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Old 18 June 2002, 05:29 PM
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Your second option is what I'm after, so maybe just upgrading the GPU and CPU will be enough? I don't play games that much so some compromise is OK.
Old 18 June 2002, 06:34 PM
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70 quid for a Geforce 2 GTS with a broken fan!!?? You can buy a new GF2 Ti 64mbDDR for that if you shop around. I would go for the Kyro 2 card in the £50 price range. Performs as well as a GF2.
Old 18 June 2002, 10:26 PM
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Please DON'T be fooled by the KyroII's performance. I have had 3 of these 64 meg cards pass through my hands as I recommended them to colleagues after looking at loads of reviews.
I thought they were going to be true bargains for what you got, but I was mistaken. They really are not upto the job. Sound very nice on paper, but don't live upto the hype. Within 2 months of getting these cards, all 3 of them had upgraded to Nvidias. There had been early driver issues with them too, which pretty well all got fixed, but the 3d performance when actually using them in the flesh were flaky compared to the Nvidia's.
One of the guys was running a TNT2Ultra, then swapped to a Kyro2, then changed to a Hercules GF2Ti on a Celeron 566,now running a smeleron 900 and Loves it.
Number 2 was running a TNT2M64/32mb then swapped to a Kyro2 and is now running an Athlon 1Gig@1.2 with a Hercules GF2Ti and loves it
Number 3 is running an Athlon XP1800+ with an Elsa GF3 and loves it.

You will get a performance increase with going to either an MX400 or a KyroII, but not by that much really.
GF2Ti gets my vote every time. The MX series really aren't all that at all, just a well crippled GF2

no offense intended, just my 'knowledge'/experience/opinion.

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Old 19 June 2002, 12:17 AM
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Have a look on E-Bay,JYz.
Old 19 June 2002, 10:20 AM
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Thanks Jayz,

Been doing some more investigating and will not be getting a MX version. I'll wait until a bargin GTS or Ti comes along.

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Why dont we have a group buy of these bargain £50 quid cards?
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