First let me state, I do not own a Geforce 2 GTS graphics card YET but when I buy a new card in the next few months this will be top of my shopping list. My nVidia TNT 2 Pro graphics card is becoming a little long in the tooth and I have a need....a need for speed.
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Advantages: All that I will need for the next 18 months, unified drivers Disadvantages: -
...of my shopping list. My nVidia TNT 2 Pro graphics card is becoming a little long in the tooth and I have a need....a need for speed.
So why the Geforce 2 GTS, rather than it's big brother the ULTRA, or indeed it's little brother the MX?
To understand you first need to know the differences. The Geforce 2 Ultra is exactly the same chip as the GTS except for one respect. Ultra chips are hand picked because they will run ... ...
The beauty of nVidia chipsets has always been it's unified driver which caters for all of it's graphics cards, enabling new drivers to be released very frequently, with support across the whole range. Having had the experience of a TNT 2 I do not envision any problems installing a Geforce 2.
As I have a 17" monitor, running at 1024 x 768 @ 32bit then there is no physical need for anything more than a Geforce 2 GTS. There ... more
First let me state, I do not own a Geforce 2 GTS graphics card YET but when I buy a new card in the next few months this will be top of my shopping list. My nVidia TNT 2 Pro graphics card is becoming a little long in the tooth and I have a need....a need for speed.
So why the Geforce 2 GTS, rather than it's big brother the ULTRA, or indeed it's little brother the MX?
To understand you first need to know the differences. The Geforce 2 Ultra is exactly the same chip as the GTS except for one respect. Ultra chips are hand picked because they will run at a higher clock speed. That's not to say that the GTS won't run at the same speed. Both chips come off the same production line and from what I have researched on the net, GTS chips come very close 90% of the time. So the only real difference is the price. Ultra based cards cost over £300 at present while GTS Pro cards can be found for under £200, sometimes even lower.
So if price is the stumbling block then surely the MX is the better option. Not necessarily. You see my next graphics card will have to last at least 18 months, and I can't envision a Geforce 2 MX being able to do that. While the card is the best budget graphics card is the best ever released, it is a cut down version of the Geforce 2, much like the difference between my true TNT 2 and a TNT2 M64. The budget end of the market is very cut throat and probably where most of the money is to be made, so budget chipsets based on the cream of the crop must be hobbled so that the manufacturers don't cut their own throats.
But there are even differences in the Geforce 2 GTS family, with a new Pro version, which runs at higher than normal speeds but not as high as the Ultra. The real world performance of these Pro chips is very close to the Ultra in many respects, so that's another nail in the Ultra's coffin.
The beauty of nVidia chipsets has always been it's unified driver which caters for all of it's graphics cards, enabling new drivers to be released very frequently, with support across the whole range. Having had the experience of a TNT 2 I do not envision any problems installing a Geforce 2.
As I have a 17" monitor, running at 1024 x 768 @ 32bit then there is no physical need for anything more than a Geforce 2 GTS. There isn't a game that has been created that will not play smoothly on my system once the card is installed, for at least the next 18 months. If you only have a 15" monitor and don't plan to buy a new one for some time then even the GTS is too powerful for it's cost. You are the person that nVidia had in mind when it created the MX.
I have researched my new purchase, exhaustively, scouring the internet's hardware sites and have been able to test a card in a local computer shop. Having also had experience with a Radeon based card and an Ultra, I consistently favoured the Geforce 2 GTS, even though ATI's Radeon cards have tumbled in price. Recent experiences with ATI's technical support have soured me against the firm and I can honestly say that the only way I would ever own one was if I had been given it.
Advantages: Very Very fast Disadvantages: Needs quicker memory to keep up with the core speed
...games, but its something that Nvidia can improve on in the future. The memory speed has to be increased faster than 6ns which would cost them a fortune at the moment. It has all the other features that you would expect from the Nvidia GPU such as Hardware T&L. The core has been known to clock to 250Mhz which is blistering speed for a video card at the moment. However Not all cards reach this kind of speed it depends on the quality of the individual ... ...seems that overclocking the core speed does not make that much difference to gameplay FPS, this is due to the fact that the memory is the bottle neck, to get more FPS (should you really need it) you need to have a go at overclocking the memory, this gives you more memory bandwidth to keep up with the speedy GPU, all in all more fps more power, but watch for the stabilty, slight jerks and program lockups very much hint at the fact that your card is ...
thepanther 24.08.2000
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Advantages: very quick, top technology Disadvantages: cost, equalled by the cheaper ATI Radeon for performance
Theres no doubting that this is one hell of a quick card. It is on a par just about with what in my opinion is the best buy graphics card of the moment, the ATI Radeon. In the benchmarks i've seen, the Radeon nicks it in some areas and the GeForce 2 nicks it in other areas, however the Radeon is a lot cheaper and therefore in my opinion nicks it overall, despite both being the same for speed. You can get several variations of the GeForce 2 at the ... ...probably the most controversial of all, the 32 Mb AGP GeForce 2 MX. This is a cut down version of the GeForce 2 and can be picked up for around £110-00. This is a good price for a card offering things like DDR and performance in between a GeForce 256 DDR and a GeForce 2 GTS. If you are looking for a quick card at the moment and money is no object then you will undoubtably look no further than the GeForce 2 or the ATI Radeon. I can find very little ...
CyrixDes 11.11.2000
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...and backward compatibility since All NVIDIA products work with the same driver software. Simplifies upgrades.
Integrated TMDS Transmitter
Allows connection to a digital panel/CRT without additional cost.
32-bit Color
Increases image quality and eliminates color banding.
32-bit Z/Stencil Buffer
Eliminates "polygon-popping" in high-polygon count scenes typically found in games and high-fidelity 3D applications.
Microsoft DirectX and OpenGL. ...
Kevin_Pritchard 09.06.2001
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Processor / memory
Graphics Processor / Vendor
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
RAMDAC Clock Speed
350 MHz
Video Memory Installed
32 MB / 128 MB (max), 32 MB / 32 MB (max)
Technology
DDR SGRAM
2D/3D Graphics Coprocessor / Vendor
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
Manufacturer's product description
The NVIDIA GeForce2 family represents the second generation of graphics processing units (GPUs). These GPUs offer even better geometry processing power and transform and lighting than the original GPU, GeForce 256. The GeForce2 family also offers per-pixel operations, such as per-pixel shading, which allows software developers to present finer detail and better effects so your onscreen experience is even more realistic. All of the GeForce2 GPUs represent the best in 3D graphics today, but NVIDIA offers a range of solutions to serve the varied needs of the gaming enthusiast, corporate end user, and home user. The original per-pixel shading GPU, GeForce2 GTS provides a high-performance graphics, gaming, and HDTV solution.
