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Recommend graphics card for this system?
If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It
works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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ATI 9100 128MB
"jeffc" wrote in message ... If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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"Tod" wrote in message news:bZBnb.40265$ao4.85322@attbi_s51... ATI 9100 128MB Not what I expected on the nvidia group, but thanks :-) |
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"jeffc" wrote in message ... If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. I would recommend the Ti4200 at around $80USD. It should be more than adequate for quite awhile. It's not DX9 but even though it's an older card it's still a good performer. Another 256MB of ram in your system would help performance. TMC -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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Nvidia 5200 then.
"jeffc" wrote in message ... "Tod" wrote in message news:bZBnb.40265$ao4.85322@attbi_s51... ATI 9100 128MB Not what I expected on the nvidia group, but thanks :-) |
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NVidia FX 5700 cards are now available. About $200.
-- DaveW "jeffc" wrote in message ... If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 23:48:49 GMT
"Tod" wrote: Nvidia 5200 then. "jeffc" wrote in message ... "Tod" wrote in message news:bZBnb.40265$ao4.85322@attbi_s51... ATI 9100 128MB Not what I expected on the nvidia group, but thanks :-) Now let's see, you've recommended the absolute bottom of the nvidia range and a relatively old ATI with no DirectX9 acceleration that wasn't all that fast even when it was new. The obvious choice given the stated requirements would be a Geforce 4 Ti4200, which was a fast board when it was new and is still a fast board even if it's not as fast as the latest high end, and has the salient advantage that it's cheap. Certainly a better choice for a gaming machine than an ATI 8500 (which is what the 9100 really is). -- -- --John Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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lets remember everyone, the 5200 sux it?
GO VOODOO 5 -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://www.giantcompany.com "DaveW" wrote in message news:AaEnb.37473$mZ5.191663@attbi_s54... NVidia FX 5700 cards are now available. About $200. -- DaveW "jeffc" wrote in message ... If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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Here are the choices I would recommend.
If DX8 is all you need: GF4 Ti4200 If you want to take advantage of DX9 games: GF FX5600 ATi 9600 No need to spend anymore than that.... "jeffc" wrote in message ... If it would be worthwhile, I'd like to add a new card to this system. It works fine now for what I've used it for, but I'd like to get the max performance in games. Having said that, I don't want to change anything but the graphics. In other words, I'm pretty sure it would be overkill to put in a $500 graphics card that I can't exploit because the rest of the system isn't up to it. I'd be looking to get a budget price on an older card rather than get a card that I can use again in a better system. I'll play the most advanced games I can play (I don't mind buying last year's games), and then get a new system in a year or 2. (I also don't care to upgrade the sound right now, as I'm only listening through headphones.) Note that one of the things I don't like about this system is that there is no integrated memory for the current graphics. It eats 32M of my system memory that it reserves for graphics use. I'm assuming this will stop when I stick in a new card. -. Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition -. AMD AthlonT XP 2200+ Processor (1.800 GHz) with QuantiSpeedT architecture -. VIA KM 266 -. 60 GB HDD -. 256 MB DDR (PC 2100) -. 56K* ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem -. AC '97 Audio -. S3 ProSavage8T integrated (1 AGP slot available for upgrade) |
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"DaveW" wrote in message news:AaEnb.37473$mZ5.191663@attbi_s54... NVidia FX 5700 cards are now available. About $200. If that's his budget, I'll second that. |
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