Opinions on best Geforce 3

DeltaT

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I am considering buying a Geforce 3. I haven't found too many reviews comparing the cards, but I heard that Nvidia sent Hercules lower quality parts so they discontinued their 3D Prophet 3. I have also heard that the VisionTek 3 is very stable on a KT133A mb. Would there be reason to pay more for an Elsa card? What card would you recommend?
 

Atlantean

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I would recommend the asus 8200 geforce3 card the deluxe model because it has vivo and I like asus
 

Wingznut

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Btw, that Hercules rumor isn't true. Hercules released a statement a couple days ago saying that.
 

Pokey007

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Thanks for the links Altima, although...I heard rumors of a Geforce3 Ultra coming this October?
 

Wingznut

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I wouldn't doubt if there was an Ultra flavor in a few months... But there will always be "something" better in a few months. ;)
 

MrCoyote

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Yep...always something better. Some people say to wait awhile and prices will go down on GF3, but I doubt they'll go down too much until the "Ultra" is released. If I wait that long, the "Ultra" will be $350 and I'll want it instead. I might as well cough up some earned $$$ now. Besides, how much faster can the "Ultra" become? It will need faster memory, because I just read people were overclocking the GF3 and have found the limit to it's bandwidth and memory.
 

SpeedTrap

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hercules is blowing smoke up your ass, and so is Nvidia. they are having a husband and wife fight over his new G/F the Kyro
 

PotNoodle

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WRT the whole 'Hercules / GF3 thang, this was recently posted on the front page of NVNEWS:

"I had to go to the mall today, and pick up some nice clothes (man, it's rare that you see any of the engineers dressed up).

So, I stopped by Electronic's Boutique, and shot the breeze with the guy behind the desk.

The memo: It was completely true. They did, in fact, receive an authentic memo from the boys upstairs, telling them that the Hercules 3DProphet3 was being "discontinued." A few days later, they received another memo, stating that it was "back in production."
"

Althought it seems there is no worries about the availablility of the Herc GF3, it does appear there is some strife going on between NVIDIA and Hercules at the very least.
 

billyjak

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I have the Visiontek, it oc/very well
Cheaper with same performance
I have mine oc/220/520, will go even higher stable but I keep it there to be safe.
Awesome card for the price I paid $319.00 shipped