Hercules Thriller 3D

Anybody owning the AGP Hercules Thriller 3D graphics card? I'm thinnking of buying either the TH 2304 A (4MB RAM) or the TH 2318 SGA (8 MB RAM). How do they handle the Papyrus sims, like Rend-ICR2, NC2, SODA and the GPL-demo? TIA, Andre

I have one in my secondary system and it is a great card. Nascar 2 looks great with it, better than the 3dfx Nascar 2 version, which I've tried on my Voodoo 2. There are some problems getting the V2200 chipset to work with the ICR2 sim but there is a workaround available at some of the Rendition sites, like Bjorns. If you want a good all-in-one 2d/3d card, I don't think you can beat it. My STB Velocity 128 is faster, but doesn't do you any good with Rendition games like Nascar 2 or ICR2....if those games are a big concern, then definitely get the Thriller. And for the best of both words, add a Voodoo 2 to it!! Ken The Game Pad http://gamepad.org/

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> Anybody owning the AGP Hercules Thriller 3D graphics card? > I'm thinnking of buying either the TH 2304 A (4MB RAM) or the > TH 2318 SGA (8 MB RAM). > How do they handle the Papyrus sims, like Rend-ICR2, NC2, > SODA and the GPL-demo? > TIA, Andre

I have the 4mb AGP card. It's not as fast as say the Viper AGP or RIVA AGP but the rendition chip handles ICR2 and N2 quite well (as all rendition's do.) I would only recommend the card for ICR2 and N2. For AGP it's the slowest out there. It is no different in speed compared to a Stealth II. says...

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> Anybody owning the AGP Hercules Thriller 3D graphics card? > I'm thinnking of buying either the TH 2304 A (4MB RAM) or the > TH 2318 SGA (8 MB RAM). > How do they handle the Papyrus sims, like Rend-ICR2, NC2, > SODA and the GPL-demo? > TIA, Andre

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> <snippage> > I would only recommend the card for ICR2 and N2. For AGP it's the slowest > out there. It is no different in speed compared to a Stealth II. > says... > > Anybody owning the AGP Hercules Thriller 3D graphics card? > > I'm thinnking of buying either the TH 2304 A (4MB RAM) or the > > TH 2318 SGA (8 MB RAM). > <snippage>

Are you saying that the AGP rendition handling of N2 and ICR2 is no better than a Stealth II? MM

That's EXACTLY what I am saying. I too thought it would be faster but because it's only a 1x AGP card it is absolutely NO FASTER than the PCI version.

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> > <snippage> > > I would only recommend the card for ICR2 and N2. For AGP it's the slowest > > out there. It is no different in speed compared to a Stealth II. > > says... > > > Anybody owning the AGP Hercules Thriller 3D graphics card? > > > I'm thinnking of buying either the TH 2304 A (4MB RAM) or the > > > TH 2318 SGA (8 MB RAM). > > <snippage> > Are you saying that the AGP rendition handling of N2 and ICR2 is no better > than a Stealth II? > MM