I am going to purchase a Hercules Thriller 3D Rendition card in the near
future. However, I'm not sure wether to spring for the 8MB version over
the 4MB (about $100 price difference). While the added video in/out
features would be nice, that doesn't sway my opinion much. What I
would like to know is how the added memory would be advantageous for me.
I am interested in driving sims only (and currently only Papyrus titles:
N2, Soda, GPL, N3). My guess is that the extra memory will not buy
much for N2. Can anyone comment on how much performance I am likely to
suffer in the near future for sims like GPL or N3?
Thanks for any comments.
--Scott
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Scott Willingham / Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
>I am going to purchase a Hercules Thriller 3D Rendition card in the near
>future. However, I'm not sure wether to spring for the 8MB version over
>the 4MB (about $100 price difference). While the added video in/out
>features would be nice, that doesn't sway my opinion much. What I
>would like to know is how the added memory would be advantageous for me.
For a hundred bucks difference, I'd say go for the 8Mb. Memory is the key to
speed!!!
Virtual Freak
Scott,
I bought my Thriller 8 meg last week and absolutely LOVE it!! I have made a
few posts about it in this NG that you may have seen. :-) Here is a review
of the card and some info about your 4 meg vs. 8 meg dilemma:
http://www.next-generation.com/reviews/hardware/thriller3d.chtml
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Paul
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>I am going to purchase a Hercules Thriller 3D Rendition card in the near
>future. However, I'm not sure wether to spring for the 8MB version over
>the 4MB (about $100 price difference). While the added video in/out
>features would be nice, that doesn't sway my opinion much. What I
>would like to know is how the added memory would be advantageous for me.
>I am interested in driving sims only (and currently only Papyrus titles:
>N2, Soda, GPL, N3). My guess is that the extra memory will not buy
>much for N2. Can anyone comment on how much performance I am likely to
>suffer in the near future for sims like GPL or N3?
>Thanks for any comments.
>--Scott
>--
>Scott Willingham / Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
