Is G-Force 256=TNT2m64

Ali · December 25th, 2001, 06:00

Simple question? try to give me some detials if there is difference........and yess G-Force 256 is DDR...not TNT2.......!

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Mad · December 25th, 2001, 06:45

its g-force or geforce???
coz ive heard some time ago, like two weeks, a question some like yours
and as i remeber, the g-force card, doesnt use any NVIDIA chipset
instead some crappy S3 one
so be carefull
g-force is not GEFORCE!!!!!!!

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CD · December 25th, 2001, 06:55

The TNT2 M64 is a 'budget' TNT2.
It's basically a bandwidth-castrated TNT2.

The GeForce 256 was the successor of the TNT2, the first of the GeForce family of chips. There is a flavor that uses DDR SDRAM.

So, to answer your question, no they are not the same. In fact, they are entirely different.

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Ali · December 25th, 2001, 12:50

Thanks for the replies....but one question is still forgotten to be answered, what is the difference between their performances.....!....I mean how many times is a G-Force 256 better then a TNT2 m64....!

As for the Geforce.......I saw it yesterday thats why I am not buying a card of some crappy company, but Instead of a a reknown and well established company....(Asus

)

I might also be interested in some details like, band width, pixels etc etc
Ali

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guwapings · December 25th, 2001, 18:56

Sorry to butt in...Will i get some speed boost with epsxe if i upgraded my tnt2m64 with a geforce2mx? Or its just a waste of money? my comp is amdk6-2 500mhz.

Thanks

**Ryos** · December 25th, 2001, 19:06

Your CPU is holding you back more than your video card.

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**Zephon** · December 25th, 2001, 19:08

Quote:

Originally posted by guwapings
Sorry to butt in...Will i get some speed boost with epsxe if i upgraded my tnt2m64 with a geforce2mx? Or its just a waste of money? my comp is amdk6-2 500mhz.

Thanks

If you want to upgrade your video card to a geforce2, you should upgrade your cpu too. Your K6-2 would be a bottleneck, holding back the geforce2, and it would never get to its full performance.

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guwapings · December 25th, 2001, 19:10

okay

i'll just have to wait till february.......

aoshi · December 25th, 2001, 19:15

Quote:

Originally posted by guwapings
Sorry to butt in...Will i get some speed boost with epsxe if i upgraded my tnt2m64 with a geforce2mx? Or its just a waste of money? my comp is amdk6-2 500mhz.

Thanks

will it give u more speed? well maybe but not much, tol tip ko sayo: mag upgrade ka kahit kaunti ng processor(mura na lang ang athlon, kahit 850mhz lang) coz K6-2 has no L2 cache and it's performance is not even equall to a Pentium 2.

This was the samething I did some years ago I upgraded my k6-2 333 to an athlon 750 but I sticked with my savage 4, then when i got some money i added a GeForce 256.

Also try waiting for the GF2GTS or GF2PRO's price to go down, it might catch-up with GF2MX prices, and trust me they're much better than MX.

but if you do plan to get GF2MX then go for the mx400, mx200 is a heavily castrated MX like having a TNT2 M64 only with GF2 capabilities(like FSAA but enabling FSAA in mx200 is SUPER SLOW, dunno why they put it in there)

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aoshi · December 25th, 2001, 19:17

G-Force256 != GeForce256 != TNT2 m64;
simple as that, got it?

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guwapings · December 25th, 2001, 19:49

Thanks for the tip, aoshi

aoshi · December 25th, 2001, 20:16

basta ikaw... btw. be-lated merry xmas!

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sonicfoot · December 25th, 2001, 20:27

hello there.
could someone give me a rough idea on how much difference in performance is there between my tnt2 pro pci and a tnt2 pro agp both running on a 700 MHz celeron and 256 mb ram?:confused:

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December 25th, 2001, 06:45	#2
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 4,030	its g-force or geforce??? coz ive heard some time ago, like two weeks, a question some like yours and as i remeber, the g-force card, doesnt use any NVIDIA chipset instead some crappy S3 one so be carefull g-force is not GEFORCE!!!!!!! __________________ Main PC:Win 7 SP1 PRO X64 - Asus P5G41C-M LX - Intel Q6600@2.4Ghz - OCZ 2x 2GB DDR2 1000Mhz - Sapphire Vapor-X HD5770 1GB GDDR5 - 19" LCD SyncMaster T190 - Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB HTPC:Acer Aspire AR1600 - Windows 7 PRO X86 - Atom 230@1.6Ghz - 3GB DDR2 800Mhz - Nvidia ION LE - SATA II WD 160GB + Seagate GoFlex Desk 2TB USB 3.0 Notebook:Dell Inspiron 14R N4110 - Windows 7 SP1 PRO X64 / Ubuntu 12.04 X64 - Intel Core i5 2410M@2.3Ghz - 8GB DDR3@1333Mhz - Intel HD 3000 - WDC SATA II 640GB + SSD Kingston V200 128GB +WD Scorpio Blue 320GB USB 3.0 CASE

December 25th, 2001, 06:55	#3
CD Gunslinger Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Mid-World Posts: 965	The TNT2 M64 is a 'budget' TNT2. It's basically a bandwidth-castrated TNT2. The GeForce 256 was the successor of the TNT2, the first of the GeForce family of chips. There is a flavor that uses DDR SDRAM. So, to answer your question, no they are not the same. In fact, they are entirely different. __________________ The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed...

December 25th, 2001, 12:50	#4
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,615	Thanks for the replies....but one question is still forgotten to be answered, what is the difference between their performances.....!....I mean how many times is a G-Force 256 better then a TNT2 m64....! As for the Geforce.......I saw it yesterday thats why I am not buying a card of some crappy company, but Instead of a a reknown and well established company....(Asus ) I might also be interested in some details like, band width, pixels etc etc Ali __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

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guwapings Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: somewhere around there... Posts: 204	Sorry to butt in...Will i get some speed boost with epsxe if i upgraded my tnt2m64 with a geforce2mx? Or its just a waste of money? my comp is amdk6-2 500mhz. Thanks

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Ryos Bearsona Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,307	Your CPU is holding you back more than your video card. __________________ Sanity is overrated.

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guwapings Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: somewhere around there... Posts: 204	okay i'll just have to wait till february.......

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aoshi poor loser Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Pilipinas Posts: 310	G-Force256 != GeForce256 != TNT2 m64; simple as that, got it? __________________ tech head with a poor budget

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guwapings Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: somewhere around there... Posts: 204	Thanks for the tip, aoshi

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aoshi poor loser Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Pilipinas Posts: 310	basta ikaw... btw. be-lated merry xmas! __________________ tech head with a poor budget

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sonicfoot Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: England Posts: 728	hello there. could someone give me a rough idea on how much difference in performance is there between my tnt2 pro pci and a tnt2 pro agp both running on a 700 MHz celeron and 256 mb ram?:confused: