The Stealth II G460 is a
good solid choice for the sometime game player or
non-game playing, typical home user. At 30+ FPS
with a 450MHz or higher CPU, good D3D support and
a mature OpenGL ICD, it's also an adequate stop
gap for those waiting for the NV10, Voodoo 4, etc.,
who don't want to drop big bucks on a card to use
for only 3-4 months.
While the Stealth II G460
outclasses it's immediate competition (ATI Rage
Pro/nVIDIA Riva 128/128ZX), gamers may want to
consider spending the extra $10-20 for a TNT
based card that would better suit them.
On the other hand, if you're
overclocking with FSB settings higher than 112MHz
then the Stealth II G460 may be for you. This
holds especially true if you don't have a
motherboard that will allow you to manipulate the
AGP and PCI clock dividers, or automatically sets
them to 1/2 and 1/4 respectively when using the
higher FSB settings. (It really sucks to have P!!!
- 450 that's capable of running @600MHz (4.5*133)
and not be able to because your video card can't
handle the AGP bus speed.) Yes, we realize that a
new motherboard with these features would be a
better solution, but this card can provide a
quick and cheap fix for many overclockers.
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