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10-17-2002, 07:51 AM
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buy a new video card
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I am thinking about buying a new video card.I only want to play a game,Red Faction (a FirstPersonShooter). But I have P2 333Mhz 192 SDRAM ..with SiS 6326. And I only get about 5 FPS.  I used to get about 30 FPS with P4 1.3Ghz 128 RDRAM ..with TNT2 32mb card. What graphics card should i buy to get at least 20-30 FPS...on this P2 system?I am thinking VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 MX 420 64MB.Will i be able to get good pictures?I worry if P2 will be a bottleneck  I have 40 bucks now.(doh!  )not willing to spend more than 100.
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10-17-2002, 09:18 AM
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Well... if you're gonna go GeForce, avoid the MX cards, they will just add another bottleneck.
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10-17-2002, 10:01 AM
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The P2 will be a bottleneck - a high end video card won't be able to really do its job. However, almost anything would be better than that SiS card, even a TNT2 M64. Do you have an AGP slot or are you PCI only?
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10-17-2002, 03:04 PM
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yes,i have AGP slot.what should i get if geforce mx is not good?
if p2 IS gonna be a bottleneck,how good pictures will i be able to get from geforce4 mx? |
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10-18-2002, 04:21 PM
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Maybe an ATi 7500 would do you some good.
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10-18-2002, 04:26 PM
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A GeForce4 MX will perform about the same as a GeForce 2, that's what it's based on.
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