I wouldn't worry about compatability if Kyro 2 is any representation of the future!!!
Looks like this just keeps getting better and better
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1291.1/
Look at those Mercedes benchmarks... Looks like the drivers have fixed the problems that were shown on anandtechs review and increased the performance beyond geforce ultra.... DAMMMMMMMMMnnnnnnn
Also notice the possibility of the card being cpu limited not fillrate limited at the lower resolutions. (800x600 and below). Even in 16bit the kyro is dominating.
What you need to keep in mind is that the kyro 2 is newer then the Geforce2 pro and has alot more performance that can be pulled out of it. Ge2pro has already had extensive driver releases which have pulled alot of performance out of it from its initial release. I am scared to think what Kyro 3 can do now, if Kyro 2 is beating GF2 Pro on an unspecified amount of games let alone the GF2 Ultra.
If you are a kyro owner or future kyro 2 or 3 owner I wouldn't worry since PowerVr has been showing strong support. I would be very excited because the drivers can only get better not worse...
Also in this review he says something about cpu scaling that is very interesting...
"We wanted to determine what kind of CPU horsepower was necessary to drive the kyro II, and as the graphs both illustrate, the kyro II scales well at low to moderate clockspeeds. It does, however, begin to taper off after about 1000 MHz, while the GeForce 2 line continues to scale well beyond that point.
What does that mean to you? Simply this -- if you're planning on purchasing a new CPU in excess of 1.2 GHz, you'll probably see much less of a performance delta between the two cards than we did in our testing. That is, beyond 1 GHz, the GeForce 2 will steadily increase in performance, while the kyro II will begin to flatten out.
For a Duron or Pentium 3-equipped budget gaming system, for example, you can expect results similar to what we observed here. If you were to pair both cards with a 1.4 GHz Athlon, however, we suspect the GeForce 2 (especially the Pro) would begin to look much more attractive."
From what you all have been saying this should be the other way around with the kyro doing better as the cpu gets more powerful.
Seems to be excellent card. Unless you do alot of professional work. Of course Kyro 3 may change that...