I have been reading the posts about the GeForce2 cards. My question
is I have an AMD350 with 128SDRAM, agp motherboard. Is there any
point in me getting the GeForce2MX?? Or does it require the faster
700+ CPU's that i see mentioned in this group.
**ElfKing**
T'was in a kingdom long ago and far away......
Actually I was told by an expert that the GeForce in general takes a
load off, and hence is good for weaker CPUs than the TNT2. I am
running at PII at 496MHz and getting beautiful results with a new
Hercules GeForce II MX. I had a TNT2 before and this is MUCH faster.
I run every game in 1024x768x32bit with MAX detail. Go for it!
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Before you buy.
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> I have been reading the posts about the GeForce2 cards. My question > is I have an AMD350 with 128SDRAM, agp motherboard. Is there any > point in me getting the GeForce2MX?? Or does it require the faster > 700+ CPU's that i see mentioned in this group. > > **ElfKing** > T'was in a kingdom long ago and far away...... >Well, I don't know what your current video card is, but I can tell you
what the MX is like compared to the 3dfx V2 and V3 cards. The MX can
make a dramatic performance difference if teamed up with a fast CPU, but
with the AMD 350, you would probably see little benefit. As far as image
quality is concerned, the MX will make some games like Heat look
dramatically better, others like N3 worse, and some, like GPL, about the
same.
A CPU upgrade would make the most dramatic change if you already have a
decent 3D card. If possible, you should upgrade to a Duron, Thunderbird,
or PIII first, and then use whatever is left for a video card purchase.
ElfKing wrote:
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> I have been reading the posts about the GeForce2 cards. My question > is I have an AMD350 with 128SDRAM, agp motherboard. Is there any > point in me getting the GeForce2MX?? Or does it require the faster > 700+ CPU's that i see mentioned in this group. > > **ElfKing** > T'was in a kingdom long ago and far away......On Fri, 01 Sep 2000 05:05:54 GMT, mracer <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Well, I don't know what your current video card is,
ATI Rage IIc 8Mb. GeForce is bound to be an improvement. Its the
getting to run without the larger CPU that interested me.
>
>A CPU upgrade would make the most dramatic change if you already have a
>decent 3D card. If possible, you should upgrade to a Duron, Thunderbird,
>or PIII first, and then use whatever is left for a video card purchase.
>
>Very limited finances to work with here, gotta stick with the AMD350 for now.
**ElfKing**
T'was in a kingdom long ago and far away......
