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for Hercules 3D Prophet 4500

Rating Summary based on 9 reviews

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  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    MrDarkHelmet

    4 Stars To 4500 or not to 4500 12/07/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages speed quality graphics performance very good and better than GeForce cards

    Disadvantages Disadvantages some functions unsupported workarounds sloppy stuttering performance results

    Product Specs Different API Supported - OpenGL, DirectX RAMDAC Clock Speed - 300 MHz (boostable by 15% easily) Memory Clock Speed - 175 MHz 2D Acceleration - Yup 3D Acceleration - Yup (or else it wouldnt be a 4500-3d would it? tee hee) 2D/3D graphics system - STM Kyro II Graphics chipset 1 x STM Kyro II Video Memory Installed - 64 MB SDRAM (non upgradable) Card Type - AGP, Plug and play compatible AGP information- supports AGP version 2.0 4x speed Comes with 1 years manufacturers warranty MAX Video Output - 1920 x 1200 @ 75 Hz with 32-bit color System Requirements Windows 95 OSR 2, Windows 98 ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    cjkace

    5 Stars nVidia is running scared 03/05/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good value, powerful processor, utilises memory better

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Early drivers

    Why are nVidia so worried when they are the kings of the graphics card market? They have the value, mid-range and top-end graphics chip markets sewn up don't they? Not much longer. There's a new chip on the block and it's got the mighty nVidia seriously worried. So worried that they sent out an e-mail to their card builders stating why they should stick with nVidia rather than desert to this new pretender to the throne. Despite that e-mail, Hercules, one of the staunchest of nVidia supporters have decided to use this new chip to power their new (so new it doesn't launch until the middle of ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    gadget_guy

    4 Stars Need some powerVR for all those games 01/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages works with anything

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not a GeForce III

    Well having built my new PC (getting sick of saying that), I need to pick my graphics card, that I was going to use to power my 3D games. After all that's what I built it for. The only thing was that I had to go for a sort of budget graphics card that could hold its own in anything I threw at it. I had considered going for a GeForce card, but then I heard of the PowerVR graphics-processing unit. This card is based on the Power VR Kyro II Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which it uses to create all of those lovely pixels you admire when playing games. After I had bought the card, I began ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Blue2001

    5 Stars Ultimate money saver. 30/09/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Impressive performance upgrade at a price the Bank Manager would agree with.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as many features as some more expensive cards.

    Its every gamers worst nightmare, yes we have all faced it you have bought a new game that you have been looking forward to playing for a very long time, you start to play it with great anticipation and then out of nowhere it hits you the realization that frankly your computer does not seem to be up to the task. This is usually indicated bluntly by the amount of slow-down you are experiencing making the game in question all but unplayable. You knew it would happen some day but did not anticipate it arriving quite so soon. Yes your once and not so long ago top of the range PC is now struggling ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    storpey

    1 Star Complete rubbish to be perfectly honest! 12/05/2004
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Nice packaging.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Virtually everything about this card.

    Firstly, I'm going to admit that I'm not a graphics card expert by any means. However, I know when I have a good card, and I know when I have an appalling card. The Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 IS an appalling graphics card. What's so bad about it then? Well, this review will predominantly contain the 'cons', so brace yourselves for a rant. To begin with, the card (as they all do) claims to bring optimum performance and smooth and fast graphics in the gaming field. Upon installation, there was a video that was supposed to show off what the card can do. This it did very badly, lowering my opinion ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sterghios

    5 Stars Top of the Outsiders 13/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages FANTASTIC VALUE FOR MONEY. Fast, reliable, smart

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Cant think of any

    And lo behold, Nvidia's throne is now rocking... The Kyro II chipset should be in receipt of the best prizes worldwide, as this beauty is the most cost-effective, best purchase item that has ever surfaced in the PC market. At ~£120.00 this card offers a wonderfully practical alternative to the Nvidia cards. I am not going to go into details into the specs of the card, the components and the readings. If you want to get this information consult the pros' tests at http://www4.tomshardware.com/graphic/01q​2/010425/index.html which is the prophet 4500 page of the fantastic hardware reviewers Tom's ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    wolfchild27

    4 Stars 4500 the best Hercules Card Ever... 31/07/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Superb Graphics and Smooth. Superb Value for Money.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Struggles in Some Games

    OK well maybe not. Maybe one of their most expensive cards would out perform this, but such a brilliant card for so little money. My friend recommended me this card, saying 'all your games will be smooth', and by heck, he was right! With a 64mb memory, every game I play runs so well on high quality and at 1024x768 resolution. Only one game it does struggle on is Grand Theft Auto 3. However, even a Geforce 4 has been known to struggle with that one! It is based upon the Kyro-2 Chipset, a much improved version of the original Kyro. Known to out perform some Geforce 2 Graphics cards, and push the ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    murban

    5 Stars New Kyro II Graphics - Amazing Value 11/06/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap and cheerful, excellent performance

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You'll have to pay extra for the TV-OUT

    The Hercules 4500 brings you the power equal to a 64MB DDR Radeon at an amazing price. The Prophet 4500 is based around the new Kyro II chipset from ST and Imagination Technologies. TECHNICAL DETAILS The card has a GPU running at 175MHz and 64MB of SDR RAM also running at 175MHz. The Kyro II is different from the usual GeForce cards mainly because it uses something called Tile Based Rendering. Most graphics cards render by layers, they build a base and slowly put on layers of detail. The Kyro II however renders what the scene will look like after it's fully drawn - and skips out rendering ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    hindhaughlee

    5 Stars Hercules Man or Mouse 12/05/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fast accelerated graphics, easy to use, 3dfx

    Disadvantages Disadvantages May not work on low spec systems

    The question I ask is the Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 a man or a mouse. I would have to go with allll man. This card is amazing. I upgraded from an 8MB ATI graphics card and what a difference it has made. It was so easy to install, I didnt even need the driver CD. I just plugged it in and game my weeks away. The interlaced 3D graphics are superb. Graphics are crips, clean and sharp. An added bonus is it supports 3dfx which some of the new swanky games need to run. After benchtesting it on 2 systems, i tried it out on a low spec system. Windows 95, 32mb ram and 133mhz cpu. Well... I now know this ... more
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