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What are they mainly use for???

I have found a good article about the Kyro3.

www.extremetech.com/article/0,2299,s%253D201%2526a%253D2529,00.asp

P.S. I'll feel like a right arso (altered to prevent censorship) if you've already read it.

Monkey Of Guerrlia War wrote:
> With my new computer I got a GeForce 2 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein plays
> like a dream on it! Question, how old is a GeForce 2? Is it any good? And when
> will I need to upgrade?

Thanks in advance.

In Guerrlia Warfare, it's
> amazing when an arm flies past at high speed!

MOW


I would stick with the Geforce 2! It is a decent card considerin it has been around for a bit. Stick with it for about a yr then upgrade to G3!

Turbonutter wrote:
The Voodoo 3 is bit poor.

Take that back! I got a Voodoo 3 2000 (the budget version) the day it was released and, although struggles nowadays, lasted me ages. Got it kicking around in the Dads machine now!

do you do voodoo

-classic!

Well, erm, not really. The Voodoo 3 is bit poor. This Voodoo 5 gives fantastic image quality but the GeForce 3 kicks both their butts through their guts, and you can pick one of those up for around £150.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Ehm, a year ago this Voodoo 5 was £100. Were you trying to get a gold
> plated FD3, perchance?

Thanks for that Turbo! I take it Voodoo's better than GeForce, because they're generally priced higher brand new.

In Guerrlia Warfare, it's amazing when an arm flies past at high speed!

MOGW

Ehm, a year ago this Voodoo 5 was £100. Were you trying to get a gold plated FD3, perchance?

My dad isn't and myself aren't willing to pay any more than £79.99 for a graphics card, so when I need to upgrade (should be a while), I'll just look for a GeForce. I would get a Voodoo 3, but they are expensive, at £150. Thanks fro all the help, it's greatly appreciated!

In Guerrlia Warfare, it's amazing when an arm flies past at high speed!

MOGW

Depends what model of GF2 you got - I haven't seen many places offering anything but MXs, but I don't doubt thast there are some. The MX was originally released in Summer 2000, so it's getting on a bit, but lasting that long in the fast moving hardware market says something about its quality.

The GF3 is by no means a new card - originaly released in February 2001, but people still say "ooh" if you mention you have one. The GF2s were excellent cards, and many people have decided they just don't need to upgrade now. If you're happy with your box at the moment, leave it, and wait for the next generation of cards to come somewhere around April - GF4 and Kyro3. These will cause the GF3 prices to drop, but with the Kyro expected to retail for £150-£200 and outperform the GF3, then I don't see much point..

Being very tempted towards the Kyro now, is they pull of the Free FSAA then I'd definately consider it..from what I've seen, the GF4 isn't amazing, not much of an upgrade on the current cards. It's also placed somewhere between £400 and £700 on the estimates I've seen....ouch.

GF2MX has been out quite a while, and is the standard in most new PC systems (I think)

It has quite recently been 'replaced' by the GF3 Ti series (Ti 200 or Ti500) However, my sources tell me this will be a fairly short term card, as the GF4 will be arriving soon.

So if you feel the need to upgrade, I'd go for the Ti500, or wait till the GF4, which may well be cheaper.