Advice please for New Graphics Card

Ive just seen this graphics card on ebuyer going for a reasonably cheap price

[www.ebuyer.com]

Do you think this is worth purchasing to upgrade my system?

I have a limited budget and my current graphics card is a Geforce 2 Mx400 64Mb with Tv-Out. My CPU is a P4 1.7GHz so that doesnt need updating at least not yet and i feel the at this price that is a damn good graphics card.

Thanks



Post Edited (07-23-03 11:53)

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It's much better than your GF2. Card is cheap but it isn't very fast. If you buy Radeon 9000/9100/9200 you will get better performance. If you want buy NVIDIA's card then buy GF4Ti4200, but it is more expensive.




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thanks for the advice

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I would have to say no. What is your budget?

If you have £150ish pounds have a look at the Radeon 9500/9600 cards, or the Geforce FX 5600 Ultra, but not the 5600. For around £100 then the 5200 Ultra, or Radeon 9200 are in your price range.

If you don't play any new games then you don't need directx 9 hardware support, so the aforementioned GeForce 4 Ti 4200 or the one I mentioned, the Radeon 9200, will be suitable, and affordable.

Baz

is the 128mb ATI Radeon 9800 Pro the best card out, i know Saphire do a 256mb Radeon 9800 Pro but it only runs at 128mb.

Anyone know, or if theres a better one. Ive got between 4 and 5 hundered to spend on a card.

my pc specs are

Intel P4 2.6ghz
512mb DDR PC2700 Ram
160gb HDD (2x 80)
currently a GeForce 4 128 Ti4800se, which cant run GP4 over 15fps

Thanks guys





AMD Athlon 64 3200 - Asus K8VSE Deluxe Motherboard - Antec TruePower 550W PSU - Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - GeIL 1GB PC3200 Golden Dragon CAS2 - Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI - Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache Serial ATA - Samsung SC-152AEBB 52x CD-ROM - NEC ND2500A 8x DVD±R/±RW - OcUK Floppy Drive - Windows XP Pro - Chenbro Gaming Bomb with Side Window - Samsung Samtron 76E 17" CRT Monitor

There must be something seriuosly wrong with ur system if it cant run GP4 over 15fps. My system is: 1.7Ghz P4, 256 SD RAM (p133), 60Gb Hard drive and Geforce 2 Mx400 64Mb and i can get about 27 Fps in a full grid race with everything on high (except shadows and reflections)

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Ive spoken to the place where i got my pc from, and they agree theres a problem. Im swapping it for a laptop instead.

heres the specs, tell me what you think:

Screen 15.0" XGA TFT
Processor Intel Pentium 4 H-T
Processor Speed 3.06GHz
Memory 512MB PC2700 333MHz DDR
Hard Drive 40GB
Drive CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
Modem 56K/V.90 Internal
AGP Graphics 64MB Nvidia GeForce4 Go
Sound SoundBlaster Pro Compatible
Speakers 2 x 1 Watt
Floppy Drive No
Memory Slots 2 x DIMMs
Memory Capacity 1GB
Audio In Port 1 x Mic-in
Audio Out Port 1 x H'phone/Speakers
Networking Port 1 x 10/100 RJ45
Serial Port No
Parallel Port Yes
Ext Monitor Port Yes
RJ11 Modem Port Yes
Power Socket Yes
TV Port 1 x S-Video Out
PS2 Port Yes
USB Ports 4 x USB 2.0
PCMCIA Port 1 x Type II
Infra Red Trans. Yes
Mini PCI Slot Yes
Firewire Port Yes
Carry Case No
AC Adaptor Yes
Internal Battery Lithium Ion Battery
Touchpad Yes
Scroll Button Yes
Dimensions (mm) 39h x 332w x 285d
Warranty 12 Mths RTB
Weight 3.4Kg w/ battery
OS Compliance Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
Notes Antenna Built-in (Requires Adaptor)





AMD Athlon 64 3200 - Asus K8VSE Deluxe Motherboard - Antec TruePower 550W PSU - Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - GeIL 1GB PC3200 Golden Dragon CAS2 - Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI - Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache Serial ATA - Samsung SC-152AEBB 52x CD-ROM - NEC ND2500A 8x DVD±R/±RW - OcUK Floppy Drive - Windows XP Pro - Chenbro Gaming Bomb with Side Window - Samsung Samtron 76E 17" CRT Monitor

I know it will run F1C, but will it run GP4 ? duh duh duuuuuuuu!!





AMD Athlon 64 3200 - Asus K8VSE Deluxe Motherboard - Antec TruePower 550W PSU - Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu Ultra-Quiet CPU Cooler - GeIL 1GB PC3200 Golden Dragon CAS2 - Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI - Western Digital Caviar 120GB Special Edition 8MB Cache Serial ATA - Samsung SC-152AEBB 52x CD-ROM - NEC ND2500A 8x DVD±R/±RW - OcUK Floppy Drive - Windows XP Pro - Chenbro Gaming Bomb with Side Window - Samsung Samtron 76E 17" CRT Monitor

The new ATI Radeon 9800 Pro All in Wonder will be the biggest most feature rich card when it is out, which is soon. But it's a case of preference between the 9800pro and GeForce FX 5900Ultra at the moment. Both perform similarly.

Baz

I am a nVidia man myself.

My Gfx card life

VERY old ATI card - GeForce 2MX - GeForce 4MX 440 - GeForce FX 5200 (the cheaper version) - GeForce 4 Ti 4200

All nVidia cept that crap little ATI card i had at the start




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Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps