Hercules 3D Prophet All-In-Wonder 9800SE

[DR]

I honestly can't think of a more compelling graphics card purchase in recent times. It fits so many possible scenarios. It'll play Half Life 2 and Doom 3 when they appear with good performance, it plays all current games titles just fine with IQ enhancing features enabled to boot. The All-In-Wonder hardware and software bundle just top it off. The price is excellent too.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD02NTU=

[frogmella]

well, thats a mighty score, was temped to pick one of these puppys up, guess that review might of just tipped the scales.

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Best place to get one from is........

[steve threlfall]

www.ebuyer.com

have a look here as well http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?threadid=6997

[Sk!mD4Rk]

NO WAY! Not overclockers thanks....

[steve threlfall]

Originally posted by Sk!mD4Rk
NO WAY! Not overclockers thanks....

here we go everyone gets wronged by a retailer at some point

[CocoPops]

hmmm it's mighty tempting to splash the cash on a 9800SE it has to be said.

[steve threlfall]

Originally posted by CocoPops
hmmm it's mighty tempting to splash the cash on a 9800SE it has to be said.

stop saying that

I am feeling this temptaion big time

But i worry that the softmod wont work... hmm

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Yeah, knowing my luck i'll buy one and i bet it won't softmod at all

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Also does it have to be a Hercules model or will any 9800SE AIW do?

[Hyd]

I might have overread but shouldnt there be a notice that only about 1/4 of the hercules aiw cards actually work with the softmod? Lots of people are getting checkers and other artifacts.

edit; right i overread nevermind

[Sk!mD4Rk]

Bugger it.... Just bought one, fingers crossed.......

COMMMMMMMME ONNNNN!

[Bobbyboy UK]

I bought one last week a hercules 9800se ,i get artifacts on 3d mark 03

Still a decent card though.

[emgarf]

I just sold my ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro to a friend and purchased a eVGA GeForce 5950 Ultra with video-in and -out.

Why?

The ATI was great for Windows and Windows gaming, but the drivers available for Linux are a sick joke. NVidia provides a single universal installer for all Linux distributions and kernels, and it worked great. Been playing Neverwinter Nights happily (using MEPIS Linux) all day.

If you use or intend to try Linux, pass on the ATI products. Otherwise, it's a good card.

[digitalfreak]

Anyone know where one can be purchased in the US?

[Rys]

This is the annoying thing, Guillemot, Hercules' parent company for the brand, have no sales presence in the States. It's a purely European brand now, you'll be hard pressed to find one for sale in the States at all.

I wish it were different, they'd sell a mountain of them. Their loss

Rys