Author Topic: which Gefoce 3 would you buy? (Read 1511 times)

Rendar · « **Reply #15 on:** December 03, 2001, 07:46:00 PM »

I would only get a Leadtek GF3. Leadtek GF3's have much better 2D quality than the others, even better than Matrox (some say).

aknimitz · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2001, 04:38:00 PM »

Ammo, whatever you do dont get a Ti-200. Im not sure what all games you play, but strictly in the context of Aces High, I get better performance out of my Elsa GF2 Ultra than I did testing the Visiontek Ti-200. Yeah yeah, you can overclock 'em, but I can oc my card too.

Ammo, I hope you checked out that article at tomshardware.com - its quite helpful with comparing performances of several cards.

Also, check out http://www.8dimensional.com/nVGF3.html
This gives some great detail about all the cards out there.

Hope this helps. Just a side note, I hear the GF4 will be out in March.

Nim

-ammo- · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2001, 08:49:00 PM »

Larry, all.. Thx for the advice. I bought a gainward geforce 3 (original). I should see a considerable increase in performance over my old mx400 card.

Raubvogel · « **Reply #18 on:** December 04, 2001, 09:05:00 PM »

I have the same card ammo. It was a great buy. No problems at all. I get a rock steady 75 fps running AH in 1600x1200, 32 bit. I run it clocked at 240/510. It will go higher, but it's not necessary. I think you're going to like it.

-ammo- · « **Reply #19 on:** December 04, 2001, 10:18:00 PM »

it was your initial "direction" that steered me there Raub

thx. The more I read the better I liked it (and the price at newegg).

weazel · « **Reply #20 on:** December 04, 2001, 10:49:00 PM »

The Golden Sample series are excellent cards, they use the highest quality memory available on a 6 layer PCB.

Due to the memory and PCB combination they can run stable at higher Core/Clk speeds than most other manufacturers cards.

Motherboards based on Intel's 850 chipset are usually manufactured with this type of PCB. <quality stuff>

Nvidea was upset with Gainward when they released the Golden Sample GF2 MX-400 series because they performed almost as well as the GF2 GTS/Pro series.

I O/C the hell out of my Gainward GF2 MX-400 and it has never given me a problem.

When I bought the card it was set at 200/166, I hacked the cards BIOS and am running it at 225/350. <core/mem>

Gainward also includes a great software bundle, Cyberlink Power DVD, Power VCR, and several other nice programs came with mine. <3 disks>