Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Interests > Tilted Technology


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 10-31-2004, 08:21 PM   #1 (permalink)
Upright
 
Location: Canada
Looking for a video card

I currently have a Geforce2 mx/mx 400 AGP 4x 64mb, running on an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ with windows XP. Yes your probably thinking buy a whole new pc!! but I can't $$$ is a problem so I just want to get a new video card to keep me happy for a couple more years atleast. I'm looking for a 256mb video card that is compatible with doom 3. I don't have much to spend but some extra features such is video in and or out would be nive also s video in and cable in, but I don't need these I just wouoldn't mind them.
Boomsly is offline  
Old 10-31-2004, 08:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
Knight of the Old Republic
 
Lasereth's Avatar
 
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
What's your price range? That's about the only thing that matters.

-Lasereth
__________________
"A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert
Lasereth is offline  
Old 10-31-2004, 10:45 PM   #3 (permalink)
"Afternoon everybody." "NORM!"
 
Paradise Lost's Avatar
 
Location: Poland, Ohio // Clarion University of PA.
If money is a problem, then you're probably NOT going to be able to afford a good 256 mb
graphics card, but either way, go for an ATi card, just check their website, or NewEgg for
prices.
__________________
"Marino could do it."
Paradise Lost is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 05:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
Upright
 
Location: Canada
Money's not a big problem I have about $200CDN to spend I was just saying that because I didn't want people suggesting $500-$600 cards.
Boomsly is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 05:37 AM   #5 (permalink)
Crazy
 
pottsynz's Avatar
 
With a Athlon 1700+ I'll say get something like a cheapy 9600xt or something. Any more and you're outdoing your cpu too much,
pottsynz is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 06:01 AM   #6 (permalink)
Knight of the Old Republic
 
Lasereth's Avatar
 
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
For $200 CDN I'd get one of the following (make sure to pay a lot of attention to the specific model numbers):

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT
ATI Radeon 9600 XT
ATI Radeon 9500 Pro

The ATI Radeon X700 is the best choice above the aforementioned but it's not out in AGP format yet. If you wanted to wait, this would be the best choice. If you didn't want to wait, the cards listed above will do ya good for $200 CDN. I'll say that for a few dollars more you can get into some really powerful videocards. $230 CDN will break open a barrier that yields a huge performance gain with the Radeon 9800 Pro or the lesser Radeon 9700 Pro. Both of these cards can be bought for under $230 CDN and will be GREAT cards for their pricerange.

Like I said before, if ya wanna stay at $200 CDN, the cards I mentioned above are your best bet.

PS: You wanted a 256 MB videocard but I didn't list any. This is because the onboard memory on a videocard means precisely dick.

-Lasereth
__________________
"A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert
Lasereth is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 08:44 AM   #7 (permalink)
Professional Loafer
 
bendsley's Avatar
 
Location: texas
Quote:
Looking for a video card
Did you happen to look behind the couch? =P
__________________
"You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."
bendsley is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 12:17 PM   #8 (permalink)
Upright
 
Location: Canada
Quote:
PS: You wanted a 256 MB videocard but I didn't list any. This is because the onboard memory on a videocard means precisely dick.
Really, I honestly did not know that. Even if you have 512mb of ram installed? or do you need more like a gig or so?
Boomsly is offline  
Old 11-01-2004, 02:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
Knight of the Old Republic
 
Lasereth's Avatar
 
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomsly
Really, I honestly did not know that. Even if you have 512mb of ram installed? or do you need more like a gig or so?
The RAM on your videocard is not used for other processes. In other words, having more RAM on your videocard won't make your PC faster, it'll just increase performance in some situations on some games if you have the right videocard with the right configuration.

To simplify things, videocard memory is a terrible way to test the performance of the videocard. Other factors determine performance: pipelines, memory and clock speed, etc. A 64 MB GeForce 4 TI4200 will outperform a 256 MB GeForce FX 5200 any day of the week, sometimes even being 3 times as powerful as the FX 5200. Like I said before, the onboard RAM on a videocard means nothing.

What DOES matter concerning RAM is how much your PC has. I suggest 512 MB of RAM or more for a gaming PC.

-Lasereth
__________________
"A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert
Lasereth is offline  
 

Tags
card, video


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:35 PM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360