What Graphic's Card ?

Having recently built a computer;

Abit KG7 Motherboard.
AMD Athlon XP1700.
512mb DDR Ram.
Nvidia Riva TNT64 32mb Graphic's Card.
Soundblaster Live 5.1

I could not afford a better graphic's card at the time of building my computer,but now I am thinking of upgrading.
Anyone have any idea's about which graphic's card would suit my system?
Obviously like everyone I would like to run GP4 as it was intended to run with all the bell's & whistle's on maximum.
Anybody got a similar system to mine?
Any help from you fellow racer's would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

To get the best from your system your looking at the GF3 or GF4 cards.

The GF3 cards still tend to be quite expensive, so I'd go for a GF4, but not the MX ones. You can get a GF4 Ti4200 for about £150, or a Ti4400 for about £200. If you can really splash out £300 will get you the amazing Ti4600.

I have been pricing new cards myself the last week or so. I am considering buying one from Dabs, from their "value" range. Prices seem good.

[www.dabs.com]

i quite fancy a Gainward Ti 4200 at mo, £130 inc VAT



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alan, those are good prices....

this is a good price particularly

[www.dabs.com]

GF3 Ti200 is easily good enough.


(but will it run Doom III?.....in fact, will anything run Doom III?!)



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I've got a Gainward GeForce4 Ti4200, £130 from my local computer shop. Definately worth it.

Bazza

Other than the Gainward card (which doesn't seem to be mentioned on U.S. websites), what other manufacturers might be preferred for a ti 4600 card? Is Visiontek or PNY trusted brands? I remember being disapointed with several Diamond cards because they used propritary tools and drivers that sort of dummied up the chips capabilities.



RA Moats

leadtek are next best, then visiontek pny and asus are all quite close



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AMD XP 2700+ | Asus A7N8X nForce 2 Deluxe | 1 GB PC2700 RAM DC | ATI RADEON 9800 | WD 120GB 8MB | NEC 16x DVD | Lite-on 48x24x48 | XP

v266b motherboard
amd duron 1.2ghz
128mb ram
Nvidia Riva TNT64 32mb Graphic's Card.
Soundblaster Live 5.1


i bought grand prix 4 2 weeks ago but could only play it with low graphics on my old system.so i bought all the gear above just to play it.it was well worth it to me.i can play the game with everything up to the max and wooooow its grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat

I have a Visiontek 4400, easily overclk to 4600 specs (300mhz gpu - 650 mhz ram) which uses Nvidia refrence drivers.
A damn good card!

Thanks for your advice all...



RA Moats

Geforce 4 would be perfect lol, but Geforce 3 is more afordable lol...

I'd recommend a GeForce 4 Ti4200. Same price as the GeForce 3's and better performance. Since, like me, you have an ABIT motherboard, why don't you go for the ABIT Siluro. I bought one from DABS.COM, and have been very happy with the performance.

ATI 8500 is worth considering too.



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