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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
I have a TI-4200 AGP card today, but in Half-Life 2 (and other Source
games) it's way to slow, and it also lacks DX9 hardware support :-( But as I am very found of my Asus P4PE mainboard I don't want to change that. So if I buy a new video-card it will be a AGP one. And then I don't want it to cost too much (as I will have to change it again when I buy a new mainboard, since new ones don't have AGP). So is there a newver faster cards with DX9 that won't cost to much? The requirements is 60 FPS in Half-Life 2 with AA(Q) at 800x600 res (that's what I run today, but now w/o AA and only gettiing 30 FPS) -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
The Radeon 9800 Pro is legendary:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131213 You can also get a Geforce 7600GS. More expensive, but can probably let you run HL2 at 1600x1200 smoothly. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150190 -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Lars-Erik Østerud" .@. wrote in message . .. I have a TI-4200 AGP card today, but in Half-Life 2 (and other Source games) it's way to slow, and it also lacks DX9 hardware support :-( But as I am very found of my Asus P4PE mainboard I don't want to change that. So if I buy a new video-card it will be a AGP one. And then I don't want it to cost too much (as I will have to change it again when I buy a new mainboard, since new ones don't have AGP). So is there a newver faster cards with DX9 that won't cost to much? The requirements is 60 FPS in Half-Life 2 with AA(Q) at 800x600 res (that's what I run today, but now w/o AA and only gettiing 30 FPS) -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:
I have a TI-4200 AGP card today, but in Half-Life 2 (and other Source games) it's way to slow, and it also lacks DX9 hardware support :-( But as I am very found of my Asus P4PE mainboard I don't want to change that. So if I buy a new video-card it will be a AGP one. And then I don't want it to cost too much (as I will have to change it again when I buy a new mainboard, since new ones don't have AGP). So is there a newver faster cards with DX9 that won't cost to much? The requirements is 60 FPS in Half-Life 2 with AA(Q) at 800x600 res (that's what I run today, but now w/o AA and only gettiing 30 FPS) Here's a chart from Tom's Hardware that includes the Ti4200. http://www.tomshardware.com/2003/12/...iii/page4.html Here's a benchmark for Half-Life 2. Any card on the chart would run HL2 at 60FPS 800x600. I would jump to 1024x768 at least. How much is 'cost too much' money? Look through the benchmarks. http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/...vii/page7.html Newegg has the BFG 7800GS OC for $175.99. The 7600GT is a fast card and might be a little cheaper; look around. TMC |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
I went from a 4200 to 6600gt and it works fine for hl2 and fear but with
fear I had to reduce some of the eye candy. The 7600gs is pretty close to the 6600gt. Friend of mine just bought one from compusa for 129 dollars after rebate. It is agp and 512 meg of ram. He likes it. His basic system is 2.8 gig p4, 1 gig of ram on a asus p4s800d-x board. "Lars-Erik Østerud" .@. wrote in message . .. I have a TI-4200 AGP card today, but in Half-Life 2 (and other Source games) it's way to slow, and it also lacks DX9 hardware support :-( But as I am very found of my Asus P4PE mainboard I don't want to change that. So if I buy a new video-card it will be a AGP one. And then I don't want it to cost too much (as I will have to change it again when I buy a new mainboard, since new ones don't have AGP). So is there a newver faster cards with DX9 that won't cost to much? The requirements is 60 FPS in Half-Life 2 with AA(Q) at 800x600 res (that's what I run today, but now w/o AA and only gettiing 30 FPS) -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
First of One wrote:
You can also get a Geforce 7600GS. More expensive, but can probably let you run HL2 at 1600x1200 smoothly. That is not needed, so if there is a cheaper one that can run HL2 at 800x600 smoothly (with full AA) at 60 fps that is all that I need. As I said: Cheap, smooth 800x600, AA, 60 fps, AGP, and TV out. -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
BigJim wrote:
some of the eye candy. The 7600gs is pretty close to the 6600gt. Friend of mine just bought Faster or slower? one from compusa for 129 dollars after rebate. It is agp and 512 meg of ram. He likes it. His basic system is 2.8 gig p4, 1 gig of ram on a asus p4s800d-x board. I have a P4PE with 2.54 GHz and 512MB so that is pretty close to his -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote:
Look through the benchmarks. http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/...vii/page7.html But this chart is without any AA. And if I first would get a new card. Isn't there any FPS chart with AA on on the same cards anywhere? -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
Lars-Erik Østerud wrote:
Too_Much_Coffee ® wrote: Look through the benchmarks. http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/...vii/page7.html But this chart is without any AA. And if I first would get a new card. Isn't there any FPS chart with AA on on the same cards anywhere? The next page in the article: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/...vii/page8.html TMC |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
BigJim wrote:
some of the eye candy. The 7600gs is pretty close to the 6600gt. Friend of mine just bought These cards are listed as having HDTV-out. Will that connector work with a non-HDTV television set as well (using a S-video cable) as I do now. If not that is not really useful :-) BTW: Is there a full list over screemn resolutions somewhere for the cards. They only state max, but not a list over what is possible. I use 1152x864 today (1280x1024 give to small text) and need to know if a new card (like a 7600GS) will support that analog/digital res. BTW: Asus is claiming that the 7600GS is 25% faster than the 6600? -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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Faster AGP card that Ti-4200
I see that these 7600GS and 7600GT cards have no additional
power-connector. Does that mean they pull all the power through the AGP-slot. Will that work OK with my Asus P4PE mainboard (I don't want to fry the mainboard) and will they work with the P4PE AGP-slot (I'm not sure that is 8x, possibly only 4x, will that slow down things?) -- Lars-Erik - http://www.osterud.name - ICQ 7297605 XP, Asus P4PE, 2.53 GHz, Asus V8420 (Ti4200), SB-Live |
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