where to buy a geforce pro with <5.5ns ram

[Guest]

im looking to buy a geforce pro 64mb card. i was going to buy this one

http://www.newegg.com/app/specification.asp?item=14-122-115

but it has 5.5ns ram. i thought i read somewhere that the pros come with either 4.5 or 5ns ram. anyone know of a place i can buy one with the faster ram?

 

[mpjesse]

No. nVidia has recommended that OEM's put either 5 or 5.5ns DDR SDRAM in their GeForce 2 Pro cards. This does not mean they HAVE to. Currently, the ONLY manufacturer of GeForce 2 Pro cards that puts 6ns DDR SDRAM (not recommended) is eVGA. So, any other manufacturer of the GeForce 2 Pro will have either 5 or 5.5ns (recommended) DDR SDRAM in them. Check out <A HREF="http://www.pricewatch.com" target="_new">http://www.pricewatch.com</A>

-MP Jesse

"Signatures Still Suck"

 

[alighadimipour]

Hi, i know it's a long time from your post.
But I have bought a Geforce2 Pro with 4.5ns
Cardexpert Gainward GeForce2 Pro 450

 

[Guest]

how can eVGA's gf2 pro be considered a "pro" if it has 6ns ram? what is the difference then between a normal GTS 6ns 64mb and an eVGA Geforce 2 Pro 64mb?

oh yeah 1 more thing: my geforce 2 pro says GTS on the core, do all gf2 pro's say GTS on the core or does it say pro?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by therock16 on 08/01/01 08:13 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[noko]

I am impress with GainWard cards, they are always the best for the Nvidia chipset cards. Always having faster ram and the best 2d. If I was going to buy a Nvidia card now it would be a GainWard. Unluckily I bought a Innovision MX400 64meg Tornardo card instead. It has artifacts at the default speed! Indicating cheap ram, even the 6ns ram that came with is has a hard time operating at 166mhz.

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[Guest]

answer my ? or ill go mad!

 

[phsstpok]

Buy the Gainward with 4.5ns memory at newegg.com for $147.

 

[Guest]

Just saw the gainward gf2 pro 64mb at pricewatch for $138 +$6 shipping on pricewatch from atacom.inc.

I know just enough to be dangerous.

 

[phsstpok]

Yes, but I prefer vendors that have a 6.0+ rating at <A HREF="http://www.resellerratings.com" target="_new">http://www.resellerratings.com</A>.

 

[peach]

<font color=blue>Um, my core says pro. Also please review the thread I started about my MSI RAM...

<i><font color=blue>on company time....</i>

 

[mpjesse]

No, they're supposed to say "Pro". My eVGA GF2 Pro has "pro" on the chip, but has 6ns DDR SDRAM. The GF2 Pro chip has a clock speed of 210mhz, whereas the GTS has a 200mhz clock speed.

-MP Jesse

"Signatures Still Suck"

 

[lhgpoobaa]

to get the theoretical max Mhz from the speed rating (in ns) do the following:
(6 ^ -9) ^ -1 = speed in Hz / 1,000,000 = speed in Mhz
so
6ns = 166Mhz
5.5 = 183Mhz
5 = 200Mhz
4.4 = 225Mhz
4 = 250Mhz
3.8 = 266Mhz

of course these are rough limits. typically you can go a little beyond them as the speed rating assigned to the chips are usually conservitive.


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