so which graphic card is mine?

[braveheart]

i bought a grahic card with using nvidia's chipset.it was written as tnt vanta,but when i remove the fan off the chip, it was written as RIVA TNT2 M64 on the chip.just beside the nvidia logo it was also written as vanta in small.so what exactly is this card supposed to be?if it is tnt2 m64, is it possible to change the bios from vanta to TNT2 bios?ans pls.

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[2Whyzzi]

Um, what memory size is it (ie 8, 16, or 32?)?

[Ovi]

Hi Braveheart
AFAIK, The Vanta chipset is nothing but the TNT2 's scaled down version,(TNT2 M64).Maybe they removed some features of the TNT2 M64 and thus made it cheaper and renamed it.
Cheers
Ovi

[kjliew]

Original TNT - 128-bit memory bus.
TNT M64 - 64-bit memory bus.

16-bit color at 640x480 and 800x600 gaming won't see much difference. But once you demand more than that, 128-bit memory bus will show its advantage.

[Thundrchez]

It was my understanding that "vanta" and "m64" were synonymous. It is a stripped down TNT2 with only a 64 bit bus to the memory. No bios flash can convert a vanta to a 128 bit memory bus of the regular TNT2. It may be the exact same chip on the inside as a TNT2, but with a different package that only has 64 pins to the memory chips. Regardless, the pcb only routes those 64 bits to memory.

[This message has been edited by Thundrchez (edited 02 December 2000).]

[braveheart]

thanx 4 the advice friends.so i have 2 stick with a vanta ah?