3D Blaster GeForce3
Manufacturer - Creative Labs Europe

It has been quiet for a while regarding Creative Labs versus videocards, but recently Creative Labs Europe announced an entire range of new nVidia based products that will make the Mack daddies of Multimedia products return to the hardcore gaming scene.

The last product that we have seen & tested was their GeForce2 MX with 64bits DDR memory, then came the GeForce3 announcement from NVIDIA and from there on it was quiet. Creative labs is back, with GeForce2 MX 200, MX PCI, Pro and big surprise the 3D Blaster GeForce3 ! They have made some pretty interesting moves to get back in the 3D saddle.

Creative has just finalised their pricing, as a guidelinen these are the suggested sales prices (excluding local VAT) …

A little side note on the MX, the PCI model will only ship in certain countries that have a proven track record in selling PCI solutions. For example the two biggest selling graphics cards in the UK in 2000 were both PCI .. I believe that the strong demand is partially based on people with integrated AGP and also people being sold PCI as a safe option if they are unable to tell the sales person whether or not they have an AGP slot in their PC.

The prices above are of course suggested retail prices, expect much lower prices in your PC shop. The videocard that we will review today is the 3D Blaster GeForce3, at this time the product is manufactured by Creative Labs Europe only, therefore availability other then Europe might be difficult.

Right, let's get this review started :)