Replacing nVidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb graphics card

Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

Regards
Mike

"Mike Day" wrote in message
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Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?


It is worse.
Try a Geforce4 MX440 f.ex.

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:21:11 +0100, "Mike Day"
wrote:

Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

What do you want the card to do? It is 6 generations of video cards
old now and is very much dated. The M64 was slow when it was released
years ago.
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"Mike Day" wrote in message
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Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

The M64 is slower than your current card. £21 is expensive for such a card,
as people are generally giving them away for free.

/M

The M64 is slower than your current card. £21 is expensive for such a
card,
as people are generally giving them away for free.

Granted, the M64 is slower.

But i recently sold an AGP TnT2 M64 with only 8Mb of video RAM (the rest was
corrupt) for over £25 on ebay; which is completly retared. Especially
considering you can get an MX440 for £35 now

So you replace the cooling fan for a couple of pounds and its like new
again.
"Mike Day" wrote in message
...
Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

Regards
Mike

"HamMan" wrote in message ...
The M64 is slower than your current card. £21 is expensive for such a
card,
as people are generally giving them away for free.

Granted, the M64 is slower.

But i recently sold an AGP TnT2 M64 with only 8Mb of video RAM (the rest was
corrupt) for over £25 on ebay; which is completly retared. Especially
considering you can get an MX440 for £35 now

There are good situations where an TNT2 can be used, those it's 2d is
shabby who needs good quality on a file server with an 14inch
monitor....

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:21:11 +0100 in
alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia, "Mike Day"
wrote:

Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

I wouldn't pay that much for a TNT, I used to buy Vantas for about £15
on Dabs for use in Servers. Can't find that many TNTs new nowadays but
the Geforce 2MX can still be had for about £25, the one I used to have
had no fan, and no fan is quieter than that :-)

You might shop around elsewhere for TNTs, the ones I used to buy on
Dabs (Vanta) for server use were around £15 and also had no fan, they
don't seem to do them anymore.

Alternatively, as Biz says, get a new fan and stick it on, a
Thermaltake Orange Orb will most likely fit or a Zalman heatsink,
again no fan so 0dbA, more powerful chips than the TNT have been
cooled by less.

How old and slow is your computer?

Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

Regards
Mike

This may be a bit late but if you want something cheap get either an MX440
or an FX5200

The 440's can overclock like a mofo. I had one that I took from 225 core to
355 with no video card fan and it worked fine. Even ran a few video card
intensive games (Vice City)at 640x480 at above 30fps.

The 5200's cost about $20 more but from the reviews I have read they are
nice cards if you get the 128MB versions. And they are way faster and better
than the old MX stuff. If you do get a 5200 get the 500mhz memory ones. They
are dirt cheap and you get the added bandwidth without any overclocking.
Some people that overclock are getting the Prolink brands up to near 5200
Ultra standards!

These are still very weak cards when compared to the 9800 pro's or ti4200
even. But for $40-$60ish they are a dream come true for us ultra low budget
gamers.

"Mike Day" wrote in message
...
Hi, I am currently looking for a replacement for my Vidia TNT2 Pro/32Mb
graphics card as the cooling fan has become unbearably noisy. One (cheap)
option I have found is an nVidia TNT2 M64 advertised as new on ebay for
about £21 inc postag. Is this card a direct replacement for my current one
or is it better. Can anyone offer any alternative card types which are not
too expensive ?

Regards
Mike