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Geforce2 vs Hercules Dynamite VLB
Hello everyone,
I have just finished up doing some comparisons between the Asus V7700 and the former champion of 2D quality and performance, the Hercules Dynamite VLB board.
Now this isn't a normal benchmark comparo., since the cards really can't be fairly compared with today's software, but what we can do is compare visual quality on the output. The dynamite VLB can do 1024X768 24bit at 85hz, so this will be the basis of the visual quality comparisons.
How did I test? It's easy. I hooked each one up to a sony G400 monitor, fired up word 97, and opened up a text document, hit F11 to fullscreen, and then counted the number of blurry text characters. Pretty simple, eh? But it won't end there, I will also do a subjective review of the stability and look of the picture output of both.
Here are the results for the Hercules VLB:
# of blurry characters: 4
Look of the screen: Okay, the color was a bit washed, even after using the included hercules color utilities. Very little screen wobble visible at the edges.
Now the Geforce 2:
# of blurry characters: 15
Look of the screen: Not bad, very similar to the Hercules, with the exception that the Asus V7700 had much more visible screen wobble, sometimes up to three pixels. Note that all characters were fuzzier, but they were readable, and not real severe, but the characters that were blurry were obvious to my highly trained eye.
Conclusion:
The Geforce is an overpriced, overhyped card that cannot compete with old hardware in an area where computers are used the most. The windows desktop at a reasonable resolution. Note that this is not a comparison of gaming, since well, I don't care one way or the other for games.
Casey Jones
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Riding that train....
I have just finished up doing some comparisons between the Asus V7700 and the former champion of 2D quality and performance, the Hercules Dynamite VLB board.
Now this isn't a normal benchmark comparo., since the cards really can't be fairly compared with today's software, but what we can do is compare visual quality on the output. The dynamite VLB can do 1024X768 24bit at 85hz, so this will be the basis of the visual quality comparisons.
How did I test? It's easy. I hooked each one up to a sony G400 monitor, fired up word 97, and opened up a text document, hit F11 to fullscreen, and then counted the number of blurry text characters. Pretty simple, eh? But it won't end there, I will also do a subjective review of the stability and look of the picture output of both.
Here are the results for the Hercules VLB:
# of blurry characters: 4
Look of the screen: Okay, the color was a bit washed, even after using the included hercules color utilities. Very little screen wobble visible at the edges.
Now the Geforce 2:
# of blurry characters: 15
Look of the screen: Not bad, very similar to the Hercules, with the exception that the Asus V7700 had much more visible screen wobble, sometimes up to three pixels. Note that all characters were fuzzier, but they were readable, and not real severe, but the characters that were blurry were obvious to my highly trained eye.
Conclusion:
The Geforce is an overpriced, overhyped card that cannot compete with old hardware in an area where computers are used the most. The windows desktop at a reasonable resolution. Note that this is not a comparison of gaming, since well, I don't care one way or the other for games.
Casey Jones
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Riding that train....
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