Recent content by Teasy

<< Teasy, I think he was talking to me. >> :), maybe, but considering you said "Ask Teasy, he'll have the answer" (which would kind of give him the impression that I'm "the local Kyro guy around here":)) and he posted after my post I assume he's talking to me:P:), not that I care who he's...

<< cool thanx >> No Problem. << i guess your the local Kyro guy around here? >> I suppose, though I prefer PowerVR guy:) BTW incase you don't know PowerVR or Imagination Technologies (PowerVR technologies are a part of Imagination technologies) are the people who design the technology...

Yes WinXP support was added three driver releases ago. In the first official Kyro 1 and II WinXP driver it was ok but had a bug that made it slow, but the second release fixed this and AFAIK the second and third release are good stable WinXP drivers. Until now I've decided not to move to XP...

Pookguy88, buy neither of those cards. Pick either the Visiontek GTS-V 32mb for $65 or the Apollo Kyro II 64mb for $64. Either of those will stomp all over both the cards you mentioned and there both just as cheap. Personally I'd go for the 64mb Kyro II.

Yeah Kyro II is the best all round card for price/performance, especially if you don't want to have to overclock to get good performance (which would rule out the GTS-V). The Kyro II is $64 on pricewatch.com. its got great 3d quality and speed especially with fast CPU's like the one your...

At those resolutions you'll notice a huge difference in speed especially if you usually use 32bit. On the other hand if you've been using 16bit on your Ultra then going to Kyro II and using 16bit you'll notice quite a large speed increase and an even bigger image quality increase (Kyro's 16bit...

<< i have been thinking of upgrading my video card to a MX400 64Mb w/TV >> What are you going to be paying for that?, it probably isn't your best option right now. << I just bought a G2 GTS-V and will overclock it to GTS2 Pro speed >> Hmm, why do you assume that you'll get Pro speeds...

<< I e-mailed nVidia about that, hopefully I can get a response and get some definite information on it. If Anand doesn't beat me to it, that is. >> Hmm the deal might not be as good as it first looked, as far as I can make out its a slower version of the GTS, it has a 175mhz core instead of...

<< No Ti 200 has good 2D? >> Its not that none of them do but at this stage who knows which versions have good 2d?, its a bit of a lottery until we see more reviews of these boards. << I agree with AMDpowerd, if you're going to spend $150--you might as well spend $175 for the Ti 200. >>...

<< Pick up a GF3 TI200 >> Since he's not a hardcore gamer and is bargain hunting and needs good 2d IMO it'd be better for him to get something that deffinately has good 2d (allot of the Geforce boards don't) and is very fast in games for a great price (Kyro II 64mb for $66 fits the bill IMO).

NedHades, I have the same sort of setup as you, a KT7A (KT133A) with a 1.4ghz Athlon (overclocked to 1523mhz with a 145mhz FSB) 512mb ram and Win98SE. I have a Videologic Vivid!XS Kyro II (same as the Hercules 3d prophet 4500) which isn't overclocked at all. It all works great, runs everything...

If you take a look at pricewatch.com there are cheaper versions of Kyro II that are just as good as that Hercules 4500 Kyro II. There's a INNO3d Kyro II 64mb and a Apollo Kyro II 64mb on pricewatch for only $66. As nemesismk2 says there's no reason to get a Kyro 1 these days unless you want...

<< I want something with an nvidia chip. >> Why??, just being an Nvidia card doesn't make it better, there are various Nvidia cards all with various advantages and disadvantages against other board. Would you take a TNT2 against a Radeon for instance just because its a Nvidia TNT2?

There are usually quite allot of Radeon LE's being sold on ebay. I bought one on ebay from the U.S a while back and got it for £70 inc delivery (I emailed the bloke and told him to send the card marked as cheap or as a gift so I avoided VAT). You might get one from there even cheaper now. But...

No Win2k performance is just as fast as Win98 for Kyro. Have you ticked "disable waiting for verticle sinc" in the OpenGL part of the Kyro II optimisations? or if you have a driver profile for Q3 then tick it there instead.