Kyro2 vs. Ge Force 4

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April 4th, 2003, 05:58 PM
Bjorne

Kyro2 vs. Ge Force 4

Hello!

Last week I bought a Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 with a Kryo2 chipset.
I am getting a bit tired of it since it doesnt support all games and doesnt render in that good quality.
Since it costed 300 sek (arround 35 USD) getting rid of the card isnt a that big financial problem. (Even if it hurts to throw away nearly-new stuff :( )

However, I found this card:
http://www.computercity.se/Product/P....aspx?id=20758

a Creative GeForce 4 card which I might consider buying.

there are cheaper asus cards too but I've heard they don't like abit motherboards.

This is the PC the card is for:
Abit KR7A mainboard
Creative Audigy2 soundcard
Windows XP
AMD Athlon XP 2100+

I only play games on it (Renegade, Half-Life and a little Generals mostly) so I think that the GeForce 4 card would be good for me, or what do you think?

Thanks,
Bjorne
April 4th, 2003, 06:57 PM
GokuSS2

Well it will certainly be MUCH better then the Kryo 2 card "but" you will still have to put everything on low quility to play without a slideshow. Yep the game is that demanding.
April 4th, 2003, 08:30 PM
Radical Dreamer

Better, yes, gonna play the newest games, still no. I wouldnt recommend anything less than a GF 4 Ti 4200 or at the very least a GF 3 Ti 200, believe me when i tell you that the gf 4 mx's are a complete joke
April 4th, 2003, 08:59 PM
GokuSS2

Yea now a days you NEED pixel and vertex shaders.
April 5th, 2003, 11:54 AM
Stalemate

Go for it.

Guillemot's JKyroII GPUs don't compare to the nVidia chipsets nowadays.

If you can opt for a Ti card instead of an MX, it's worth the investment.
April 6th, 2003, 03:54 AM
Bjorne

PoverVR (manufacturer of Kyro drivers) says to a Kyro usergroup that the KyroII will support CnC Generals in the next driver release! So I don't relly need a new card because they are making new drivers :)

Thanks anyway :)
April 6th, 2003, 01:45 PM
GokuSS2

I am pretty sure after the next driver release you are going post post saying the game runs 1 frame at a time.:grin: :drink: :knife:
April 6th, 2003, 10:30 PM
Radical Dreamer

Quote:

Originally posted by Bjorne
PoverVR (manufacturer of Kyro drivers) says to a Kyro usergroup that the KyroII will support CnC Generals in the next driver release! So I don't relly need a new card because they are making new drivers :)

Thanks anyway :)

It may run it, but its gonna look like a slideshow, dont say we didnt warn ya :P
April 7th, 2003, 02:47 AM
Bjorne

Im gonna wait and see, while I wait for a driver I can decide what GF/Radeon card to buy in case :)
April 7th, 2003, 03:08 AM
TechZ

I was a die hard 3dfx user, now i am using a GF4 Ti4600, it rocks, settling for Ti4200 also is good nowadays or MX440
April 7th, 2003, 05:12 AM
Radical Dreamer

Quote:

Originally posted by TechZ
I was a die hard 3dfx user...

Werent we all?
April 7th, 2003, 05:12 AM
Radical Dreamer

Quote:

Originally posted by TechZ
Isettling for Ti4200 also is good nowadays or MX440

the Ti4200 aint bad but the mx sucks :(
April 11th, 2003, 07:18 AM
confus-ed

Quote:

Originally posted by Bjorne
Im gonna wait and see, while I wait for a driver I can decide what GF/Radeon card to buy in case :)

There's other people who make chipsets too ... besides kyro ...

Matrox Parhelia ? These are as fast (if not faster & more feature rich) as certain other peoples cards, don't come in 65000 confusing variants and have drivers that work ....

MX = cheapo version !

Whatever you get make sure its optomised for direct x 9, there's hardware specific stuff in there that can only be used by direct x if the card has the features, no software equivalents....