Creative 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 M64

Well if you are buying your PC now, and aren’t too interested in playing games, at £89 you cant go far wrong with this card. For gamers on the other hand, you can get far better cards. This is more of a middle range card, with 32mb of onboard RAM. I have had this card for about 8months, and if I was to buy a new PC now, I would make sure it had a different graphics card. I am very into games, and if at time of purchase of my PC I had a bit more money I would have went for something like a GeForce 2 or even a GeForce 256. This is a card that will run most games, but just because it has 32mb of onboard RAM, doesn’t mean it’s going to produce ...  Read the complete review

This was the 2nd Graphics card that I ever owned and is still in use within my Sisters computer. The card is a solid performer that works well within low end PC Configurations. Though most high street manufacturers who seem to be using this card as their standard card are not heeding this. Though this card does knock spots off the usual integrated nonsense that you get in PCs, so it has its good points in that regard. Whether or not this card would be a good purchase is dependent on a number of factors. A) What spec is your PC? Anything over 700mhz and this card is wasting the power of the processor. B) What purpose do ...  Read the complete review

The original TNT2 was released quite a while ago, but the TNT2 M64 was released more recently as a compromise between power and performance on mid priced PC's. At the moment it seems as if just about every PC below £1000 comes with Intel 810 graphics. While these are fine for general windows work they do struggle with the latest games, or infact just about any game which uses direct 3D. They normally come with only 4Mb of ram which is taken from the system, so a 64Mb machine would have only 60Mb RAM before it even started. Systems with the Intel 810 graphics would be fine if they came with an AGP slot, but criminally Intel failed to include one, so the only ...  Read the complete review

The TNT range was always pitted against the more popular voodoo range of cards all the way to the Voodoo 3. The TNT range provided an alternative and often the cheaper option for most people. Nvidia released this version of the card after the Ultra version. The TNT2 Ultra was a great card but it fizzled out when the Geforce card out. Now Nvidia are selling the TNT 2 M64. The M64 is Offering Value to its dated power and performance. Not to take anything away from the card. Its chipset was among the best, but it has to be set in the budget market now. It could also do with being dropped in price. I did think up to a certain time last month that the M64 ...  Read the complete review

I have had this video card since September 2000. It was a replacement for my ultra-outdated 3DFX Voodoo 2. I play a lot of 3D games and this card suits them well. If you are on a budget but require a graphics card which can cut the mustard in both 2D and 3D applications and games you can't go far wrong here. The main problem with it is that for about £30 more you can now get a super GEForce 2MX which beats it in all areas. The games I play on this card don't suffer from any sort of slowdown on my AMD K6-2 500mhz with 128MB RAM + this graphics card. I play mainly 3D games such as Half-Life, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Hitman ...  Read the complete review