Good - but be careful! (Guillemot 3D Prophet 2 MX)

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Product:	Guillemot 3D Prophet 2 MX
Date:	26/10/01 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: fast, cheap

Disadvantages: driver problems under Win98

The Hercules 3D Prophet II MX is an excellent video card, with a very good build quality and excellent output source. However, you should be aware that the drivers are not as fast as the nVidia Detonator drivers supplied on the nVidia site.

However, these drivers under Windows 98 provided me with a second output that I couldn't get rid of. This stopped a lot some DirectX-based games from working, though the core Windows functionality (and many programs) were unaffected, though graphics programs believed I was running in 256-colour mode. The same problem didn't happen under Windows 2000, but I have not tested the same software under 2000 because it won't run under 2000 in any event.

So it's a trade off - blazing performance, at a price you can afford, but in order to make it work, you need to ensure your drivers are right. You can get the blistering performance of the Detonator drivers, yes; but be aware of the potential pitfalls if you do.

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