Hercules Kyro-II Video Card [PR]
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And here is the official product information from STMicroeletronics: http://www.st.com/stonline/prodpres/graphic/kyro/stkyro.htm
Looks like its suggested retail price will be $150, which most likely translates into a street price of $115.
The KyroI is clocked at 115Mhz and falls somewhere between a GF2-Mx and a GF2-GTS in performance peaks. The nice thing about the KyroI (and II) is that it offers a more consistent playing feel. The GF2-GTS in some cases ranges from a high of 80fps to a low of 20fps, while the KryoI will usually stay at its average speed within a small window (ie: possibly 60fps). With the KyroII clocked at 175Mhz [52% speed increase), it should be a speed bandit, challenging a GF2-Ultra or even GF3.
The only downside I see is longevity, since it seems to lack the DX8 features. Although it's 6 months to a year away from games being released that use DX8 features.
--|BRiT|
Looks like its suggested retail price will be $150, which most likely translates into a street price of $115.
The KyroI is clocked at 115Mhz and falls somewhere between a GF2-Mx and a GF2-GTS in performance peaks. The nice thing about the KyroI (and II) is that it offers a more consistent playing feel. The GF2-GTS in some cases ranges from a high of 80fps to a low of 20fps, while the KryoI will usually stay at its average speed within a small window (ie: possibly 60fps). With the KyroII clocked at 175Mhz [52% speed increase), it should be a speed bandit, challenging a GF2-Ultra or even GF3.
The only downside I see is longevity, since it seems to lack the DX8 features. Although it's 6 months to a year away from games being released that use DX8 features.
--|BRiT|
STMicroelectronics and Hercules announced their partnership to produce this Kyro-II Video card. Not a lot of real details available about it yet...
http://www.st.com/stonline/press/news/year2001/t947p.htm
--|BRiT|
http://www.st.com/stonline/press/news/year2001/t947p.htm
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