Got a TNT2 at the mo and need to upgrade. Not looking to spend loads, but would like another nVidia. Got a 700mhtz Athlon with 256mb RAM and need to get some extra speed on gaming side...

Anyone selling anything at the moment?

 

yeh ive been thinking about upgrading. Ive got a nice year old AGP Sparkle GeForce2 GTS 32mb, 7.36GB per second memory, 350mhz RAMDAC.

Worth about £70 I reckon, or whatever. Only thing is the fan has stopped working, but I've been reliably told it wont affect the performance or health of the card, as the heatsink is obviously still in place.

Anyway the card is nice n powerful, it runs really well with my lowly box, Duron800 256MB RAM, so it will run all games better with your athlon 700 in high res's. eg GTA3 runs fine @ 800X600 and fps games run well @ 1024X768 and above.

If youre interested let us know here

 

Mmm don't like the sound of that fan not working. I thought they were needed to keep the GPU temp down. Would not have thought the heat sink would be enough... £70 more than I was thinking. Maybe we can haggle. How about £25?

 

nah although youre right and it helps keep temps down, it wont affect the card longterm. Its just an unecessary safeguard really. If u were in the desert using it then maybe it would be a problem

£25? cmon, £50 minimum

Forgot to say, would come boxed with manual and drivers on CD (Although the best drivers are the XP detonators from nvidias website)

[Edited by bioforger - 6/18/2002 4:12:40 PM]

 

£35 and I'll pay postage

 

nah mate have to decline I paid £105 for it less than a yr ago

 

No probls. Like I said, I'm really after a bargin as I don't have much to spend (as you can see).

Thanks anyway, and if you decide to sell later let me know.

PS. Could poss stretch to £40 but will need to check.

 

its got TV-out port to

 

£50 buys you a brand spanking GF2-MX400 64Mb.
Works miles better than my old TNT2 did

 

Or even a 64Mb Video Logic Vivid XS Kyro II 4500 Tv/Out for fifty squids

 

yeh but this is a GTS !

 

Yeah Dunks right, cheap as chips these days

 

but only 32meg

 

Dunk,

From yourself or retail?

 

Retail mate - From scan.co.uk

64Mb Video Logic Vivid XS Kyro II 4500 Tv/Out - £51.70

64Mb ABIT Siluro T400 GeForce MX-400 with TV Out - £53.46 (£49.35 from Novatech)

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 6/18/2002 4:31:33 PM]

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 6/18/2002 4:33:13 PM]

 

Dunk,

That's (64Mb ABIT Siluro T400 GeForce MX-400 ) the one I've narrowed it down to. I'm going to do a bit of research first to see how the performace compares. I assume I'll see a big improvement from my TNT2?

 

You'll probably get better from the Kyro II, given the chance I'd go for that one instead

Somebody posted some compaisons a little while ago that put the Kyro II way ahead. Who was that then . . . . . ?

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 6/18/2002 4:47:52 PM]

 

What's the driver support like for them? Not really heard of this make before. I need one thats going to be support for the games I've got.

Cheers

 

I'm no expert mate. I bought a GF2 MX400 recently and it plays Spiderman, GTA3, Soldier of Fortune 2 etc all very well, so I'm pleased with it. Much better than my TNT2 which wouldn't even play Spiderman.

Theres others on here that know a lot more than me and could answer your Q's Try the Counter Strike peeps

 

dunk your CPU has alot to do with that thou Its the combination of parts that makes the PC work well.

imo for reliability n drivers u should go Geforce and nothing else.

Nimbus u probably wont notice much difference to be honest. U need something beefier like mine

And the ram is not that important, as long as its more than 16mb. Most games these days dont make the most of 32mb never mind 64mb

 

Thanks Mate,

Fnds allowing, I think I'm going to go for the GeForce2. I somehow feel safer with a brand I know. And anything has got to be better than my TNT2 (although I think it's still pretty good).

Cheers

 

bio - You're right CPU counts for a lot. Mind you I'm only using an Athlon 1.2Ghz, pretty lame by todays standards.

For £50 you can't really go wrong with the GF2. Great driver support, backed by NVidia, sorted

 

bioforger,

That doesn't sound good to me. Surley it will improve things?

 

Nimbus dont get me wrong it will be better, its a much newer card after all. Its just well you might be slightly disappointed

 

dunk dun diss your cpu mate, anything above 1ghz is average or slightly above, even it it is the old tbird

 

You callin my bird average

 

but u said she was lame I wouldnt say no

[Edited by bioforger - 6/18/2002 5:08:30 PM]

 

Great, so now I need to upgrade my CPU?

 

depends what u want mate? if u want silky smooth high frame rates at any resolution in any game, then yes u need to splash out on a AMD XP 1900+ at least plus decent mobo, DDR RAM and GF2 or GF3 gfx card.

Otherwise if youre happy to be able to play any game at respectable res but put up with the odd jump or halt in a game or maybe a problem with new games, stick with your athlon 700

Of course if u splash out, it will all be out of date this time next year

Im going to get a tbird 1400 as its the max my mobo can take n stick it out until its too slow. A few years yet hopefully.

 

I just knew this was going to be expensive...