TNT2 , SIS 315 or what video card for K7S5A

[bambam]

I am putting together a K7S5A 1.0 Duron system (ie very low budget here) and am looking for video card suggestions and sources in the $20-40 price range . - thanks

 

[DieHardware]

I've got a Diamond Viper V770 Ultra on my K7S5A with a 900Athlon(modded to run @ 7x133). This TNT2ultra gets about 3650 in 3dmk2k, and still plays most games(UT, Q3, SS2) smoothly at 1024x768 16bit. Great budget card.

 

[aswedc]

The SiS 315 is about the same speed as a Geforce 2 MX 400, so it is much faster than a TNT2.

 

[Peter]

bambam, what are you building the system for? If it's not at all about 3D gaming, consider using a board with integrated graphics. Else SiS 315 is a good choice, much more modern (and lots faster) than ye olde TNT2, let alone TNT2-M64. There are some nice cards out there, with dual head capability, stereo glasses support, DVI connector ...

regards, Peter

 

[spanky]

in the $40 price range, u could pick up a radeon from newegg, or a gf2 256 or gf2mx odd FS/FT

 

[athlonator]

The Sis 315 that Newegg sells is incredibly cheap (I think $35), with 64MB ram. I researched this card and found some very interesting facts about it on the internet.

- The ram is high speed Nanya ram, that overclocks well.
- In context, the 315 has better antialiasing routines than the Geforce4 !!!
- You get TV out (whether you use it or not)

The best review I have found for it is at http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/sis315/

I believe this is the cheapest card you can get with 64MB ram!

 

[FrustratedUser]

Definitely the GTS-V.
$46 from newegg

 

[hans007]

quadro 2 mxr dual head available at compgeeks for $34.20 after coupon

 

[mamisano]

<< Definitely the GTS-V.
$46 from newegg >>



My thoughts exactly!

 

[Booster]

I suggest you go with a SiS315-based card. They're very cheap and good-performing. BTW, they have a 375MHz RAMDAC, if I remember correctly, and are supposed to have a better 2D quality than the GF2MX cards, that's why it's a better solution, IMO. Higher-speed RAMDAC, more RAM for less money make a SiS 315-based card an excellent choice. Also, I'm sure it will be 100% compatible with the SiS 735's AGP (they're made by the same company, after all), so there should be no AGP issues.

 

[bocamojo]

I have an ECS k7s5a and a Radeon LE 32MB DDR card. This card runs very well on this system, and is dirt cheap. Just make sure you enable hyper-z through registry (you can find lots of articles on the internet on how to do this).

 

[adlep]

Also you can go with the original RADEON with 32 MB of DDR mem (not LE), from Newegg.com for $45.00 shipped. It is as fast as GTS-V + good 2d quality and DVD support, highly recomend it.
link

here are some good benchmarks.

Edit: You are lucky, because the DDR memory prices are falling again, that should help you out even more 🙂