Author Topic: Il-2 Sturmovik Gold (Read 850 times)

Chaos68 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 09, 2001, 07:35:00 AM »

i had a voodoo 3 but i had so much trouble with it i finally got a G-force 2. I advise eveyone to pick up the G-force 3. You cant find it in stors then get the G-force 2 64mb its almost as good.

Kratzer · « **Reply #16 on:** November 09, 2001, 10:48:00 AM »

If you want to save a few bucks, you can get a GF2 GTS 32MB 256bit DDR visiontek from newegg.com for $65

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #17 on:** November 09, 2001, 11:03:00 AM »

How much is a good GeForce3 card and which model is the best...

I'm not concerned with upgrading in the immediate future (next month or so anyway), but if it comes down to it (Il-2 or any new games I purchase have funky graphic anomalies)- I would like to know which card I should go aiming for.

Thanks!
-SW

Kratzer · « **Reply #18 on:** November 09, 2001, 02:43:00 PM »

you can get a Ti200 for about $190, and a Ti500 (the best) for about $300.

Staga · « **Reply #19 on:** November 09, 2001, 03:09:00 PM »

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/01q4/011001/index.html

Raubvogel · « **Reply #20 on:** November 09, 2001, 03:17:00 PM »

Don't listen to Kratzer

You can get an original GF3 from Newegg.com for $239 and easily clock it past Ti500 speeds. With updated drivers the only difference between the 2 cards is the color. Ti200 is a good value, but for a few extra bucks the higher quality RAM in the old GF3's is worth it. You'll be able to squeeze more out of the 3.8ns RAM of the old GF3 than the 4.5ns or 5ns RAM on the GF3 Ti200.

<edit>That card for $239 is a Gainward btw...very good quality. When looking for a GF the most important thing to check is the RAM. Stay away from cards made by PNY. Gainward, Leadtek, and MSI have good reputations.

[ 11-09-2001: Message edited by: Raubvogel ]

mrsid2 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 09, 2001, 05:05:00 PM »

One reason for buying a leadtek Ti200 IMO is good price/value combined to the improved filter design which they implement in the latest geforce3 cards. Only leadtek..

High quality filters give a sharp 2D image quality familiar from cards like Matrox.. Really important factor which commonly gets overlooked when choosing a display card.

OTOH those filters are already present in the 'old' top leadtek GF3 model so that might be a good deal.

DmdBT · « **Reply #22 on:** November 10, 2001, 09:42:00 PM »

Whoa Whoa Whoa!!! What is the deal with the PNY cards... I just ordered one (GeForce 3 Ti500 yadda yadda) thinking it was a good deal w/lifetime replacement warranty. Please tell me I didn't screw up!

Lonz

Kratzer · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2001, 12:57:00 AM »

They are all pretty much exactly the same damn thing - I think Raub just had a bad experience - don't get too worried.