Ok folks, need Geforce 2 reccomendation

[AlphaNex]

My radeon LE has finally died, not that i will miss it, and i need a new card.
I have narrowed the choice down to a few Geforce 2's, cus i cant really be shelling out a lot of cash.

The choices are as follows, all from Newegg.


LEADTEK GEFORCE2 TI 64MB - 116$
VisionTek Xtasy 5864 (GeForce2 Ti Graphics Chipset). 64MB - 127$
Hercules/Guillemot 3D Prophet II Geforce2 Titanium 64MB AGP with Tv-Out - 130$
Gainward/Cardexpert GeForce 2 TITANIUM Ti / 500 XP, 4ns 64MB DDR , VIVO, Golden Sample - 139$
GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GEFORCE2 Ti450 GOLDEN SAMPLE 64MB (NO TV-OUT) DDR 4.5ns - 99$

TV-OUT is irrelevant to me, and so is price, so long as its not over 139.

Gaming is my big thing and i have gotten used to the good 2d quality of the Radeon. I understand the Leadteks and the Gainwards and the Visontek have good 2d. Other than that i really dont know which would be best. I have been an ATI fan for awhile and havent been keeping up with Nvidia's stuff so any advice would help. Thanks in advance.

 

[boardtrick]

i am going with the gainward geforce 2 ti vivo because i need video editing options...if you do not need those...i would say go with the leadtek because the price is low but has the same feaures as the rest...

 

[Quetzalboat]

I suggest you choose Gainward, cause it has good 2D/3D quality since GeF2 GTS & GeF3; and has competitive pricing.
Hercules is a very good card but an expensive one, even its GeF2 MX ! So does ELSA! :Q
ASUS is good in 3D but "bad" in its 2D quality
Visiontek has an average quality, same as PNY
Leadtek? Is it Leadtek Winfast?
In my view Leadtek has the same "undergrade" quality, as "poor" as MSI and Powercolor!

DATA FROM NEWEGG :
CardExpert GeForce2 MX 400 64MB SDRAM AGP, With TV-Out - RETAIL - NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400 GPU. 256-bit 3D and 2D graphic accelerator. NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer. Integrated Second Generation Transform and Lighting Engines. 4 texels per clock. 32-bit color with 32-bit z/stencil. Cube environment mapping. DirectX and S3TC texture compression. 700M texel fill rate. 20M triangles/sec setup. 2.8 GB/second memory bandwidth. Retail box. ETA: 11-21-2001.
Price $70
Fedex Saver Shipping $4.00

Cardexpert GeForce2 TwinView/VIVO Golden Sample 32MB 4X AGP, Supports 2 Monitors. RETAIL NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400 GPU 256-bit AGP 2X/4X with Fast Writes 32 MB super-fast SDRAM Display Memory Resolution up to 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz Refresh rates up to 240 Hz Build-in 350MHz RAMDAC with gamma correction Video in/Videon Out TV display resolution up to 800 x 600
Price $110
Fedex Saver Shipping $5.00

Gainward/CardExpert GeForce2 Ti450 TV 64MB W/ TV-OUT DDR 4.5ns - RETAIL GeForce2 Ti450 incorporating GeForce2 Pro breakthrough 3D architecture, in a 2-pipe form, which delivers the full GeForce2 Pro/450, 3D features set at mainstream price points Supports One Monitor, One TV, Does Not support two Monitors
Price $118
Free Fedex Saver Shipping

Gainward/Cardexpert GeForce 2 TITANIUM Ti / 500 XP, 4ns 64MB DDR , VIVO, Golden Sample Plus. Retail (nVIDIA GeForce 2 Ti GPU). Overclocking enhanced performance mode. Video capture software included.
Price $139
Fedex Saver Shipping $5.00

 

[YEAHYEAHYEAH]

Have msi-8831 GeForce2 GTS Pro. Nope didn't get it at Newegg. Best I've seen, ATI, etc included...in its price range.

BTW, Newegg isn't the only place to shop..LOL!

No vid editing here, tho.

Max gaming only.

For what it's worth.....

 

[novalogic88]

no actually, leadtek winfast do have pretty good 2D, high quality too, it came on top with the GF 3 ti500 test. and someone said it has the best 2D upon all the gf cards. not sure about gainward. but id go gainward since it has vivo and i dont use it but i can show it off infront of my friends

 

[AlphaNex]

Thanx for all the advice guys, gonna bump this and wait one more day before i choose.

So the gainward and the leadtek both have good 2d? Seems they are the 2 companies i will choose from. What is the main difference in the Ti models and the 99$ non Ti? If you could link me to some benchmarks of those 2 id appreciate it.


And also noone has said anything about the visontek card, how is it?