Riva3D heeft een primeur met de eerste review van de Hercules 3D Prophet II GeForce2 GTS kaart. Ondanks de heatsinks die zijn aangebracht op elke geheugen chip bleek de kaart slechts op maximaal op 210/350 MHz te willen draaien. De Prophet II bleek wel sneller als nVidia's reference plank en hij wist de V7700 van Asus af en toe ook te verslaan:
The Hercules/Guillemot card was for the most part everything I expected: a good, solid product. The driver installation was a snap, everything functioned as it should, and I encountered no problems in testing and playing games. I was a bit disappointed in the low-overclocking threshold, but again, this could be particular to the card I received, and not an indication of what you should expect.
The lack of a game bundle didn't bother me either, especially with PowerDVD and video out standard on the Prophet 2. You do get 640x480 and 800x600 output for full resolution DVD playback. Besides, most game bundles these days are pretty lame for the most part, so unless another company offers a truly blockbuster title with their card, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better deal.
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