Which GF3 to buy?

[Berg]

Question for you. Elsa has dropped their price to the same as the VisionTek's. Herc's card is still a 30 bucks more but my question is: Elsa has the 3.8 ns, released 2 weeks later then the others, but always had improved on Nvidia's Ref Boards. VisionTek also has the 3.8 ns DDR, 1st to ship, but a cheesy fan. Or the last is Herc's w/o the 3.8 ns(4.0) but the killer Blue Orb fan already installed. I know the DDR difference makes a gap in overclocking. I saw people at x-bit labs overclock the VisionTek to 240/540 because of the DDR but without stock cooling. Where to turn? Just wanted an unbiased opinion of which to invest into.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/visiontek-geforce3/

[Placid]

If plan to overclock maybe the hercules.
Since it already has a modified blue orb.
Or buy the visiontek and add a blue orb.
I dont think you will go wrong with any of the 3 boards you list.

[Jason]

Berg (May 01, 2001 11:05 p.m.):
Question for you. Elsa has dropped their price to the same as the VisionTek's. Herc's card is still a 30 bucks more but my question is: Elsa has the 3.8 ns, released 2 weeks later then the others, but always had improved on Nvidia's Ref Boards. VisionTek also has the 3.8 ns DDR, 1st to ship, but a cheesy fan. Or the last is Herc's w/o the 3.8 ns(4.0) but the killer Blue Orb fan already installed. I know the DDR difference makes a gap in overclocking. I saw people at x-bit labs overclock the VisionTek to 240/540 because of the DDR but without stock cooling. Where to turn? Just wanted an unbiased opinion of which to invest into.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/video/visiontek-geforce3/

always go hercules and sand down the bottom of the factory orb on it :) youll get great performance

[Shadow ÒÓ]

If I said "none of the above" would it start a fight? ROFL

[Sony]

I say Hercules, all my friends have had good luck with them, they are good at overclocking and reliable. My friend has his Hercules 3D Prophet II GTS overclocked by I don't know how much but his AMD Athlon thunderbird 1ghz
chip is overclocked to 1.33ghz but I don't know what the multiplier settings are.

[Nagorak]

I'd say Hercules, but go with their 3D Prophet 4500 instead of their 3D Prophet III.

[Stolid]

Visiontek, you can upgrade the fan easily, upgrading the memory is a bit more difficult. They're a pretty good name in my experience, and those .2 ns just might be the edge you want for Aquanox later. Hercules may be a good brand, but I'll go with the good brand that has better equipment.

Stolid