aaronkatrini wrote on 2023-05-11, 19:05:
Not all TNT2 M64 cards were build identical. There were many vendors, I must've had in my hands over 200 of them (not exaggerating, probably way more). Depending on the model / ram config / cooling / core&memory clock, the performance would vary drastically, maybe even 50% from card to card.
Are you sure? I was under the impression that they're all pretty much the same (i.e.: bad) in terms of raw specs, and, of course, they all come with the dreaded 64 bit memory bus (hence, the M64 naming 😁 ).
All of the TNT2 M64 cards I came across (including the card I had 23 years ago), had the same 125 MHz core / 143 MHz memory (7 ns ICs), and a total memory bandwidth of less than 1.2 GB/s.
If you're referring to Vanta, then... yeah, that's definitely slower (never had one, though, and not really interested in ever testing it 😁 ).
The vanilla Riva TNT2 is basically the same as the M64, but comes with the full 128bit memory bus, so ~ 2.4 GB/s memory bandwidth.
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