IIIIVote: Best 64MB Geforce 2 graphics card?IIII

[i3omberman28]

VOte for what you think is the best 64mb geforce 2 graphics card!

Name the model... and your reason!

[BurnFEST]

I'll be getting the ASUS V7700TV - GeForce 2 GTS DDR 64MB with TV Tuner...

I like it cos its feature packed, and ASUS is known to be a good brand.

Burn.

[i3omberman28]

Originally posted by Mistah FEST:
<STRONG>I'll be getting the ASUS V7700TV - GeForce 2 GTS DDR 64MB with TV Tuner...

I like it cos its feature packed, and ASUS is known to be a good brand.

Burn.</STRONG>

How much does it cost in Australian $$$$?

Is it better than the others?
Like.. is it better than other brand 64meg geforce 2?

[i3omberman28]

What computer do you have? what are the configurations/specifications of it?

Do you recommend me getting AMD or Pentium 4 if I am using the pc for games?

Is AMD known to be good? Does it crash alot? is it renowned for Stability or does it SUK?

[TeddyRuxspin]

I myself at home have a 1Ghz Athalon. I have not had any real problems with it and overall I am very happy. If I had to choose bettween the an Athalon and a P4 I would choose the Athalon due to its price and the ability to overclock it.

[Carlitos_Way]

Great topic...I'm in the market for a 64MB video card. I do alot of gaming, multiplayer in particular. I currently have a voodoo 4 32MB card and I love it, but to be honest I really dont need a new card, just want the 64meg. Although I had always been a fan of 3dfx...RIP...I have to switch over to NVidia. Any suggestions as to which brand to go with?

[GC74]

Personally , I have been installing different Brands in the past 2 months and the only difference I have noticed is...price <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">

[jaskeyjk]

Leadtek, Asus and Guillemot (Hercules) kicks *** . I have a Leadtek and Hercules GeForce 2 running on 2 Asus boards and the setup rules. Seems I get better performance with Athlon-based CPU's than Intel P3 or P4.

[i3omberman28]

Originally posted by SlinkDawg:
<STRONG>Leadtek, Asus and Guillemot (Hercules) kicks *** . I have a Leadtek and Hercules GeForce 2 running on 2 Asus boards and the setup rules. Seems I get better performance with Athlon-based CPU's than Intel P3 or P4.</STRONG>


IS there anyone HERE who reckons that PENTIUM 4 is actually better than AMD for gaming purposes?

Does anyone think this? If you do, please provide reasonS!

[Garak]

Pentium 4's better than amd for games, baaaa - no way, they really aint supported from wot i've seen - slower than p3's i think - unless ur running w2k. I'm looking at a new vid card - any suggestions?
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[TeddyRuxspin]

In reality the porccy does not really mater a great deal.
Run a game on 2 similar systems except one is a Duron 850 and the other is a 1.3ghz Athalon or a 1.7Ghz P4. If they are all using a Geforce 2 / 3 or similar card you will probably find a tiny differnce in frame rate (probably about 5 at most until you go up to v high res). Games are not able to tax the systems anymore unless they are badly coded or running in silly resolutions. Now the reason for saying this is that the difference between P4 and Athalon is not that noticable in a decent system you may get the odd one or two FPS but that wil be about it (tell me if I am wrong :P). However if yuo bought a 1ghz Athalon and a 1.7Ghz P4 you would notice a differnce doing intensive number crunching apps like audio and video editing and office applications (databases and such). It just depends on what you are doing <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[xenomorph9]

I have the Geforce2 mx400 made by visontek.. no problems, and preformance is TIGHT... better then my ATI POS.. I hate that radeon chip.. sux with QIII engines

[NakedMessiah]

I have the Visiontek screwed down to an asus A7V and a 1000Mhz AMD Thunderbird. The visiontek was the cheapest. I don't know if it performs as well as the ASUS one, but I am very satisfied with this card. I typically get over 100fps on Unreal and if I go right up to a wall, I get over 400fps!!!

[Fubarian]

The Prophet II 64meg has been out since day 1 of the geforce2 release, its stable, fast, and more mature than other 64m geforce2's (since it was the only one you could buy at the time, I got it, $350 at the time <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">)

If you're looking for an ultra or otherwise, I couldn't help ya.

[Kenny P.]

Definately the ASUS card.

I've had several ASUS clone cards and never a problem with any of them. They work - period.

Kenny P.

[wire_wiz]

I'M NOW DONE WITH GEFORCE 2 I JUST PUT ONE OF OUR NEW 64MB KYRO 2 CARDS IN AN A7V133 WITH A T-BIRD 1333 KYRO RULES !!!!!! <IMG SRC="smilies/rolleyes.gif" border="0">

[kingtbone]

You won't find very much performance difference between any of the GeForce 2 cards at all. The way it works is, NVIDIA sends the manufacturers their reference design, and the company (i.e. ASUS, MSI, etc.) will usualy follow this design to about 90% similarity (maybe die their PCB red or blue). This results in practically identical cards, performance wise. The only way you can account for a difference in prices comes with the package they send it with.

Example
The popular ASUS 7700 Deluxe

Comes with 3D glasses,
TV IN/OUT
Composite IN/OUT
DVD Software
And a few full version games (Soldier of Fortune maybe?)

The MSi Starforce 815,

Basically the same card (same reference design)
Comes with TV out, and nothing extra.


The only thing that you can really pay extra for is the package that comes with the card, and the name on the outside of the box. The manufacturers drivers don't even matter, because the NVIDIA reference drivers are always better.

