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Hi Adrian,

The GTS2 (Geforce2) has TV out and Power DVD 2.55.  Voodoo is more of a 
gamers card without TV out.  The best card for DVD is the ATI Rage Fury 
Maxx and a TV out.  The best gamers card is the Voodoo 5500, and I own the 
GTS2.  It just isn't a good card in my mind.  To many little glitches and 
is a high maintenance card.  If your primarily a gamer, go Voodoo.  If you 
are a DVD fan go Rage Fury Maxx.  It is the best card for DVD.

Ok, what else.  The Geforce 256vs. GTS2:  fast cards but not hardware 
friendly.  The GTS2 is the second generation of the GeForce, but with only 
a few upgrades.  Not worth the $330 American dollars.

If you decide to by a GTS2, by it from Creative (Annihilator2), not the 
Hercules ProphetGTS2, unless it doesn't have TV out <-(Annihilator2).  
Both chips are made by Nvidia, but Annihilator is the better card.

I own the Rage Fury Maxx and it has awesome DVD.  When the Voodoo 5500 is 
finally out it will be a great gaming card and will be as fast as the GTS2 
if the drivers for it are well done.  Hope I helped.  

Michael Sanders



Adrian Thompson wrote:
> 
> I am new to this newsgroup, so I will try to be as precise as possible.
> I have a PII-450MHz, 128SDRAM, 6Gb Hdd, and...
> I want to upgrade my graphics card from my current, and tortoise-like,
> STB Velocity 4400, which is based on the NVidia Riva TNT chipset, with
> 16mb RAM, to either the Voodoo 5 5000 (or 5500) or the Ge-Force 2
> chipset-based card.
> 
> Which is best for playing DVDs? (I am having some problems with my
> computer and DVDs at the moment.) Would I be better off going for a
> separate DVD Decoder card like the Sigma Realmagic Hollywood card?
> 
> Also, what is the difference between the Creative Graphics card which is
> called the Ge-Force 256 Annihilator Pro and the Ge-Force 2 chipset??
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated - particularly from anyone in the
> UK (where I live!!)
> 
> Adrian Thompson


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