Matt, There IS a HUGE difference between a no-name "eagle" "powerview" and a name brand card eg ASUS card.
I went thru 3 TNT/Geforce until learn't my lesson any pruchased a 32 MB Asus 7100 deluxe(mx400) for $225.00 when at the time a 64 MB noname mx 400 was $150.00 The image quality of the ASUS is good (NOT perfect) at high res/refesh 1400 x 1080 @ 85 HZ the no name was blurry mess, while the ASUS is much better. This problem with TNT/Geforce is quite well documented on the net. The problem being with dodgy filters used on VGA output of the cheaper cards. So if you only interested in 1024 and less get the no-name, if you want run decent res + refresh (1280+ @ 85HZ) get a good card. If you get a cheap card make sure you can return if your not satisfied as many of the traders at north rocks won't refund for this sort of thing. Regards Mehmet Ozdemir Original Message: ----------------- From: Matt - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:56:16 +1100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Computer Parts I'd also like to hear what you guys think of no-name video cards, for example I am looking at GeForce MX400 cards and here's what I found so far: Eagle (64mb) - $132 Hercules (32mb) - $155 Polyview (64mb) - $169 Leadtek (64mb) - $195 I am wondering whether there are any disadvantages of purchasing the no-name Eagle or Polyview brand, some one actually told me that there's a difference in image quality ! Matt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