Also, the difference between cards can't really be noticed unless you are playing games at resolutions above 1024X768. What I'd probably suggest, or what I'm actually going to do, is get the card that is the best deal, and not worry about the make of it.

[VCTech]

I have 3 geforce cards... a Guillemot 3D Prophet SDR 256, Elsa Gladiac GF2 MX 32meg, and a Asus V7700 GF2 Gts 32meg DDR, all work great. I am running them on P3 machines 600Mhz, 800Mhz and a 933Mhz. I think your gonna be fine with any card you choose, but i would stay away from Geforce 2 Mx "200" series. If your gonna buy a GF2 MX card make sure it is a 400 series card. I have never heard of a manufacturer that made a Geforce video card and it sucked compared to the rest of the crowd. IF you wanna pay for the name...well..pay for the name...otherwise get the best bang for the buck because 3-6months later...there WILL be a better one <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[Daemon]

I have a Leadtek winfast geforce2 PRO 64MB ddr ram. I chose this card because I had to test and bench this cards with all the other cards. And will this card beat the other in the same class out of the water. The price was good, and I get great fsp with this card quake 3. In demo demo001 at 600x480 at 16bit, I got 175fsp and got done with the map in 8 secs. Now this is with only the video card, modem, and sound card. (only extra cards) Another reason I got this card is because if you look online at reviews this card was #1 in its class.

[RoboTech]

Hercules GTS II Pro 64MB.

Nearly the performance of the Ultra, but the price is much closer to the standard GTS II.

It kicks the Llama's *** !

Robo

[RoboTech]

My only complaint with ASUS is that they use the cheapest damned Fans they can get their hands on.

Guaranteed to fail.

Every ASUS product I've owned (a lot), including MB's and Video Cards has had the fan fail.

The current problem is an A7V133 MB chipset fan. It's about to fly off the heat-sink from all the vibration.

The A7V133 has had more fan failures than anything I've ever seen.

Robo


Originally posted by Kenny P:
<STRONG>Definately the ASUS card.

I've had several ASUS clone cards and never a problem with any of them. They work - period.

Kenny P.</STRONG>

[HOGMAN]

None, go for the ATI Radeon 64Mb DDR Vivo.

Most Excellent card and the price rocks too.

Have seen OEM for £133

[snooper2]

i have a ati readeon 32mb ddr and never had a problem with it. i don't think you going to notice a real difference on your 64mb video card no matter wich one u choose.

[monkeyboy9680]

I just recently got a Elsa Gladiac 511 MX400 64Mb. It performs very very well and I haven't had any problems with it yet. For the money I'm very satisfied.

[techleet]

I have a WinFast i'm happy with it. High FPS, what more could you want?

[Milkman]

The only 64MB GF2 card I have played with was the Asus GTS 64MB and it totally kicked a**. I've also had really good luck with Jaton video cards. I like the 3dForce B-32 TNT card and I am now using the 3DForce2-MX. Good cards

[JohnHenry]

Just about any 64mb DDR card rocks. I like the Radeon for the money.

I'd rather be lucky than good.

[i3omberman28]

What ASUS card is good? which one is the most budget plus card?

[i3omberman28]

hey why do you reckon that ASUS fans are cheap and that they aren't good fans?

WHy not?

Anyone object to this or support this? Is it true that ASUS fans are poor??

And byther way... is it worth it getting a good digital flat screen monitor?? or should i just get a cheap monitor?

DOes it really make a big difference?

[Radical Dreamer]

Well, I say AMD all the way, they are faster than the intels and they are alot cheaper. Only downside is that you need more cooling. I have a 1.1ghz with an FIC AZ11 board and its great

As for a video card I am using a Powercolor GeForce 2 GTS PRO 64mb DDR. It scores a tiny bit below 7000 on the 3d mark (http://www.madonion.com) benchmark and it has tv-out and I got it for $166 with rush shipping at www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com)
I am very happy with it.

[Bigdog632]

i have the msi 815 mentioned earlier
it works just fine for me i love it
are the new 12.x det drivers good ive heard mixed reviews

[pkxunux]

Originally posted by i3omberman28:
<STRONG>hey why do you reckon that ASUS fans are cheap and that they aren't good fans?

WHy not?

Anyone object to this or support this? Is it true that ASUS fans are poor??

And byther way... is it worth it getting a good digital flat screen monitor?? or should i just get a cheap monitor?

DOes it really make a big difference?</STRONG>

hmm
obviously you havent had much experience with Asus... they make a super stable product,,, but as far as their active cooling is concerned they really cut corners here ..... what i'm actually saying is yes i've been a somewhat loyal Asus user and yes i recomend Asus to anyone but... i also tell everyone to check out tennmax.com for a better active cooling solution...... If Asus used them for their oem active cooling solution.. then i wouldn't be blabling and rambling on here...and as far as a 64 meg video card goes..... hehehe pick one....
you dont always get what you pay for though...
later
and oooh btw on the monitor if ya got the money to blow then reach for the stars =)....

[Milkman]

Everybody is making a comment of the fans that are on hese cards. I have a solution. If you case has the available room what you doo is take a 4" (80mm) fan and place it on the same tray the mainbopard is attatched to and silicone it with the airflow going directly to your vodeo card. If you use a HQ Ball Bearing on and you know how to tie up cables, you can have a excellent solution. That is what I have been doing for 2 years now ever since the release of the MAMMOTH 3dfx VooDoo3 3500tv. Card got way too hot.