Kyro2 vs. Ge Force 4

[Bjorne]

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

[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.

[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

[GokuSS2]

Yea now a days you NEED pixel and vertex shaders.

[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.

[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

[GokuSS2]

I am pretty sure after the next driver release you are going post post saying the game runs 1 frame at a time.

[Radical Dreamer]

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

[Bjorne]

Im gonna wait and see, while I wait for a driver I can decide what GF/Radeon card to buy in case

[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

[Radical Dreamer]

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

Werent we all?

[Radical Dreamer]

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

the Ti4200 aint bad but the mx sucks

[confus-ed]

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....