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Hi,
What's the cheapest ATI and nVidia cards around that are significantly faster than a G-Force 3 Ti200 card?
My G-Force 3 Ti200 is damn awful for online games such as Counter-Strike (tracking all them player positions is too uber for it and jerkyness persues), so I was wanting a 'VERY' cheap upgrade that is 'MORE' faster that my old one. Like perhaps twice or three times faster and costs under 60-ish pounds.
I'm not planning on playing Doom 3 soon but would like a solid '99FPS' at all times in Counter-Strike even with 25-30 people running about.
Oh, and a last thing. What are the core and memory speeds of the G-Force 3 Ti200 card so I can compare to any suggestions people make here?
What's the cheapest ATI and nVidia cards around that are significantly faster than a G-Force 3 Ti200 card?
My G-Force 3 Ti200 is damn awful for online games such as Counter-Strike (tracking all them player positions is too uber for it and jerkyness persues), so I was wanting a 'VERY' cheap upgrade that is 'MORE' faster that my old one. Like perhaps twice or three times faster and costs under 60-ish pounds.
I'm not planning on playing Doom 3 soon but would like a solid '99FPS' at all times in Counter-Strike even with 25-30 people running about.
Oh, and a last thing. What are the core and memory speeds of the G-Force 3 Ti200 card so I can compare to any suggestions people make here?
Any Geforce3 is going to kick Counterstrike around at 10 billion frames per second. I'd be very suprised if the graphics card was the bottleneck. Are you running with some sort of enhanced texture pack or something (*isn't sure what CS can be dressed up to these days*)
cookie monster wrote:
> A 2nd hand Ti4600.
Like mine.
> A 2nd hand Ti4600.
Like mine.
Anything less than a 9800 isn't going to be twice as fast than the GeForce 3. You can get a second hand 9800 Pro for around £80.
A 2nd hand Ti4600.
Go on - what you want is my old Radeon 9600 - Its on Ebay right now.
Go Go Go Bid Bid Bid....
Go Go Go Bid Bid Bid....
Your probably looking at either ATi 9550/9600 or FX 5600/5700 on the budget you quoting. I currently have a 9500Pro which gets very sluggish in Doom 3 with loads of action (1024x768 @ med detail) and has a butof a fit coping with some of the advanced DX9 stuff in CS:Source.
Personally I'd save for a bit and go for the 9800Pro. Excellent card for the price and will cope with most things thrown at it for some time to come. Anything lower won't keep the constant FPS your looking for in Doom.
FWIW, my X800Pro should arrive this week! YAY!
Personally I'd save for a bit and go for the 9800Pro. Excellent card for the price and will cope with most things thrown at it for some time to come. Anything lower won't keep the constant FPS your looking for in Doom.
FWIW, my X800Pro should arrive this week! YAY!
I consider the 9800 pro to be a heavyweight card so it's not what I'm looking for. Something around £60 that will give me a solid 90-99FPS in CS even with lots of action. Cards have progressed a lot since the G-F3 and I was wondering if there was a budget card that is twice/three times as fast for as little money.
You might be lucky and get a 9800 Pro for under £120. 9800 Pro is a damn good card for the money.
Core and memory speeds don't mean much, they could well be faster than other cards but have far fewer pipelines.
Radeon 9800 Pro, great card, 128 MB, £140 or so.
Considerably faster, GeForce 6800 (not Ultra or GT), £180 or so.
Radeon 9800 Pro, great card, 128 MB, £140 or so.
Considerably faster, GeForce 6800 (not Ultra or GT), £180 or so.
Hi,
What's the cheapest ATI and nVidia cards around that are significantly faster than a G-Force 3 Ti200 card?
My G-Force 3 Ti200 is damn awful for online games such as Counter-Strike (tracking all them player positions is too uber for it and jerkyness persues), so I was wanting a 'VERY' cheap upgrade that is 'MORE' faster that my old one. Like perhaps twice or three times faster and costs under 60-ish pounds.
I'm not planning on playing Doom 3 soon but would like a solid '99FPS' at all times in Counter-Strike even with 25-30 people running about.
Oh, and a last thing. What are the core and memory speeds of the G-Force 3 Ti200 card so I can compare to any suggestions people make here?
What's the cheapest ATI and nVidia cards around that are significantly faster than a G-Force 3 Ti200 card?
My G-Force 3 Ti200 is damn awful for online games such as Counter-Strike (tracking all them player positions is too uber for it and jerkyness persues), so I was wanting a 'VERY' cheap upgrade that is 'MORE' faster that my old one. Like perhaps twice or three times faster and costs under 60-ish pounds.
I'm not planning on playing Doom 3 soon but would like a solid '99FPS' at all times in Counter-Strike even with 25-30 people running about.
Oh, and a last thing. What are the core and memory speeds of the G-Force 3 Ti200 card so I can compare to any suggestions people make here?