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Video Card Suggestions from Experts?!?!
My current system:
A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx |
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I'm no expert, but I highly recommend the ASUS GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB with
AGP 8x (should run just fine on your mobo, but find out for sure). See just how kick-ass the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB is: http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...n_9600-07.html A solid gaming card for someone on a budget. -phil "Holiday" wrote in message ... My current system: A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx |
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the 8x might be useless now.. reply to this thread in about 12 months and
lets compare then.. once we see some "software" design'd to take advantage of the cards "jaeger" wrote in message . .. In article , says... I'm no expert, but I highly recommend the ASUS GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB with AGP 8x (should run just fine on your mobo, but find out for sure). See just how kick-ass the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB is: [crap link removed] A solid gaming card for someone on a budget. If you're getting a 4200, forget the 4200 8x(useless) and get the Asus 4X 8420S. It's a 4200 with 3.3ns RAM(rated for 600MHz). I have one at 300/650, which is 4600 speed and could probably go higher. And it's quite inexpensive. |
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Huh? 12 months? This card is obsolete now.
"rstlne" wrote in message ... the 8x might be useless now.. reply to this thread in about 12 months and lets compare then.. once we see some "software" design'd to take advantage of the cards "jaeger" wrote in message . .. In article , says... I'm no expert, but I highly recommend the ASUS GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB with AGP 8x (should run just fine on your mobo, but find out for sure). See just how kick-ass the GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB is: [crap link removed] A solid gaming card for someone on a budget. If you're getting a 4200, forget the 4200 8x(useless) and get the Asus 4X 8420S. It's a 4200 with 3.3ns RAM(rated for 600MHz). I have one at 300/650, which is 4600 speed and could probably go higher. And it's quite inexpensive. |
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Would look for an ATI 9700, they should be cheap enough now.
Then just clock it to, 9700 Pro speeds Even at default speeds, nothing else would come close to performance/price and be capable of 4X FSAA and 16X AF in Battlefeild 1942 etc "Holiday" wrote in message ... My current system: A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx |
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Holiday wrote in message . ..
My current system: A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx You might want to post to the seperate Nvidia and ATI newsgroups to get a better idea. I'm a Nvidia person myself and seems like the currrent consensus is a Geforce 4 (probably Ti4200 or 4800) then a new Geforce 5 (like the 5600). Also go to Newegg and look at customer comments and votes. The Asus Ti4200 at $150 has 80 votes at 5 stars. The MSI card has 70 votes too. Also be aware of memory used, some same sounding models don't use the same kind memory (like some use 64 bit vs 128 bit memory - I'm not talking megs here). |
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I'm no expert, but I highly recommend the ASUS GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB
with AGP 8x (should run just fine on your mobo, but find out for sure). I agree, at least with the chipset. I'm using an MSI 4200 8X 128MB with VIVO. |
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This motherboard is only AGP 2.0 compliant, so it will only support up to
AGP 4x. 8x doesn't do you any good with this mobo. "Holiday" wrote in message ... My current system: A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx |
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"Homer J Simpson" wrote in message .ca...
This motherboard is only AGP 2.0 compliant, so it will only support up to AGP 4x. 8x doesn't do you any good with this mobo. "Holiday" wrote in message ... My current system: A7V rev. 1.02 TB 950 w/ 392 Megs PC133 Win2k/Win98 Dual Boot TNT 2 32megs My loyal TNT 2 has performed admirably the last 3 yrs, especially with a decent overclock support to help me play even new games on a lower resolution. I do find this year though that some games are coming out that will not run at all on this card. I am on a budget and upgrading the mobo, cpu and memory is not an option. I am willing to spend upwards of $150US for a decent video card that will keep my current processor gaming for another year or two but allow for it to be transposed onto a new system. Any recmommendations for my TB950 system? Can I run an AGP8X card on this mobo? Opinions? Thanx I read (not sure its true or not) that you don't have to worry about the x factor (2x, 4x, 8x etc) cause this performance parameter only is used in extreme or rare conditions. |
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