WHICH VIDEO CARD IS THE BEST??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!??!!?

The Voodoo series or the Geforce series? I saw a really cheap(like $40) Geforce 2 at my local computer part store. Should I get it? And also, do you have to have a 3D accelerator card to run really advanced crap? Or just a good video card? Whats the difference? Ah crap just answer em. plz?

I think Geforce. At least at the time. Get Geforce 2 Ultra. It\'s da best.

This is my opinion and I can\'t really technically back you up, so let some tech-geek do that for me, ok?

[nO-One]

The Ge-Force you saw was probly an MX it\'s a downgraded version of the GTS or a regular Ge-Force 256.
You should be able to get a decent GF.2 GTS frm say Creative labs for about 200$.
The ULTRA is not really worth the extra money since it\'s basically just a GTS that\'s been clocked from 200Mhz to 250Mhz.And the memory is at 300 something can\'t remember.
Don\'t get a 3DFX voodoo series card since they\'ve gone under and nVidia bought all of their core assets.
You could also check out ATi\'s Radeon series card they\'re just as good as nVidia\'s.(although ATi\'s drivers suck)
The Ge-Force.2 MX or the GTS would probly be the best for you their both the best in their category and can be found very cheap.And nVidia\'s unified driver strategy is also very nice (same drivers for every card)
You could also wait for about a month because the NV.20 is about to be unvealed.

ok thanks. i really need to get a new video card. mine is like 8 years old. i don\'t have a 3d accelerator either.

Can\'t go wrong with Voodoo and I hear real good stuff about Matrox.

[nO-One]

Voodoo is no longer manufactored and Matrox is aimed at 2d rather than 3d (their 2d image quality is unparalelled) their G400 MAX is a very good card but it\'s getting old and 3d feature wise pretty outdated (wxcept for enviromental bump mapping) if you need very good 2d with extremely crisp colors get a Matrox.
If your a gamer get a Ge-Force and you can consider a Radeon.(but the drivers suck ass)

if yer going PCI, the V5 5500 is the best PCI card u can get

as for AGP, ive seen V5\'s for 180, and you cant beat that price

nvidia - speed
3dfx - picture quality

i get 110 FPS timedemo 1280x768x32 2xFSAA with my V5 on Q3, love it

Well i got a NVida TNT2 Model 64 on my computer and i think it is great - it really out performs my old one - yea i am glad that i have finally got a new card it is difenitely a good buy - also i would get a card with 3d acceleration - some games are starting to require it to work - like Sacrafice and some other new games.

Originally posted by nO-One
Voodoo is no longer manufactored and Matrox is aimed at 2d rather than 3d (their 2d image quality is unparalelled) their G400 MAX is a very good card but it\'s getting old and 3d feature wise pretty outdated (wxcept for enviromental bump mapping) if you need very good 2d with extremely crisp colors get a Matrox.
If your a gamer get a Ge-Force and you can consider a Radeon.(but the drivers suck ass)

Not sure what you mean there bud, because Voodoo5000 & 5500 are in stores now.  ATI blows, right on!  Bought an ALL-IN-WONDER and returned it next day for Voodoo3500.

3dfx = dead

no more voodoo cards will be produced.  what u see in store is remaining inventory that the retailers dont want to eat.  i suggest u pick one up on sale while u still can

I have an Elsa Gladiac (gf2 gts) 32mb and it performs extremely well.  No complaints, aside from the many driver updates, which aren\'t really that frequent anymore.

In my DV editing machine I run a Matrox Marvel G400.  This does some excellent MJPEG vid capping but like n0-0ne said, it excels in 2-D apps with its aging technology.  I\'m looking into replacing it with the All-In-Wonder Radeon which does mpeg-2 vid capping.

Like most of the posts here, I recommend a gf2 gts.  MX if you want to be thrifty, and a Radeon if you\'re stuck in between.

Geforce 2 MX - 150
Geforce 2 GTS - 239 ~ 280
Geforce 2 Ultra - 390 ~ 450

If you can find ANY geforce 2 for $40, you are lucky.  I dont even think one exists for $40 that still works, lol.

I should get a new 3d card too, I currently have Riva TNT

the Hercules Prophet II ultra is the best card it uses faster DDR Ram than the regular creative geforce II ultra
BUT IT IS NOT CHEAP!!!!!!!!!

And 3dfx is dead, all their technologies have been sold to nvidia!

So will NVidia continue the 3dfx technology or will they just scrap it?