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ATI Rage Fury, e-TNT M64, SIS 315, Matrox G400 Which one gives the
best graphics? Right now I am using the ATI Rage Fury it is a 32 meg
agp. I was thinking about using the M64, or the Matrox G400 if one of
them would perform better? I tried the sis 315 and even though it got
better bench marks in 3dmark2001 almost twice the score it was so
slow playing GTA3 it was not funny and the ATI runs GTA3 just fine
and smooth. But I Havent tried the m64 or the matrox yet. I was
wondering which one is known to be the best? like i said I tried the
SIS and it is the only 64 meg all others are 32 and I quickly learned
megs don't equal speed! I use the pc as my windows box just for tv and
games it is my second pc so i dont want to buy a new card just for it
so I want to use the best i got I guess i should note i use
powerstrip to over clock the ATI right now i have it cranked up all
the way engine clock and mem clock both set at 160MHz I had installed
a 486 fan on the heatsink and it runs fine all day with no problems. I
was thinking of putting the m64 or Matrox in and over clocking them if
one of them are known to out do the ATI. any help hear would be
greatly apprecated!

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"tommyussery" <tommyussery@sbcglobal-dot-net.no-spam.invalid> wrote in
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> ATI Rage Fury, e-TNT M64, SIS 315, Matrox G400 Which one gives the
> best graphics? Right now I am using the ATI Rage Fury it is a 32 meg
> agp. I was thinking about using the M64, or the Matrox G400 if one of
> them would perform better? I tried the sis 315 and even though it got
> better bench marks in 3dmark2001 almost twice the score it was so
> slow playing GTA3 it was not funny and the ATI runs GTA3 just fine
> and smooth. But I Havent tried the m64 or the matrox yet. I was
> wondering which one is known to be the best? like i said I tried the
> SIS and it is the only 64 meg all others are 32 and I quickly learned
> megs don't equal speed! I use the pc as my windows box just for tv and
> games it is my second pc so i dont want to buy a new card just for it
> so I want to use the best i got I guess i should note i use
> powerstrip to over clock the ATI right now i have it cranked up all
> the way engine clock and mem clock both set at 160MHz I had installed
> a 486 fan on the heatsink and it runs fine all day with no problems. I
> was thinking of putting the m64 or Matrox in and over clocking them if
> one of them are known to out do the ATI. any help hear would be
> greatly apprecated!

the M64 is a cutdown TNT card 64bit rather than 128bit so its very slow and
the Matrox is designed for CAD work and image quality not games. The Rage
Fury is probably the best out of those. Alternatively sell them all and put
the money towards a Radeon 9200.

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thanks very much... I have been thinking of selling them to upgrade
but just havent got around to it, You know if it is'nt the main pc
then it is not on the top of the to-do list. My Dad is a admin for
three different oil production company's so I always get boxes full
of old parts, to throw together different pc's with. All the old
stuff he gives me, and sometimes whole pc's that I ripp apart and
store in parts bins. So it is never very important to upgrade spare
pc's I just wait for the next box of goodies. It was just this time I
wanted to know what the best card out of the bunch was. I though it
might had been the 64 meg sis315 ..till I tried it! So I thought I
would ask people who actully knew the older cards I had.

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tommyussery wrote:
> thanks very much... I have been thinking of selling them to upgrade
> but just havent got around to it, You know if it is'nt the main pc
> then it is not on the top of the to-do list. My Dad is a admin for
> three different oil production company's so I always get boxes full
> of old parts, to throw together different pc's with. All the old
> stuff he gives me, and sometimes whole pc's that I ripp apart and
> store in parts bins. So it is never very important to upgrade spare
> pc's I just wait for the next box of goodies. It was just this time I
> wanted to know what the best card out of the bunch was. I though it
> might had been the 64 meg sis315 ..till I tried it! So I thought I
> would ask people who actully knew the older cards I had.
>
rage card is the best of those, stick with it until the next box of
free parts ha ha