General Comments on Video Cards

With computer technology soaring into a the future, yesterday's PCs are becoming obsolete especially if you want to play the latest games. At the heart of this is the way in which your graphic card has become perhaps the most important component in the average PC. Where once there was a few players on the graphics card market, the stores seemed to be flooded with more cards from more manufacturers than you can shake a stick out. Which makes the question of which graphics card to buy all that more puzzling. Particularly when it comes to the world of the Nvidia Geforce chipset. The majority of the new breed of graphics cards are powered by the Nvidia Geforce 4 ...  Read the complete review

Yes, the VisionTek GeForce 3 is ultra fast and ultra expensive. Is it worth it? I think it really depends on the type of monitor you have. The GeForce 3 is not design to run your games at 1024x768. Leave that to lessor GeForce cards. No, the GeForce 3 is made for 1600x1200x32 bit gaming with antialiasing on and here`s the problem. Most people don`t have monitor that can do that. So unless you have a 19` or 21` monitor, you may be better off sticking with a lesser GeForce. The VisionTek GeForce 3 is one nice looking video card. Those RAM sinks just look way cool on those DDR RAM. This is a high end card meant for high end systems. Don`t expect the GeForce 3 to be ...  Read the complete review

quite handy but i think that the instrution manual could be better - Advantages: very handy - Disadvantages: complecated to set up

Important stuff you’ll need to know about what to look for in a nice graphics card. A basic graphics card consists of one main thing: the chipset. This is the heart of the graphics card, much like a processor to a computer. It does all the calculations, and greatly determines the card’s speed, and price. The chipset is usually manufactured by a certain company, then sold to several other companies, where they create a card using the chipset. This is usually the case, but not always. Cards made by a company which manufactures the chipset on the card tend to be cheaper (ATI). Then the kind of Graphic card u want depends on 1. User ...  Read the complete review

There is a number of companies using the Nvida Geforce 2 MX 32Mb chip set for their video cards. The companies range from Elsa, Creative Labs and Nvida themselves. It does not matter with one you buy. The only difference you may get is that some companies put just heat sinks on and others put an additional fan as well, but the chip set is the same. This Card out performs nearly all the other 32Mb Video Cards, apart from the ATI Radeon card. You will find very little differnce from them both. The Geforce 2 Mx 32Mb is a good all rounder, it is good enough for the latest games and also business applications. Most of the trade press will recommed this card as a good ...  Read the complete review