Graphics card upgrade? help???

I have been out of the graphics card game for quite some time. I have
a GeForce4 4200Ti, AGP 128MB graphics card. I play CS Sourse and HL2
a lot and i am sure my card is slowing my system down. What would be
worthwhile upgrade of my card for the min amount of money, i only have
about £50 to spend. Also, is PCI express better than AGP 8x???

Thanks
Ed

AMD XP2800+ (11x200=2200mhz 400mhsFSB)
512 MB DDR 400 Samsung PC3200 (Dual Channel)
ASRock K7V88
GeForce4 4200 Ti
Seagate 80GB Barracudda

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"edrafp" wrote in message
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I have been out of the graphics card game for quite some time. I have
a GeForce4 4200Ti, AGP 128MB graphics card. I play CS Sourse and HL2
a lot and i am sure my card is slowing my system down. What would be
worthwhile upgrade of my card for the min amount of money, i only have
about £50 to spend. Also, is PCI express better than AGP 8x???

Thanks
Ed

AMD XP2800+ (11x200=2200mhz 400mhsFSB)
512 MB DDR 400 Samsung PC3200 (Dual Channel)
ASRock K7V88
GeForce4 4200 Ti
Seagate 80GB Barracudda


-- For 50 pounds(don't have the pound sign) or what, $75 U.S. ,your not
going to get much if any improvement. You'll have to do a little better like
an nvidia 5900 or ATI 9800 pro. Even then some newer games like Battlefield
2 will bog down.The Nvidia 6600GT is the swett spot right now but it costs
$160(here in the U.S.) for an OEM card.

PCI-Express requires a new motherboard on your part, you know. You can only
use an AGP model with your board. And at only 50 Pounds you are not going
to get a video card that faster than your current one.

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DaveW



"edrafp" wrote in message
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I have been out of the graphics card game for quite some time. I have
a GeForce4 4200Ti, AGP 128MB graphics card. I play CS Sourse and HL2
a lot and i am sure my card is slowing my system down. What would be
worthwhile upgrade of my card for the min amount of money, i only have
about £50 to spend. Also, is PCI express better than AGP 8x???

Thanks
Ed

AMD XP2800+ (11x200=2200mhz 400mhsFSB)
512 MB DDR 400 Samsung PC3200 (Dual Channel)
ASRock K7V88
GeForce4 4200 Ti
Seagate 80GB Barracudda

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left a note on my windscreen which said:

-- For 50 pounds(don't have the pound sign) or what, $75 U.S. ,your not
going to get much if any improvement. You'll have to do a little better like
an nvidia 5900 or ATI 9800 pro. Even then some newer games like Battlefield
2 will bog down.The Nvidia 6600GT is the swett spot right now but it costs
$160(here in the U.S.) for an OEM card.

I would second the recommendation for an AGP 6600GT.
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"" wrote:
left a note on my windscreen which said:

-- For 50 pounds(don't have the pound sign) or what, $75
U.S. ,your not
going to get much if any improvement. You'll have to do a
little better like
an nvidia 5900 or ATI 9800 pro. Even then some newer games
like Battlefield
2 will bog down.The Nvidia 6600GT is the swett spot right
now but it costs
$160(here in the U.S.) for an OEM card.

I would second the recommendation for an AGP 6600GT.
--
Stoneskin

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Would a Fx5900 be an upgrade for me from the 4200Ti ??? Would it make
that much difference????

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edrafp left a note on my windscreen which said:

Would a Fx5900 be an upgrade for me from the 4200Ti ??? Would it make
that much difference????

You should see a difference - the FX5900 is a faster card and also fully
DX9 compliant.

Check out http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...004/index.html
for a direct comparison between the Ti4200 and FX5900 among several
other cards.
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Stoneskin

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Fully DX9 compliant? HL2 does not think so.

DaveL


"Stoneskin" wrote in message
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edrafp left a note on my windscreen which said:

Would a Fx5900 be an upgrade for me from the 4200Ti ??? Would it make
that much difference????

You should see a difference - the FX5900 is a faster card and also fully
DX9 compliant.

Check out http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...004/index.html
for a direct comparison between the Ti4200 and FX5900 among several
other cards.
--
Stoneskin

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Yes.
"edrafp" wrote in message
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"" wrote:
left a note on my windscreen which said:

-- For 50 pounds(don't have the pound sign) or what, $75
U.S. ,your not
going to get much if any improvement. You'll have to do a
little better like
an nvidia 5900 or ATI 9800 pro. Even then some newer games
like Battlefield
2 will bog down.The Nvidia 6600GT is the swett spot right
now but it costs
$160(here in the U.S.) for an OEM card.

I would second the recommendation for an AGP 6600GT.
--
Stoneskin

[Insert sig text here]

Would a Fx5900 be an upgrade for me from the 4200Ti ??? Would it make
that much difference????

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