sliderider wrote:
The V5 6K results are irrelevant anyway because so few of them exist.
Well, you brought V5 6k into discussion, really 🤐
sliderider wrote:
all that matters is that the GF2U is faster than the V5 5500 because that's the only card that is really available to buy.
So, for you, speed is all that matters. In that case, the choice is clear: go for GF 6800.
What I am really trying to explain here is that GF, GF2 and GF 4MX are pure garbage in terms of retro gaming. They offer absolutely nothing interesting or worth owning.
Why V5?
V5 has glide. It offers a very usable FSAA 4x for older games that are have fixed resolution of 640x480. It has great DOS support and flawless output quality. It has DVI (mac version). LOD settings at -2 are a sight to see practically in any game.
Why GF2? Because it's faster then V5? Well, so is GF 6800 and it has much better quality, it has much more advanced FSAA and it actually supports hardware acceleration of Flash (if anyone would be crazy enough to waste time for internet browsing on a retro computer). The only, and I mean, *the* only interesting GF2 card would be the Asus model with shutter glasses. Everything else should be either recycled or decomposed and used as jewelery 😜
I hope I cleared things up 😅