Upgrade or no?

I have a TI4200, but it's only 4X AGP. Would it make much of a difference
to upgrade to an 8X AGP TI4200? I just can't see the upgrade in getting a
5600 Ultra. Advice anyone?

"Mr. Brian Allen" wrote in message
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" I have a TI4200, but it's only 4X AGP. Would it make much of a difference
to upgrade to an 8X AGP TI4200? I just can't see the upgrade in getting a
5600 Ultra. Advice anyone? "


If you have an AGPx8 motherboard, then you can see a relative comparison
he http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...229/index.html

If you are running an AGPx4 motherboard, then am upgrade would be less of a
difference.

Asuming your mother board supports 8x and your processor is not the bottle
neck I doubt you could see a differance.


"Mr. Brian Allen" wrote in message
...
I have a TI4200, but it's only 4X AGP. Would it make much of a difference
to upgrade to an 8X AGP TI4200? I just can't see the upgrade in getting a
5600 Ultra. Advice anyone?

You won't notice a difference at all. If you want to upgrade and stay
Nvidia, then you'll have to spring for at least a 5700 Ultra. 5900 is your
best upgrade at this point. You would definately notice an improvement.

Dave


"Mr. Brian Allen" wrote in message
...
I have a TI4200, but it's only 4X AGP. Would it make much of a difference
to upgrade to an 8X AGP TI4200? I just can't see the upgrade in getting a
5600 Ultra. Advice anyone?

If you are running an AGPx4 motherboard, then am upgrade would be less of
a
difference.

My board is 8X, but looking at the Unreal Tournament benchmarks, it only
raised it about 4 points. I might as well wait for the next batch of cards
to come out.

Asuming your mother board supports 8x and your processor is not the bottle
neck I doubt you could see a differance.

Benchmarks seem to support the lack of a difference. There's no use wasting
my time.

You won't notice a difference at all. If you want to upgrade and stay
Nvidia, then you'll have to spring for at least a 5700 Ultra. 5900 is
your
best upgrade at this point. You would definately notice an improvement.

The 5600 Ultra seems about equal, and the prices jump after that. I'll just
wait another 6 months for the next batch to come out. It's funny how the
hardware jumps have slown down. Shoot, I used to have to upgrade my video
card every 6 months, but I've been using this TI4200 for a year now! I
guess overclocking the crap out of it tends to help it stay current! :-)

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 23:15:05 -0500, "Mr. Brian Allen"
wrote:

You won't notice a difference at all. If you want to upgrade and stay
Nvidia, then you'll have to spring for at least a 5700 Ultra. 5900 is
your
best upgrade at this point. You would definately notice an improvement.

The 5600 Ultra seems about equal, and the prices jump after that. I'll just
wait another 6 months for the next batch to come out. It's funny how the
hardware jumps have slown down. Shoot, I used to have to upgrade my video
card every 6 months, but I've been using this TI4200 for a year now! I
guess overclocking the crap out of it tends to help it stay current! :-)

The AGP 8x of Ti4200 is about 1~2fps faster... WHOOPIE... not woth a
$1.

The 5600 is slower... the 5600Ultra is on par - but sometimes slower
still. Only the 5700Ulta can remain above the Ti4200~Ti4800s.

As of today, a $180 fx5900XT would be a decent upgrade.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...ournament_2003


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"Mr. Brian Allen" wrote in message
...
You won't notice a difference at all. If you want to upgrade and stay
Nvidia, then you'll have to spring for at least a 5700 Ultra. 5900 is
your
best upgrade at this point. You would definately notice an improvement.

The 5600 Ultra seems about equal, and the prices jump after that. I'll
just
wait another 6 months for the next batch to come out. It's funny how the
hardware jumps have slown down. Shoot, I used to have to upgrade my video
card every 6 months, but I've been using this TI4200 for a year now! I
guess overclocking the crap out of it tends to help it stay current! :-)

It's not just that - it's a fast card! Buying hardware with good value has
pros and cons. Pro: you got good value (duh! :-) Con: It's that much more
difficult to upgrade without losing value.