Kyro 2 64 ram...$112 @ newegg

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed May 23, 2001 10:08 am

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.a ... 14-120-118

some one test this puppy out.

Greg

blade · Post by **blade** » Wed May 23, 2001 10:57 am

Now they have some good prices. Just saw a radeon 32mb ddr LE for $71
http://WWW.ATI.COM/NA/PAGES/PRODUCTS/PC ... INDEX.HTML

vwkess · Post by **vwkess** » Wed May 23, 2001 11:34 am

Waiting for mine to come in. I'll have to run some benchmarks on my current Geforce DDR and compare them when I get it.

Piper · Post by **Piper** » Wed May 23, 2001 1:40 pm

I got mine the other day. Installation was a snap and the card performs very well. Image quality is better than my GTS, but performance is not. The card is only AGP 2x and will not run the demo in 3dmark20001 (requires a card that supports texturing). The only game benchmark I've done is on Q2. GTS gets 160fps @ 1024x768x32 while the Kyro gets 140fps. Have had no compadablity issues with any games or programs-Q3,Q2,Half-life,IGI all run very smooth. My system is a Tbird 1.2GHz on an A7V with 256megs. This card does live up to the reviews as an inexpensive alternative to the Geforce2 and MX.

Post by **sbp** » Wed May 23, 2001 5:24 pm

That's good to hear Piper.

Saturn · Post by **Saturn** » Thu May 24, 2001 1:55 am

Have one in my system now. The card is faster than the GF2 GTS for me but the main thing is the picture is MUCH better than the NVidia line (haven't played with a GF3 yet) There is much better picture quality and the 2D is far beyond Nvidia. Much cleaner text at much higher resolutions. Drivers need a little work, I used the ones that came with it, can't find any updates. The card runs hot. an additional fan over it and maybe a few small heatsinks placed around would help. Didn't overclock more than 5 mhz over default without problems. This is on a win98se system.

Piper · Post by **Piper** » Thu May 24, 2001 2:26 am

Saturn-

Here's a couple of places I've visited for info on new drivers:

PowerVR Revolution
Power VR

These are newer Generic drivers than the ones that came with the board. I've not tried them yet though.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu May 24, 2001 1:25 pm

thanks 4 the info guys. I might try one out.

Greg

madthumbs · Post by **madthumbs** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 10:26 am

The Kyro 2 should surpass the GTS at higher resolutions because of the way it renders. Infact, I would think you could raise the resolution significantly without harming performance much.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon Jun 11, 2001 1:28 pm

eh. I find mine on par or slightly slower then my old radeon 32 meg. doesnt come close to my vivo. Ill keep it though. not a bad proformer for the price..and beats the MX hands down. just no T&L.

Greg