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Kyro 2 SE

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First post, by xenu

Posted on 2015-08-24, 16:15

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The last PowerVR graphics card that hit the market was Kyro 2. I've just bought it, so I started lurking more, and Vogons wiki mentions Kyro 2 SE which was supposedly "Announced in 2002 but cancelled at the last minute". I have found numerous reviews of this card on the internet, so that means that quite a few prototypes were produced. Does anyone know how often does this card hit eBay and how much does it usually cost?

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Reply 1 of 5, by Putas

Posted on 2015-08-24, 16:59

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I have yet to see any functional SE card, not to mention whole review of it.

Reply 2 of 5, by nforce4max

Posted on 2015-08-24, 17:01

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This card is not easy to find but it trickles out into eBay and amazon time to time at least for the non SE version.

On a far away planet reading your posts in the year 10,191.

Reply 3 of 5, by xenu

Posted on 2015-08-24, 17:25

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Putas wrote:
I have yet to see any functional SE card, not to mention whole review of it.

I was so sure that there were lots of them but it seems my memory failed me. There is a review on FrazPC.pl, pretty renowned polish site but I can't find any english reviews. Here it is: http://www.frazpc.pl/artykuly/259101,Recenzja_KYRO_2_SE.html

They praised the card, they even gave their recommendation, but it seems that its drivers are garbage.

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Reply 4 of 5, by Putas

Posted on 2015-08-25, 03:52

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It is only Kyro II @ 200 MHz with some unreliable hardware TnL emulation.

Reply 5 of 5, by 386SX

Posted on 2015-08-30, 10:19

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Old times..😁
I remeber it as an optimized 200Mhz Kyro2 chipset with "some" T&L software assisted features that in the latest drivers were included also for the Kyro2 standard (I don't know which were the differences).
But most important was the FOCUS tv-out chipset that received some nice review about quality on the s-video connection.

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