10-17-2003, 06:04 PM
Purchasing a card from a good manufacturer would also work of course.
I'd vouch for that. If you're going to dump a lot of money on a GeForce card, at least give a little thought to the manufacturer. For an extra ten or twenty bucks buy a decent name and own a more reliable product (and maybe get a slight boost in performance from higher quality video memory etc.).
For what it's worth, I've been running a Gainward GeForce3 Ti200, mildly overclocked, for a year and a half with absolutely no problems. It hasn't fried yet, and it runs NWN and RtCW very well. I can't say I've ever had a moment where I've thought, "A better video card would be nice," yet. Maybe when Doom 3 comes out...
I'd vouch for that. If you're going to dump a lot of money on a GeForce card, at least give a little thought to the manufacturer. For an extra ten or twenty bucks buy a decent name and own a more reliable product (and maybe get a slight boost in performance from higher quality video memory etc.).
For what it's worth, I've been running a Gainward GeForce3 Ti200, mildly overclocked, for a year and a half with absolutely no problems. It hasn't fried yet, and it runs NWN and RtCW very well. I can't say I've ever had a moment where I've thought, "A better video card would be nice," yet. Maybe when Doom 3 comes out...