Originally posted by: Elganja
Canopus Pure3D 2
what's wrong with a Voodoo 2?
They kicked ass compared to anything else that was availible at the time.
Originally posted by: Elganja
Canopus Pure3D 2
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Originally posted by: Zap
Matrox M3D PCI
It was an add-on 3D accelerator around the time of the original Voodoo. I'm not sure I ever got it to work... or else none of my games supported it. I don't quite remember exactly what I got after this, maybe Voodoo 2 after it came out.
That was based on the NEC PowerVR chip. It was pretty powerful but lacked features needed to compete with other cards at the time. I had the retail package and it was bundled with Ultim@te Race Pro. Loved playing that on my dual Pentium Pro 200 using a Matrox Millennium II 8MB WRAM for 2D. It did not muck up the 2D like the Voodoo passthrough cables did either.
Originally posted by: Zap
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: Zap
BFG GeForce GTX 285 PCI Express
This is what I currently use. Why do I call it "best?" Because it is! ... I literally have the ONE best card out of thousands.
So, what are your clocks on this magical GTX 285?
I have the H2OC BIOS on it, so clocks are 729 core, 1674 shader and 2780 memory. This is in a closed case (Lian Li Lancool variant) with the fan set to AUTO. With fan manually cranked up a bit, I've gotten in the mid-upper 700 range for core, mid 1700 shader and just over 2800 memory. It can probably do even better if actually liquid cooled since these respond well to lower temperatures. This reviewer with liquid cooling got 783MHz core and 1844MHz shaders on a similar binned card.
Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Originally posted by: Fox5
Geforce 3 TI200. Assy vga output quality, poor performance (and that's coming from a voodoo3), and tons of driver problems.
.
I still have a Geforce 3 Ti 200...I actually still play older games on it...even Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow looks pretty good on it.
Problem was, I ordered it in November 2001, received it January 2002. The Ti 4600 came out in February 2002...I was pissed.
Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
I'm gonna get crap for this, but... my current Powercolor 4850.
What is it with this card? This thing puts out heat like nothing I've ever had before. The stock heatsink is a joke. Are you listening Powercolor/ATI? This is an unfinished product. If they would have slapped something on with a better heatsink like the HIS series, it would be a great card.
Originally posted by: taltamir
Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Originally posted by: Fox5
Geforce 3 TI200. Assy vga output quality, poor performance (and that's coming from a voodoo3), and tons of driver problems.
.
I still have a Geforce 3 Ti 200...I actually still play older games on it...even Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow looks pretty good on it.
Problem was, I ordered it in November 2001, received it January 2002. The Ti 4600 came out in February 2002...I was pissed.
i got one that was T200... i was sure i ordered a Ti 200, but turned out it was a much lower model, the missing i made all the difference (M200 i think) that pissed me off to no end.
Originally posted by: Stumps
Originally posted by: taltamir
Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Originally posted by: Fox5
Geforce 3 TI200. Assy vga output quality, poor performance (and that's coming from a voodoo3), and tons of driver problems.
.
I still have a Geforce 3 Ti 200...I actually still play older games on it...even Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow looks pretty good on it.
Problem was, I ordered it in November 2001, received it January 2002. The Ti 4600 came out in February 2002...I was pissed.
i got one that was T200... i was sure i ordered a Ti 200, but turned out it was a much lower model, the missing i made all the difference (M200 i think) that pissed me off to no end.
I still have my Leadtek Ti200 in a box somewhere, I could easily overclock it to Ti500 specs and it was an impressive performer at the time, however it just wasn't a huge jump over my already good Creative GF2 GTS, I did however use it for awhile until I got my impressive Gigabyte 8500LE which overclocked to the rare 8500XT speeds (300core/300mem).
Originally posted by: taltamir
Originally posted by: Stumps
Originally posted by: taltamir
Originally posted by: HOOfan 1
Originally posted by: Fox5
Geforce 3 TI200. Assy vga output quality, poor performance (and that's coming from a voodoo3), and tons of driver problems.
.
I still have a Geforce 3 Ti 200...I actually still play older games on it...even Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow looks pretty good on it.
Problem was, I ordered it in November 2001, received it January 2002. The Ti 4600 came out in February 2002...I was pissed.
i got one that was T200... i was sure i ordered a Ti 200, but turned out it was a much lower model, the missing i made all the difference (M200 i think) that pissed me off to no end.
I still have my Leadtek Ti200 in a box somewhere, I could easily overclock it to Ti500 specs and it was an impressive performer at the time, however it just wasn't a huge jump over my already good Creative GF2 GTS, I did however use it for awhile until I got my impressive Gigabyte 8500LE which overclocked to the rare 8500XT speeds (300core/300mem).
yes, but I did not actually get a Ti200. They figured, hey, this is an M200 with TV out via s-video, lets call it "T200" to confuse people to buy.
I am certain that the website said Ti200 and changed shortly after I ordered, but what can you do...
Originally posted by: taltamir
found it... "VGA ABIT|SILURO GF2 T200 32MB TV - Retail" ordered on 8/20/2002 9:57:04 PM
item link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814123105
I was CERTAIN I had ordered a Ti200... when I got a GF2 MX200 in the mail I was furious, went to newegg and saw that my order had it listed as what it shows now, and no returns if I remember correctly...
I had a feeling that the page has changed, but I kept no records at all of the transaction... so I figured I was probably inattentive (or maybe the site changed?) and just sold it on ebay and got a quality card instead.
Since than I have always kept my original receipts instead of relying entirely on the newegg records.
Originally posted by: Keitero
I bought a Rage Fury MAXX back in the day. Need I say more?
Originally posted by: cecco
Originally posted by: Keitero
I bought a Rage Fury MAXX back in the day. Need I say more?
This.
The experience of having to deal with such poor drivers kept me away from ATI for a few generations.
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Nice. So, you guys hiring? j/k
Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: Asianman
A MSI Radeon HD 3870, not that it was a horrible card, but I got it for AUD$200 3 days after the 4850 became available in Australia. Also, since this was the overclocked version, it mysteriously die and then come back to life 3 seconds later with the message the GPU recovered from a serious error.
Ah, the (in)famous VPU recovery. I think this happens when the driver crashes and is able to reload itself without a BSOD.