.simulators

by **Russell D. Laughlin Jr., MCS** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:16:42

Hell, I'm running an AMD Athlon 1 Ghz clocked to 1150 Mhz on a KT7A-RAID.
Very very stable. Also, the latest drivers on the ATI site for the Radeon
make a huge difference in performance. And the money over a GF2 is gonna go
into a new wheel. <<Recomendations anyone? Don't want to spend over 100
bucks and don't need Force Feedback again, too many cords>>

I've used Abit boards for 4 years now with no problems. I plan on buying
another one next year.

Russ

> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:32:20 -0500, "Mark F."

> >Yea Really, Don't take a look at AMD's recommendation list cause some of
the
> >boards listed are just crap. (There are worse words out there)
Definitely
> >Abit or Asus board you should go with, no other. KT7 is a great board,
> >running KT7-RAID No problems.

> >--
> > Sincerely,
> > Mark F.
> <snip>

> My new Tbird1.2 on an abit kt7a raid is giving me fits. I keep losing
> my ability to access the bios (purple line across bottom of screen).
> It's driving me crazy.

> Chris

by **ra300** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:31:19

Now I am confused as to what video card to get. I'm not paying
$300-400 on a damn video card! It was so easy when 3DFX was out and
popular :)

by **Joe6** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 15:16:57

>Now I am confused as to what video card to get. I'm not paying
>$300-400 on a damn video card! It was so easy when 3DFX was out and
>popular :)

The GF2 MX is a fine card. And it IS the best price-performance you
can buy now. You can always replace it with a faster GF2 6 months from
now for a hundred bucks, or a GF3 a year from now in the same price
range.

Joe McGinn
_____________________
Radical Entertainment

by **Yoshi Minam** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 19:52:56

GF3 is not still selling here in Japan too, just demonstrating.
Though, MSI's one had burned! nVIDIA is said inspecting and
tweaking to solve these problems now.
We must wait a bit more...

Y.Minami

by **Tyler Eave** » Wed, 07 Mar 2001 23:28:04

NO IT"S NOT!!!!!!!!!

When building a *** system, don't cripple the whole freakin' system with
a 'budget' garphics card.

>>Now I am confused as to what video card to get. I'm not paying
>>$300-400 on a damn video card! It was so easy when 3DFX was out and
>>popular :)

>The GF2 MX is a fine card. And it IS the best price-performance you
>can buy now. You can always replace it with a faster GF2 6 months from
>now for a hundred bucks, or a GF3 a year from now in the same price
>range.

>Joe McGinn
>_____________________
>Radical Entertainment

by **Mike Eppe** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 00:09:00

How much are you spending on the CPU? If you're building a *** machine,
then the "damn video card" is just as important. Cut corners elsewhere if
money is a problem. Get a 900MHz TB, and put the savings toward the video
card. The extra 200MHz in CPU power is nothing compared to the difference
between the MX and the GTS2.

--MikeE

by **Joe6** » Thu, 08 Mar 2001 14:47:32

>NO IT"S NOT!!!!!!!!!

Re-read my post. It is not the best graphics card on the market, but
it does have the best price-performance.

It is a perfectly capable graphics card. To call a GF2 MX system
crippled is absurd.

Joe McGinn
_____________________
Radical Entertainment

by **Mike Eppe** » Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:02:30

Yes, its a capable system, but an MX board will become a bottleneck on a GHz
system. The MX board doesn't even perform as well as my original GeForce
DDR board. You can also forget about running anything at 12x10, 32-bit
color. The MX board's performance degrades quickly at higher resolutions and
color depth.

Would you put 64MB of RAM in this system? How about a 200MB hard drive?

--MikeE

by **Tyler Eave** » Fri, 09 Mar 2001 00:22:08

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

See that.
There's an ASUS 32MB Geforce 2 GTS for $50 more
than a similar MX.

The MX has roughly half the power. Where's the bang for
your buck there?

>>NO IT"S NOT!!!!!!!!!

>Re-read my post. It is not the best graphics card on the market, but
>it does have the best price-performance.

>>When building a *** system, don't cripple the whole freakin' system
with
>>a 'budget' garphics card.

>It is a perfectly capable graphics card. To call a GF2 MX system
>crippled is absurd.

>Joe McGinn
>_____________________
>Radical Entertainment

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