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99477 2002-11-18 23:36:00 Hi,
I've been wondering...
Whats the difference between all the TNT cards (TNT2, TNT, TNT2 riva, TNT2 ultra, TNT2 M64, TNT2 vanta ect) could someone please rank them in order, from best performance to worst.
Also, wot are the TNT cards like.
Who makes them?
Would they be alright for basic PC use (little gaming ect)
cheers
fergie (424)
99478 2002-11-19 00:32:00 Made by NVIDEA. I recently purchased - via Trade Me - a RivaTNT/2 Pro 32mb complete with manual & drivers $60.00. AGP slot 4X. Very happy with it & no problems. Again I'm not a "gamer" but needed it for Virtual Spectator. My son uses progs Like Adobe photoshop etc, and no complaints from him so must be OK. nVidia Web site might have details of them all or Toms Hardware guide.
Bye
Peter H (220)
99479 2002-11-19 01:06:00 r u planning to get one 2nd hand? As any TNT or TNT2 series cards are quite old and you won't get good performance with today's games (it boils down to what sorta games u wanna play).

A low end GeForce2 would be a better choice
SKT174 (1319)
99480 2002-11-19 01:09:00 firingsquad.gamers.com

from slowest to fastest:

TNT
TNT2 M64 (vanta)
TNT2
TNT2 ultra

Some had 16 megs, some have 32 megs. Some are PCI/some are AGP.
You can stick the word riva in front of any of these names.

Just make sure you don't pay more $$ than it will cost for a geforce 2 mx.
gibler (49)
99481 2002-11-19 01:09:00 yeah - i probly will get a 2nd hand one - i only want to spend about max of $40 .
i currently have 4mb, and this isn't really enough for Age of Empires 2 etc
fergie (424)
99482 2002-11-19 01:10:00 thanks gibler
thats wot i was after :)
fergie (424)
99483 2002-11-19 01:36:00 After a look at their site, noticed they had a performance analyzer. My present sysem is 100%. Changing to one of the following shows performance increase - Geforce2 mx400 166% - GF2 GTS 240% - GF2 Ultra 266% - GF 3 390% - GF 4 534%.
Bye
Peter H (220)
99484 2002-11-19 01:39:00 > this isn't really enough for Age of Empires 2 etc


Get Age of Mythology! It rocks :)
crozier (2004)
99485 2002-11-19 08:34:00 mmm....not quite

from slowest to fastest:

tnt2 vanta (4-16meg)
tnt2 m64 (16-32 meg)
tnt2
tnt2 ultra
tnt2 pro

there is a little bit more to it but i'll have to dig the info sheet out for that.
tweak'e (174)
99486 2002-11-19 09:59:00 I run one of those tnt cards and on using their analyzer I could get a whopping great boost from their GF 4 of 1186%. What is involved in fitting one of these cards, is it easy? I have fitted my own Ram, is it a similar operation? Will one of these cards work on an 800 m system with ME?
What sort of prices would I expect to pay for a better quality graphics card?
Danger (287)
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