I can partly answer my own question. Just checked out Hercules and found they are up to date on drivers. Inno-3d does not have drivers for WinXP. I will be installing XP as part of my upgrading. I guess you get what you pay for. Perhaps Hercules drivers work with the Inno-3d. They both should be...
I want to buy a KyroII for my AMD 1600xp / ECS K7S5A mainboard with Crucial 2100 DDR (non parity/unbuffered) 256Meg. I see that there are the following companies producing this type of board:
1. Hercules - Guillemot
2. Apollo
3. Inno-3d
Anyone buy the real cheapie from Inno-3d for 64 bucks...
All,
So I don't get tricked up buying an ATI product. Do I buy the "Retail" box version. Are there LE, VE, OEM versions that have disabled features (that I want to avoid)? How do I avoid not buying a stepped down version of the ATI AIW Radeon? Is there a part number that will insure I...
Tungfree,
Thats for the info, I'll check it out. Technology explosion means alot of information management homework. As I look into this further (again) does the AIW Radeon support DirectX 8.0? Seems that the Geforce 2 stops at DirectX 7.0. Also Anandtech scores on Graphics capability shows...
Oh boy Oh boy,
Anyone out there with an AIW Radeon who doesn't recommend this card for games? I am thinking about a GeForce2 GTS PRO 64mb, but for 210 bucks I can snatch the Radeon AIW, can tinker with MPEG2 xfers from my video camera and PERHAPS still have a decent go at graphic intensive...
Is their really that much difference between the GTS @ 32mg ram or the Generic Pro @ 64mg ram? According to Sharky's data the 32mg GTS provided a frame rate of 91 using QuakeIII Arena Max 1024x768 on a 1 gig PIII. Switching out the GTS for a PRO 64mg caused the frame rate to drop to 90...
Found what seems to be a very good retail price for the AIW Radeon, $235US and shipping is free.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&manufactory=1126
fobbman,
Thanks for the input. I often wonder how far technology could be in terms of market size, if manufacturers and producers made their technology work (out of the box) for the minions of non technical folks who don't buy because of compatibility headaches. Soon we will have special...
FOLKS,
By the way, the reason I even connected to this thread was due to the information Anandtech issued on their weekly CPU / Video card price round up. They stated that their is an ABSOLUTE difference in the ATI AIW Radeon RETAIL versus OEM versions.
"We should note that several...
OK, I'm circling the wagon.
Question No. 1
With the AIW Radeon can I record and send video clips to other Windows9x users over the net without first sending special sw files or helping others to configure their system and on and on.
Question No. 2
Once I save my 8mm Videos to CD, will the...
TungFree,
It is a time budget thingy. I am no computer nerd, but I am no slacker either. I have never purchased a "turn key" computer. I have always braved the elements and pieced together my machine. I have an inhouse network for the kids and periphial sharing (and games). I use my...
Holy livin' s#it!
I was in the market for the AIW Radeon. Now after reading this educational thread, I will skip this poorly supported card and wait. I want to transfer and edit my home 8mm videos to CD for preservation purposes, but not go crazy in the process. Frankly I don't have the time to...
NACK,
I'm new to the forum not to pc's, can you tell me how I can obtain the 'coupon' you are talking about on this thread? I am in the process of doing my 3rd home pc and bought the MSI BX Master at Fry's for 119.00 and would like to park a PIII 700 into it. Sounds like you got quite the deal...
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