Re: Experience with "cheaper" GeForce 2 video cards??

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From: Iain Miller
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 21:24

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"Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b081efd@grissom...
> I have noticed a considerable difference in the price of GeForce 2 cards
> depending on manufacturer.  The well known brands are much more expensive
> than other "unknown" brands -- such as Apollo.
>
> Anybody have any experience in this area -- are all cards with the same
> chipset much the same .  I do realise that some cards have additional
> features .  I'm really only looking for a basic GeForce 2 based card to
play
> games with -- no need for TV out , DVD, etc.
>
> Barry

Only to be further complicated by the multiple variants....! (MX & GTS with
either 32 or 64Meg of RAM)

Havn't figured out the difference between MX & GTS yet myself....is it the
SDRAM vs DDR thing?

Anyone able to chip in & explain & also suggest how fast the various cards
are on a scale of 1-10 (and where would a GEForce 3 be in relation??)

I.

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Subject: Re: Experience with "cheaper" GeForce 2 video cards??
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