Dave,
Yes, by specs all the GeForce cards produced by the various
manufacturers are nearly identical (assuming you match chipset). Sure
if you look at a comparision on Anand Tech or Tom's Hardware they might
be using slightly different speeds of memory, etc but in reality I don't
think you can notice the performance difference. So for me it comes
down to the primary factor is my comfort level with the manufacturer.
Elsa has a good reputation. Some of my techs have tried other brands
only to have them burn up on them in the first month (heat is a serious
issue).
- John Wright
Starfire Research
"Yazel, David J." wrote:
>
> I found it for $425 on www.pricewatch.com. The Elsa Gladiac the fullsail
> people are using looks to be almost $100 more, so I just was wondering why
> they went that route. Everything I can find shows these cards to be
> virtually identical, although different manufacturers. Both are based on
> geforce II ultra.
>
> The Cosm team is targeting our work for the GeForce II with 32 MB memory as
> a "standard" card a year from now.... with a TNT Ultra/Geforce256 generation
> as a "Minimum standard requiring some options to be disabled" card.
>
> But for myself. The ultra looks like a really nice card. In reality the
> ultra is only getting me a sllightly higher pixel/texel/triangle rate from
> what I can see. The extra memory can never hurt. I am torn. Part of me
> wants to get the exact card we are "targetting". The other part of me sees
> this sweet card and wants it :)
>
> Course if I buy this card the team will probably get tired of me saying "You
> are getting 8 fps? Hmmm, well on my development machine I am getting 80,
> wonder what the issue is?"
>
> hehe
>
> > ----------
> > From: John Wright[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: Discussion list for Java 3D API
> > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 2:20 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Graphics Card?
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Hmmm... well I guess the question would be "Can you afford it?". And how
> > long will it be before the mainstream audience can afford GeForce 2
> > Ultra cards? Would you mind sharing what price you found and where?
> >
> > - John Wright
> >
> > "Yazel, David J." wrote:
> > >
> > > I found a decent price for the VCGTP2U-64 Video Cards Guillemot 3D
> > Prophet
> > > II Ultra 64MB AGP, which is a GeForce II Ultra card. I notice that
> > people
> > > here seem to be buying the Gladiac. Anything I should know before I
> > plunk
> > > my hard earned cash down?
> > >
> > > Dave Yazel
> > >
> > >
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