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Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: 2Late4U on September 09, 2001, 04:44:00 PM

As stated in a previous thread I got a Compaq, and swapped out the video card for my Radeon DDR.  I figured I could use the GeForceMX that came with it in my wifes Athlon 600, but its a TOTAL DOG PILE

Im convinced my Voodoo 1 would be faster.  IT scored a 489 (four hundred eighty nine) on 3D mark 2001.

What the shreck did they put in this box...I mean this is supposed to run on a 1.3 DDR system and it rates a 489 3d mark????

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: 1776 on September 09, 2001, 07:40:00 PM

No extra charge :D either.  Now you begin to understand why most build their own systems.  Ya know what ya got :)

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: 2Late4U on September 09, 2001, 10:13:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by 1776:
No extra charge  :D either.  Now you begin to understand why most build their own systems.  Ya know what ya got  :)

I didnt care about the video card, got my own   :)

I am just curious about 2 things:

Who is the moron who decided to cripple a system with that card.

Just how slow can a GeForce2 be....well I guess I know that one now, but wow.  I mean theres "value editions" and then theirs valueless editions  :eek:

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: -lynx- on September 10, 2001, 04:44:00 AM

On the other hand: we have lots of Dells in the office, their graphics are abysmal from gaming point of view but they were built for office use, not gaming and they do Excel stuff just fine :)

What 1776 said... ;)

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: Jochen on September 10, 2001, 08:34:00 AM

There is apparently a driver or hardware problem.

Yesterday I tried overclocking my Geforce 256 SDR (slowest possible Geforce) with driver options. 3D Mark Score was 820 when I previously had 1930. Clearly there was a problem.

Tried next overclocking program and this time it worked, 3DMark score went up to 2380.

Check you drivers and update then if needed.

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: Eagler on September 10, 2001, 10:54:00 AM

what lynx said ---

most systems are built to open Word and Excel, not games

Every computer upgrade I have done for games  :)

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: bloom25 on September 10, 2001, 10:05:00 PM

ALL name brand computer companies cut corners.  HP puts in cheap power supplies.  Compaq uses cheap video cards.  (I'm just waiting to see what Hp - Compaq will do.)

Title: What up with this video card?
Post by: Tac on September 11, 2001, 01:17:00 AM

yep and FYI, GATEWAY cuts corners on EVERYTHING. Modems, monitors, vid cards, etc. Its unbelievable. A $15 crappy 56k winmodem that if it EVER has ANY problem you have to reformat the HDD or it will never work..and they charge the costumer the good brand/quality price of $50. Just unreal.