Voodoo Banshee Vs. tnt2 m64

Nehkara

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I was just wondering, I have a 3Dfx voodoo banshee 16mb PCI video card. I'm buying a nVidia TNT2 M64 32mb AGP, how much better is it? I know it's not a great card but it is significantly better is it not?
 

Nehkara

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Well I'm paying $100 canadian which is about $67 US. Is there a better option? That's about all the money I have for this.
 

Tempus

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For another $20 you could get a 32MB Geforce2 MX AGP card, which is 1000x better than an old TNT2.

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Well for the $80 us you can get a ATi Radeon LE. Which is faster and 20x image quality then the crappy geforce2 MX. Radeon will serve you good in 32bit gaming. Also comes with a DVD decoder.

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I just payed $88 (including shipping and handling) for a Radeon LE. Cant beat that deal.

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Also, be aware that there are tow versions of the mx board out there now the mx200 and mx 400, aviod the mx200 like the plague.

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The 64MB MX400 does not hold a substantial performance increase over the 32MB MX200. The memory pipeline is simply to small.

A better option entirely is the Radeon LE. I was a bit scared of these at first because they only have one rendering pipeline (compared with 4 on a GeForce 2 GTS), but they seem to perform well, and are really cheap.

I have a TNT2 M64 (second monitor) in a PCI slot next to my GeForce 2 Pro, and sometimes I try playing 3D games on the thing. It stinks (I can't get over 800x600x32 in any games I play without jittering).

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