HERCULES NVIDIA GEFORCE256 32MB AGP for $35.60 + shipping

[ub4me]

I just found this from pricewatch.
Is this card better than Geforce2 MX200?

It doesn't go directly.

Here is the homepage and type VGAHA-3201A in searching window.

Anyway, is this old one?

 

[GotSomethingCheaper?]

Give a link bud...
Thanks in advance.

 

[EMAN]

Never mind I thought it was ddr.

 

[manly]

The deal is at compuvest.com and the card is SDRAM, and not DDR. This is not a bad deal, assuming the retailer is reputable. You could probably do worse with your money.

The GeForce2 MX200 is a POS though, and should be avoided.

 

[xcela]

out

 

[ub4me]

Out?

 

[Ziptar]

was in stock as of 8am EST. It is an SDR Card. Not as good as the geeks deal but, they are Out.

I was eyeing this deal yesterday, I almost bought one for my server (has a 2Mb Diamond Stealth now.) I was going to post it as a hot deal and buy one but, check out Reseller Ratings 3.6/7.0 read the comments alot of people didn't get what was advertised or got junk....

I did a little reasearch on the 3D Prophet LE Looks like it was originaly only available outside the US... Based on their reseller ratings feed back I don't think it's new. I think it may be used Gray Market Stuff..

 

[jmunjr]

The MX200 is not a POS... With the same logic, you'd probably say the the Matrox G450 and 550 are POS as well.

I got my brother an MX 400 64MB for his new system. Guess what? The only 3D he's done is when he clicked the properties screen for Display Drivers under Nvidia and the 3D logo spun around.

If I had got him the MX200 he wouldn't have noticed a diffeence. In fact, a G400 or newer would have been a better choice, since the image quality blows doors over Nvidia cards..

If you want to do high end 3D for newer games then a good GeForce 2 or 3, Kyro, or Radeon are great choices, but not necessary for 3D period.

I still play guys with TNT2s, G400s, and Voodoo 2s that kick my butt in Quake 3 all the time.

If you want the ultimate in 3D visual quality and have so little a social life that you have to play the latest and greatest games at 1280x1024 or higher in 32 bit FSAA then go for something that costs over 6 times what an MX200 costs, but if you don't mind 640x480 16bit low detail while still kickin' the ashes of those GF3 goobers while still having enough $$$ left over for several hot dates then an MX200 will do ya fine.

Personally though the extra $20-$25 is worth getting an MX400, but at under $50 the MX200 is a great card.

-John M

 

[ub4me]

How is Geforce2 MX200 32Mb compared to Voodoo3 2000 16Mb and NVIDIA TNT2?

 

[Boonesmi]

actually from the benchmarks ive seen the mx200 is slower then a tnt2

ouch

 

[lobe]

John M, thanks for the tip! Now I'll have a use for my 3d as well!

Yeah, I keep reading all the reviews, too, and want the fastest graphics card that I'll never use the capabilities of. Same with cpu speed. A lot (most on this type of forum) of you guys get the use out of it, but many are fine with the low end stuff and never notice the difference in their uses.

So...the geforce 256 sdr is probably about equal to a geforce 2mx in benchmarks when it came out, as I recall, but used more energy and ran hotter? Probably better than current integrated graphics.

 

[CyBrShRk]

I'd like to see those benchmarks showing the TNT2 faster than a GeForce2 MX200.

 

[Jovack2]

Looks decent to me.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Geforce Classic SDR is for the most part faster than any Geforce MX period.

Good deal ... if i didnt already have a GTS on this box and a Geforce DDr on the second ... id jump on this deal

 

[AirJames]

I found this deal for a Voodoo 5500 at Compuvest Is this any good? What does it mean by "No warranty on 3D feature. It means that the card do not support 3D feature. " and "no 3D supported "

 

[Lanyap]

The Voodoo 5500 deal from Compuvest was posted several weeks ago. The people that ordered it tried to use 3D and had problems. Best they could tell these cards could not pass the 3D test for Voodoo cards and somehow got into the surplus market. If you use the search feature you can probably still find the thread.

 

[Hugenstein]

I purchased this card a couple weeks ago for $40 from Compuvest. It was shipped quickly and looks new....at least the fan on the card is new.

From the benchmarks I have seen these cards are faster than Geforce MX cards in 16 bit color, but really suffer at 32 bit color games.