Pull Out your Chain Gun, or Watch Some TV--VERY hard to find
Written: Feb 23 '00
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Pros: The Best Graphics Card Out There
Cons: Hard To Find, Extremely Pricy.
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| MrClean's Full Review: Hercules TNT2 Ultra |
Quake 3, Fallout 2, Soldier Of Fortune. Just some of the games that are real life on your computer screen when you boot up the Hercules TNT 2 Ultra. Not only does the card have seamless graphic phases but it shoots out in Quake 3, 50 frames per second! That's compared to the $177 Riva TNT 2 Ultra, and 40 frames per second.
I had to replace my Riva with the Hercules because many of the games out or the ones that will be coming out, do not support half the chipsets. An example would be a certain game would only support the Voodoo's and not the TNT2, while others the TNT2 and not the Voodoo's. But the Hercules can support both, it acts as both, because it has 32 MB of pre-generated and stored terrains and textures which allows for faster game-play and less lock-ups. So when your playing a buggy demo like Soldier Of Fortune, I can promise, you won't be kicked out for bugs, or when playing Quake 3, you won't be kicked out for having a graphic overload.
Another good thing is that that the Hercules generates the preloaded terrains at a superfast speed of 300 MHz per SECOND, it does this without using alot of RAM, so your computer will never lock-up. That's the problem with other graphic cards, is that the speed is too fast for your computer and it overloads the graphic game play. Thats what a Graphic Overload is.
I would reccommend this card to the HARDCORE gamer only, not to just someone on the market for a computer. The reason being, the Hercules has differences that would only be noticed BY the hardcore gamer, not a Word Perfect enthusiast. Another downside, is this graphics card is IMPOSSIBLE to find. My local nerd shop(Best Buy), didn't even sell it, you know why? Its so pricy! But in this case, quality still overpowers the price.
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 300
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MrClean
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