Radeon 7000 Retro Review...was it that bad? 

Thank you very much, I'm glad you're enjoying the stuff! Multumesc.

​@@MidnightGeek99 hey dude I just wanted to ask you something. Where do you get retro hardware, finding stuff like that in Romania sure is hard

Hey, thanks Phil :) Also, thank you for the "Native 1024x768 on 19" 1280x1024 LCD Monitor" tip, it never crossed my mind to use it like that, and it makes total sense :)

@@MidnightGeek99 Yes but you already have a CRT 😎

​@@philscomputerlab True, but I also have 4:3 / 5:4 LCDs, and I prefer playing some games on those displays.

Yeah, 60 Hz is hard on your eyes, 100 Hz is what you want. 16-bit was ok, but turning shadows off is a big difference in visual quality for some games.

Thanks! It sure is a card to add to the collection.

I had one bro... I suffered a lot back on the day, lol

@@TheEcletickGamer7 I'm so sorry for you. I had the luxury of getting to choose whether or not I used it. I was so shocked when it came up slower than a Geforce 2 MX 200.

32-bit? Wow...talking about low-end :)) I have a 64-bit MX 4000.

Oops...this card in 2005 does not sound good :)

Thanks :)

I surprised too, but here it is, and because it's consistent across more games, it means that it's also true :)

At the time Ati were doing far better with the memory system on their cards than Nvidia - if the drivers were functioning as intended. 32bit colours also has far less of a penalty than competing Nvidia cards of the time - though still not as good as the 10% maximum penalty that S3 was managing with drivers that were in theory worse.

I would, if I could! Unfortunately I don't have any of those cards :(

Yeah, I feel you, I also had some components that are long gone now.

I might do, comparisons between 2.0 and 3.0, performance and visuals.

Exact, merita pastrate, si multe din componentele vechi pe care noi le consideram "varza", sunt super ok acum.

@@MidnightGeek99 pe lângă alți mari oameni de RU-vidri ești unul după părerea mea unul deosebit felul tău cum prezinți cea ce ai făcut cea ce ai testat felul cum îți construiești propriile sisteme de pc compoziția lor felul și cum explici ce folosești ce tip de carcasă și așa mai departe Este felul tău de a fi și da te urmăresc cu mare drag ori de câte ori îmi face plăcerea să urmăresc de exemplu un videoclip de al tău care l-am vizionat de 10 ori îmi place să le revăd din nou și cele noi care le încarci Apreciez foarte mult că faci și depui un efort mare ca să poți face atâta de multe dar și să oferi un content foarte bun de calitate

Trust me, I'm not so picky when it comes to FPS, and yes, 30+ is very good, unless you're playing Serious Sam...it feels awful at 30 :)

Always :D

Exactly my point at the end, this card is good for those that use it for specific purposes :)

What my Palit Radeon VE (145/145 SDR) scores in 3DMark compared to directly competing cards (default, Athlon XP 3000+ w/400MHz FSB and DDR400): - 3DMark 99: 7,005 marks - 3DMark 2000: 2,814 marks - 3DMark 2001SE: 3DMark would crash when going above 640x480 with any settings SiS 315 - Elitegroup AG315P-64 (143/143 SDR): - 3DMark 99: 11,455 marks - 3DMark 2000: 3,727 marks - 3DMark 2001SE: 1511 marks Apollo 3D Thrill 315E-32MB (143/143): - 3DMark 99: 7,650 marks - 3DMark 2000: 2,197 marks - 3DMark 2001SE: 711 marks Fastware TNT2 Vanta-16MB (125/125): - 3DMark 99: 6,367 marks - 3DMark 2000: 2,197 marks - 3DMark 2001SE: crashes above 800x600 32bit I have a GF2 MX400 at the reference spec as well - but I have not used it outside my Duron 1000/1300 PC since it arrived as it was purely bought to replace the OG+very dead MX400 (excluding drives and replacing the terrible Audio PCI, very original 2001 PC). When paired with a Duron 1000 on the Gigabyte GA-7IXEH with PC133 SDRAM: - 3DMark 99: 5,771 marks - 3DMark 2000: 4,118 marks - 3DMark 2001SE: don't have results

Wow, wild! I have a similar situation with a GeForce2 MX 400, 64-bit and SDR memory, 1.3 GBs bandwidth...rubbish!

@@MidnightGeek99 That's why I was very careful picking my card out. The second MX400 I bought (a version of the Leadtek GF2 Max - not sure the specific model) meets the reference specs and has the added bonus of a temperature probe. The initial replacement I bought was very short lived, generic (branded "3G Graphic") and was barely clocked better than an MX200 (SDRAM was slow enough that they might as well have used a 64bit bus and fewer chips).

Icewind Dale 2, CD version.

Thank you, I'm planning to do similar reviews to all the videos cards that I own.

The card was just a 2D outputer :P

Minecraft Java?

lol Don't kill that classic 9600 with a bully such a Crysis!

Yes, the card was rubbish, in itself, but NOW you can find many uses for it, that's why I love the retro niche :)

Thanks :)

Yeah, after 2004 games started demanding stuff from the video card. We had T&L requirements first, then shaders second.