Gigabyte GF2pro GV-GF2010

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I've been looking for a geforce2 pro for some time now based on the success stories people have been having in overclocking them and attaining (in some cases, surpassing) ultra speeds. I managed to find something wrong with every one of them, including this God-awful looking design from Leadtek (just an opinion...)
<A HREF="http://www.leadtek.com/geforce2/gts64new.htm" target="_new">http://www.leadtek.com/geforce2/gts64new.htm</A>

Issues dissuading me from other manufacturers were things such as availability in my area (since I got burnt once when dealing online), and poor customer care (cough cough, PNY) etc.

I was just about to give up my search for Pros and wait for GF3 to come down in price for a number of months, when I spotted that Gigabyte also makes a Pro board:
<A HREF="http://giga-byte.com/products/gf2010.htm" target="_new">http://giga-byte.com/products/gf2010.htm</A>

Since Gigabyte is known to make good products, I thought that I would entertain this one as my last remaining option for a Pro board since I have managed to exhaust my other Pro options. The only problem is that I cannot find any reviews for it except for this one at Gamer's Depot
<A HREF="http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/gigabyte/gf2pro/001.htm" target="_new">http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/video_cards/gigabyte/gf2pro/001.htm</A>

Gamer's Depot does not post overclocking information, but I know that the memory is 64 megs of EliteMT.

Unless I'm reading wrong, judging by the picture from Gamer's Depot, that's 5ns memory they got on there, which is another selling point since most manufacturers that I know of use 5.5 on their Pro boards.

I just don't have any information on how overclockable EliteMT memory is (or how good it is to begin with). I also can't find any information on the quality of Gigabyte's included cooler solution, even though overclocking the chip won't help much anyway.

Well, this has gotten to be a long drawn-out post, but I hope that someone out there might have some info they wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks everyone!

Down with bloatware!
Proud user of <b>ICQ98A</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by SmlHrs on 08/05/01 02:10 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[lhgpoobaa]

i strongly dislike gigabyte after my tnt2pro died after giving me many months of constant crap.

currently ive got a leadtek geforce 2 pro and im happily impressed with the card.
2 main points to make:
1. the wierd fan/heatsink combo on the leadtek card initially worried me too. But now it doesnt worry me too much as its really the ram speed which determines performance.
2. the ram on my card is "said" to be 5.5ns stuff... but i highly doubt that as i can overclock it from 200(400DDR) all the way up to 230(460) without artefacts. that DOESNT sound like 5.5ns ram to me. (more like 5ns)

all of the issues im currently having revolve around directx, win2k and detonator troubles. namely some detonator versions cauze a 4 fold framerate decrease (yuck) and 'laggy mouse' (see my other post currently floating around)
p.s. best 3dmark2001 result for my 1200C & geforce2pro = 4360 marks.



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Thank you for your insight. I think that I'm just going to wait for the Geforce3 to come down to the price level of "ludicrous." It's not quite there yet, but we're making progress...

$300us for a video card? Good God, I built the following system for like 500:
ga7dxr
1200c
60gxp 60g
256 micron 2100 cl2
enermax 350w
10/100
altec lansing 5pc. 4pt

that's not the absolute best system you can build but it's sure as hell far, FAR from mediocre...

but to spend 300+ on a vidcard when i built that entire system (which is (uhh) reasonably powerful) for 500 is just wrong. nvidia needs competition. ati's radeon2 is supposed to be more advanced than gf3 from what i have skimmed over at anandtech, but sadly that doesn't mean beans to me because ati just plain sucks as far as the customer goes. buy our card. thank you, bbye.

hopefully it will be successful enough to bring the price levels of gf3 down to, like i said before, "ludicrous," but till then..hah, i scoff.

enough ranting for y'all? my apologies.

thanks again

Down with bloatware!
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[lhgpoobaa]

hehehe yup.

you sould come to australia then.
when the geforce3 was released it went for a cool AU$1200!
now its only an insane AU$799-899, depending on brand.
(i got my geforce2pro for a cheap 315.)


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My personal opinion.Go for igabyte GF2 pro based card.
No looking back.
Here is an article you wanted on Gigabyte GF 2 pro based card.
http://www.guru3d.com/review/gigabyte/gf-2010d/
Also you can get fair idea about other graphics card from GIGABYTE at anandtech.com