JAK Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Hi, Its seems that all graphics cards have AGP technology in them, will a Pine 32mb TNT 2 PCI card display fog and smoke? Has anyone had any problems with this card(this is the one I am looking to upgrade to). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanx, JAK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 I'm not familiar with the Pine brand. The card is based on the NVidia TNT2 (and there are several variants of that chip that perform differently). You should be able to see fog fine as far as I know with that chip. Make sure that "enable fog table emulation" is checked in your control panels for the display (under the DirectX options I believe). I don't know about any quality concerns regarding this particular brand of card. Most of the manufacturers out there base their designs straight off of the Reference Design from NVidia. The only question usually is one of quality components, manufacturing process and warranty/support. The TNT2 chip comes in several flavors such as M64, Vanta, standard (usually no additional nomenclature is mentioned) and Ultra (there might be some more, but I can't recall). This listing is basically from slowest to fastest. The memory that comes with the card also makes a difference, but the chip nomenclature should be fine as a rough guide to performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Jake, Quit trying to cheap out. Spring for the nVidea. LOL. BTW, haven't heard back from ya. Still on at usual time tonight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted May 2, 2001 Author Share Posted May 2, 2001 Hey there Les, You got any suggestions for G-cards that will do CMBO justice? Yes, we are on tonight if its good for you. E-mail, and we can set it up. Thanx, Jake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted May 2, 2001 Author Share Posted May 2, 2001 PS, I must be looking in the wrong place, but I can't find a straight up Nvidia card (they all seem to use AGP) Jake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurowarrior Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 If you are looking online, try all the Online Computer Hardware stores... I found a really cheap one for about $500... EW 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted May 2, 2001 Author Share Posted May 2, 2001 500 bucks.....cheap!?! (wheeeeewwwww) That card had better make CM look like a million bucks (not that it doesn't marco and tha rest of you master moders!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Get an nVidia (not some knock off brand, but the real thing) GeForce 2 w/ 32mb ram. That will do the trick and you won't have to be hoping that it will work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted May 2, 2001 Author Share Posted May 2, 2001 Can you name a good place to buy online? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agua Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 sorry, but i haven't bought any separate components online. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWB Posted May 3, 2001 Share Posted May 3, 2001 Agua, nVidia makes graphics chipsets, but does not make graphics cards themselves. They realize that actual end user support is a black hole for profits, so they just sell the makings to chip makers who then make and support the cards sold to consumers. So my Inno3d GeForce2 MX is nearly identical to the AsusTek GeForce2 MX. And the TNT2 he is speaking of is just as much as an nVidia as a GeForce3. Regarding PCI video cards, there is really no reason to go higher than a TNT2 Ultra. You can get GeForce2 MX PCIs, but the PCI slot limits their bandwith so much that it is not worth the extra $50 or so. I would advise getting 32mb of RAM on the card. A good place to shop online is www.pricewatch.com . WWB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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