9800pro- Check this out

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 08:01 AM

This is a nice card.

Dom · Mar 22, 2003, 08:30 AM

Yes, its very nice, I wouldn't buy a Hercules though.

CherryPopper · Mar 22, 2003, 04:31 PM

Yeahh?... why not?

Dom · Mar 22, 2003, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CherryPopper
Yeahh?... why not?

Guess its because I used to have a KyroII by Hercules. I know its not the same chipset, but I just can't get over how much that card sucked.

I'd rather get a Sapphire for around the same price.

CherryPopper · Mar 22, 2003, 06:26 PM

Hmm...We'll i cant speak to the Kyro because i've never had one. My hercules board based on the Geforce III chipset has been rock solid.. even under pretty much continual overclock.

all the reviews i've seen on the 3D Prophet 9700 Pro have also been extremely favourable

http://www.guru3d.com/review/hercules/3dprophet9700/

for eg.

~~craig588~~ · Mar 22, 2003, 06:56 PM

The kyro chipset was crap no matter what company put it on a board

Dom · Mar 22, 2003, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CherryPopper
Hmm...We'll i cant speak to the Kyro because i've never had one. My hercules board based on the Geforce III chipset has been rock solid.. even under pretty much continual overclock.

all the reviews i've seen on the 3D Prophet 9700 Pro have also been extremely favourable

http://www.guru3d.com/review/hercules/3dprophet9700/

for eg.

Yeah, seems pretty nice. Guess I can't judge the whole companies line of cards based on one bad experience.

~~shai~~ · Mar 22, 2003, 08:17 PM

only bad thing about them is thier expensive id much perfer leadtek

BWX · Mar 22, 2003, 08:20 PM

I would take that card in a second.

~~Crash Override~~ · Mar 22, 2003, 08:22 PM

me too it would match the rest of our puter here its all blue and silver minus the 9700 we have in it

~~Asuka~~ · Mar 24, 2003, 12:56 AM

I wouldn't buy a Hercules card simply because they generally are a good bit more expensive than other 3rd party cards with the same chip

dipstick · Mar 24, 2003, 08:36 PM

Let's not forget that Hercules uses heatsinks which usually add to the price. The difference is not that great anyways. Very nice cards, but very hard to find

FuNsTeR · Mar 24, 2003, 10:43 PM

looks damn sweet to me

~~Asuka~~ · Mar 25, 2003, 12:39 AM

Originally posted by kakarot
Let's not forget that Hercules uses heatsinks which usually add to the price.

That's absolutely ridiculous. When I bought Ram heatsinks for my card, they weren't even 1€/each. For them, they should even be much cheaper (perhaps .10€/each).

The difference is not that great anyways.

At least over here, Hercules cards are at least 50€ (US$55) more expensive than other 3rd party cards

Very nice cards, but very hard to find

Not at all here - Hercules is the only graphics card company that practically every major warehouse over here has in store. Sadly, the prices for them are even much more astronomical than normally already: last weekend, I finally found a *real* Radeon 9500 Pro by Hercules (yes, a *real* Radeon 9500 Pro which is still absolutely impossible to get everywhere else!) in a "Saturn" store (big German warehouse chain). I nearly swooned when I saw the price of it: 329.99€

(that's US$361.50! You already get a Radeon 9700 Pro for that price!) But hey, that's the same store that sells a normal Radeon 8500 (64MB, w/o any extras!) from Hercules for a whopping 249.99€! (US$273.86)

MSX · Mar 25, 2003, 06:04 AM

Anyone who owned a GeForce2 MX card from tehm would agree that they suck too. Mostly because the chipset was very unstable and add to that they closed down the forums because people were complaining too much. Then they switched to ATi so when the forums did come back up... Are they up even now?

Just crappy tech support in general.

