Quick and inexpensive
Written: Jul 18 '00
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Pros: Quick and inexpensive
Cons: Not very reliable with AMD chips
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| jyancey's Full Review: Elsa Erazor III TNT2 |
This card I paid $65 dollars for and couldn't complain about what I paid for. I only got the drivers with it (no software), and it runs decently well. Occasionally the machine locks up with this card, but my motherboard has documentation stating the problems with the TNT based cards on this FIC main board I have. Apparently this card is more optimized for Intel processors, and may experience trouble with chips such as my AMD K6-2 450.
When I got home, I immediately pulled out a demo copy of Quake 3 Arena Demo, and run it at 1024x768 16bit. I was able to achieve 35-45FPS. Not too bad. My previous card, a diamond V330 Riva 128ZX couldn't achieve this at 800x600.
As far as compatibility with my system, I can't say I have any problems with this setup other than a very occasional lockup (which I had before due to my main board’s problems, just usually less often)
FIC PA-2013 2MB L2 (PCB 2.0)
Elsa TNT2 Vanta
256MB SDRAM 8ns PC100
Adaptec 2940U
2 SCSI 7200RPM drives
IDE CDROM
Floppy
Yamaha OPL-SAx Sound card
3com 3c509 ISA card
Iomega Zip-100
This graphics card is very clear for games and for graphics design. It's excellent for Photoshop and web design.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 65
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Member: Joel Yancey
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Reviews written: 8
Trusted by: 1 member
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