nVidia TNT2: Good or bad?

Just last year the TNT2 Ultra/Non Ultra was the best card of the time. I have one and it works just fine with OpenGL. (Now that I updated my drivers) If you''re gonna get a TNT2ish card, don''t get the Viper 770. Diamond makes terrible drivers.

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Captured Reality

Another of Diamond''s boo-boos. 3 out of the 4 Diamond cards I''ve used crashed using reference drivers.

If you want a good video card, go for a SDR GeForce one. It gives very good performances, and is not as outdated as a TNT2. I think you''ll soon regret not having hardware T&L, which is becoming an important feature of many games.

EL

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"Inash neteia haeg joa kavari quilm..." SD4

yeah
I got a TNT2 and it runs fine with every game i thrown at it so far.....but if you want to future proof a bit more i''d save up a bit more for the Geforce2 GTS

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"If a job's worth doing it's worth getting someone else to do it for you....."

Here''s an idea of what kind of OGL performance you can expect witn a TNT2:
Win98SE + P2-300 + 128MB + TNT2. Quake 3 @ 1024x768, lightmap, max texture detail. Timedemo 1 - 40 fps.

But if you really want a good card - Kyro! As fast (or in some cases, faster) than a GeForce, costs a fraction of the price!

Martee
Magnum Games
http://MagnumGames.8m.com

Nes8bit you are right... Viper770 is a BAD card. It is acting pretty bad on my computer=(

I just got carried away by the hype when the U/TNT2 came out and I bought it for 300$. Now it works, but it is like the horizontal focus is messed up... everything is smeared(sp?) horizontally (like a left hander writing a pencil=P).

I dont know what caused this, BUT it is a good enough reason for me to soon changed my card.

Genre.

It''s not TERRIBLE, but it sucks with OpenGL. I like it and I''m satisfied.

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Captured Reality

I have a Viper 770, and it works fine on my computer, with the newest detonater drivers. Of course, it didn''t work at all in my brother''s better computer, so you takes your chances...

I love my Ultra TNT2 (16meg)

Of course, I came from a Viper330

-Coleco

Rock the cradle of love!
You stupid WANKER!

--HASBRO SUCKS--

Thanks for all the feedback. I''m actually getting the nVidia version of the card (no crappy drivers there ).

I''m getting this card so I can begin properly on my opengl games. I will always be saving money for better hardware, but the TNT2 caught my eye (and so did it''s price tag), so I had to get it. Well, i have. It is sitting in this computer. I think Q3 will be ok (the rest of the comp is PIII 733, 256MB ram, need i go on?), but i don''t know yet (the card was put in about 5 mins ago - litteraly).

The reason I like opengl so much is because it''s very easy to change the code and port to other formats (i.e. consols). with directX, it''s so wrapped up with windows it makes it a right bugger to port .

Thanks for all the advice.

MENTAL