Brand name of GeForce 2 you would recommend?

[Ripsnort]

Thanks again guys!  Will post my (hopeful) FR improvement results this week end.

[airspro]

 http://www.m3dzone.com/files.php?directory=Videocards/NVIDIA/Drivers/W9x/

Another place to get drivers . I am using the 7.52's now . The benchmarked 220 higher than 6.50 , on 3Dmark2001 .

gl on that card Rip , sounds great .
spro

[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by qts:
Wait for the G3 to become widely available, then go for a 64 MB G2, because they will have significantly dropped in price.

I wouldn't bet on any 'significant' price drops, since G3 costs so much that theres plenty time to keep G2'2 price up.
Probably will take 3 months before you could talk about 'significant' price drop, and meanwhile it would require G3 lose its high price.
(and of course nVidia takes all the money it can get with the new product before drops price)

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[jcy19]

ripsnort
 I too have the tnt2ultra card and feel i need
to upgrade myself. im not too happy with my frs
lately. can you kindly let me know what the
specs are on the rest of your comp is. i
mean cpu speed, ram, what win ver. you are
using. then post how the card does for ya so
i can make a  guess as what card to
buy.  thx


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[Ripsnort]

Will do JCY,  Specs are:

PIII-550 mhz
256k PC100 ram
Ultra TNT2-32 meg card V-SYNC ON(today)
DX7.01A

Machine is stripped of everything regarding software except Aces High and Office (and normal Win 98se stuff)

My benchmark I use is:
Resolution is set to 1024, 32 bit color.
Shut all background apps off.
Select "Nisles" terrain.
Select B17 with 50%fuel, 12x500 bombs.
Toggle 'Shift F1' to make sure I have the games highest resolution.
Select H for hangar to launch, start engines to idle, pop clipboardup, and take the high and low reading on FR.

Currently, I get 26 FPS with the Ultra, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say I get 36 with the new card.(but I wouldn't be surprised if I got 46 considering what I've read)

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[Fishu]

if you want to have a real benchmark, I recommend 3D Mark program for that.
It's available for free download at: http://www.madonion.com

(they just released new version of it, 2001)

[Ripsnort]

 

Originally posted by Fishu:
if you want to have a real benchmark, I recommend 3D Mark program for that.
It's available for free download at: http://www.madonion.com

(they just released new version of it, 2001)

Thks Fishu, but the only benchmark that means anything to me is the one I use within the game, that tells performance in raw data with respect to the software being used...Aces High.

[jcy19]

thx Rip

I did the same test you wrote about
and im holding steady at 25 FPS.
so let me know the diff  when ya get
the new card. if it gains enough ill
know what card to buy.  thx again for
your help

JCy19

[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
Thks Fishu, but the only benchmark that means anything to me is the one I use within the game, that tells performance in raw data with respect to the software being used...Aces High.

Good use for 3D mark 2001 is to get points for your computer and compare them to other results.
then you can see if its badly behind average and try to fix it  
Someones had wayyyy too low results with TB 1ghz..  which makes me feel sad for such waste.

[Ripsnort]

Ahh, I see your point Fishu! <S>

[Staga]

I just talked with friend who installed 3-D Mark 2001 to his Athlon 800/GF GTS. His words were exactly "That program did put my pc on its knees..."
That program really gives your CPU and GPU some work to do  

[Eagler]

 

Originally posted by jcy19:
thx Rip

I did the same test you wrote about
and im holding steady at 25 FPS.
so let me know the diff  when ya get
the new card. if it gains enough ill
know what card to buy.  thx again for
your help

JCy19

I like Rip's idea here.
Jcy19,
what are your system specs?
Eagler

[jcy19]

hello

my specs are as follows
amd t-bird 900mhz
abit A-7 raid MB
128mgs of pc100 ram
tnt2 ultra 32mg vid card
window 98 second edition
soundblaster x-gamer live sound card

i get 25 fps  with ripsnort's bench test

[Staga]

Jcy with GeForce2 you propably would get at least same as I, 70-90fps in 1024*768 32bit

Edit: In flight I meant.

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[Ripsnort]

Jcy should be getting better than that!(25 FPS)  He's got a 900mhz!  Whats missing to his equation?

Jcy, what resolution/color are you using in the game?  I'm using 1024/32 bit for my benchmark.

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