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"graphic cards...which 1 to get???????"

i have 64 nvidia graphic card and want to upgrade...i have a pentium 4 and have a 1.7G what would you bye and (not asking to much) want value for money)

Miserableman wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Not poppycock at all. On the botmatch benchmark, a benchmark less
> demanding than the game, my 1.85ghz AthlonXP manages a mere 55fps
> with
> the CPU bottleneck. 30fps is a reasonable scale for a 1.7ghz
> Pentium.
>
>
> Believe it or not, your processor is not twice as fast as a Pentium 4
> clocked 150Mhz slower.


No, but that relationship is scaled by background processes, plus the fact that especially the up-to 2ghz line of P4s were extroadinarily slow for their clock, AND that this kind of stuff is what XP's are good at, 30fps is a very reasonable estimate.

With the UT2003 benchmarks, are the graphic detail levels/resolution etc etc at set levels or can you adjust them via the game ??
Would be good if they were non adjustable so everyone was on a level playing field.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Not poppycock at all. On the botmatch benchmark, a benchmark less
> demanding than the game, my 1.85ghz AthlonXP manages a mere 55fps with
> the CPU bottleneck. 30fps is a reasonable scale for a 1.7ghz Pentium.


Believe it or not, your processor is not twice as fast as a Pentium 4 clocked 150Mhz slower.

And 'mere' is hardly a term I'd use for 55fps.

Not poppycock at all. On the botmatch benchmark, a benchmark less demanding than the game, my 1.85ghz AthlonXP manages a mere 55fps with the CPU bottleneck. 30fps is a reasonable scale for a 1.7ghz Pentium.

ut2k3 uses the cpu more........ it depends on that really .....

"It rapes all 3D games though :O)"

Is that a technical term ?

Turbonutter wrote:
> A good graphics card would be wasted for him on UT2K3 as his CPU
> probably can't manage more than a stable 30fps anyway.

Poppycock. My Athlon 1Ghz threw UT2K3 at 30fps sustained, my Geforce2 Pro was the bottleneck.


In answer to the original question, I just upgraded to a Radeon 8500, which sits somewhere between a high end Geforce3 and a low end Geforce4 in performance. It set me back £60-odd, although I did get it as part of a deal. It rapes all 3D games though :O)

A good graphics card would be wasted for him on UT2K3 as his CPU probably can't manage more than a stable 30fps anyway.

depends how much u want to spend , what games will utilize more if its nothing like ut2k3 ur present one should do fine tbh..... my geforce 2 rusn hitman 2, UT , AOM fine........ will be getting a new comp next year tho o.O

I'd go for the GeForce Ti4200 64mb card.

Between the Ti4200 64mb and 128mb the 64mb wins hands down every time. The fact is, most games, even the very latest ones, don't come near 64mb memory usage. The 64mb version of the card however comes with faster RAM, much improving performance over the 128mb version.