3D Prophet 4500 review
Hot Hardware have taken a look at Hercules' Kyro II powered 3D Prophet 4500. I'm sure you're all aware of the buzz this card has been generating lately so head over there to see what they thought of it. Heres a bit:
The Kyro II is not the first chipset to use tile-based rendering though. Its predecessors based on earlier revisions of the PowerVR technology were available at retail, but these earlier products suffered from many incompatibilities and were not leading performers. With the Kyro II, however, STMicroelectronics and Hercules claim to have worked out the bugs and upped the performance ante to market-leading levels. As we all know, we can't just take their word for it, so let's get the 3D Prophet 4500 installed and see what it can do...