LardArse · Mar 26, 2003, 04:21 PM

Now thats funny, here in Singapore, its the other brands that are expensive, especially those built by ATI. The Herc cards are the cheaper ones

Mar 22, 2003, 08:01 AM	#1
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Mar 22, 2003, 06:26 PM	#5
CherryPopper DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 132 Rep Power: 0	Hmm...We'll i cant speak to the Kyro because i've never had one. My hercules board based on the Geforce III chipset has been rock solid.. even under pretty much continual overclock. all the reviews i've seen on the 3D Prophet 9700 Pro have also been extremely favourable http://www.guru3d.com/review/hercules/3dprophet9700/ for eg. __________________ Dell Precision 530 Workstation w Dual Xeon Processors @ 2 GHZ each 768 Megs PC 800 Rambus Ram ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256 Meg DDRII Viewsonic VG191b Flatpanel Display Audigy 2 with 240 W THX Altec Lansing 5.1 Surround Speakers Fujitsu 36 Gig 10,000 rpm Ultra 160 SCSI HD Fujitsu 73 Gig 10,000 rpm Ultra 320 SCSI HD Windows XP Professional SP1 Build 2600

Mar 24, 2003, 10:43 PM	#13
FuNsTeR Caledonian and Proud Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Darkest Ayrshire Posts: 1,296 Rep Power: 85 System Specs	looks damn sweet to me __________________ "They say when you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear satanic messages ..... but that's nothing, if you play it forward it will install Windows"

Mar 22, 2003, 08:30 AM	#2
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Yes, its very nice, I wouldn't buy a Hercules though.

Mar 22, 2003, 06:56 PM	#6
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	The kyro chipset was crap no matter what company put it on a board

Mar 22, 2003, 08:17 PM	#8
~~shai~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 613 Rep Power: 0	only bad thing about them is thier expensive id much perfer leadtek

Mar 22, 2003, 08:20 PM	Thread Starter #9
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I would take that card in a second.

Mar 22, 2003, 08:22 PM	#10
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	me too it would match the rest of our puter here its all blue and silver minus the 9700 we have in it

Mar 24, 2003, 12:56 AM	#11
~~Asuka~~ BANNED Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 579 Rep Power: 0	I wouldn't buy a Hercules card simply because they generally are a good bit more expensive than other 3rd party cards with the same chip

Mar 24, 2003, 08:36 PM	#12
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Let's not forget that Hercules uses heatsinks which usually add to the price. The difference is not that great anyways. Very nice cards, but very hard to find

Mar 25, 2003, 12:39 AM	#14
~~Asuka~~ BANNED Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 579 Rep Power: 0	Originally posted by kakarot Let's not forget that Hercules uses heatsinks which usually add to the price. That's absolutely ridiculous. When I bought Ram heatsinks for my card, they weren't even 1€/each. For them, they should even be much cheaper (perhaps .10€/each). The difference is not that great anyways. At least over here, Hercules cards are at least 50€ (US$55) more expensive than other 3rd party cards Very nice cards, but very hard to find Not at all here - Hercules is the only graphics card company that practically every major warehouse over here has in store. Sadly, the prices for them are even much more astronomical than normally already: last weekend, I finally found a real Radeon 9500 Pro by Hercules (yes, a real Radeon 9500 Pro which is still absolutely impossible to get everywhere else!) in a "Saturn" store (big German warehouse chain). I nearly swooned when I saw the price of it: 329.99€ (that's US$361.50! You already get a Radeon 9700 Pro for that price!) But hey, that's the same store that sells a normal Radeon 8500 (64MB, w/o any extras!) from Hercules for a whopping 249.99€! (US$273.86)

Mar 25, 2003, 06:04 AM	#15
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Anyone who owned a GeForce2 MX card from tehm would agree that they suck too. Mostly because the chipset was very unstable and add to that they closed down the forums because people were complaining too much. Then they switched to ATi so when the forums did come back up... Are they up even now? Just crappy tech support in general.

Mar 26, 2003, 04:21 PM	#16
LardArse DH No1 AMD Overclocker Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 83 Rep Power: 0	Now thats funny, here in Singapore, its the other brands that are expensive, especially those built by ATI. The Herc cards are the cheaper ones