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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
Hi all,
I'm upgrading an elderly PC with onboard video at the moment, and I figure it could use a new video card, but my memory has failed me as to the best video cards to use with a high-end P2 or low-end P3 system. Suggestions for decent PCI cards to pick up on eBay would be much appreciated, without going overboard and getting something that will be throttled by the slow processor. Does a TNT2 sound reasonable, or will it benefit from something a little faster? Many thanks, Dave. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
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says... Hi all, I'm upgrading an elderly PC with onboard video at the moment, and I figure it could use a new video card, but my memory has failed me as to the best video cards to use with a high-end P2 or low-end P3 system. Suggestions for decent PCI cards to pick up on eBay would be much appreciated, without going overboard and getting something that will be throttled by the slow processor. Does a TNT2 sound reasonable, or will it benefit from something a little faster? I used to have a Geforce 4 Ti4200 in my old P3. -- Conor Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak......... |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
AGP or PCI
as far as what card, you don't need to take a chance on used from EBAY, now is the time to bargain up on old tech -new in the box for cheap. wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, I'm upgrading an elderly PC with onboard video at the moment, and I figure it could use a new video card, but my memory has failed me as to the best video cards to use with a high-end P2 or low-end P3 system. Suggestions for decent PCI cards to pick up on eBay would be much appreciated, without going overboard and getting something that will be throttled by the slow processor. Does a TNT2 sound reasonable, or will it benefit from something a little faster? Many thanks, Dave. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, I'm upgrading an elderly PC with onboard video at the moment, and I figure it could use a new video card, but my memory has failed me as to the best video cards to use with a high-end P2 or low-end P3 system. Suggestions for decent PCI cards to pick up on eBay would be much appreciated, without going overboard and getting something that will be throttled by the slow processor. Does a TNT2 sound reasonable, or will it benefit from something a little faster? Many thanks, Dave. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, I'm upgrading an elderly PC with onboard video at the moment, and I figure it could use a new video card, but my memory has failed me as to the best video cards to use with a high-end P2 or low-end P3 system. Suggestions for decent PCI cards to pick up on eBay would be much appreciated, without going overboard and getting something that will be throttled by the slow processor. Does a TNT2 sound reasonable, or will it benefit from something a little faster? The TNT2 does not have T&L. I upgraded my old PIII with an FX 5200. It's fully DX 9.0 compatible. It was cheap too. You might get other more expensive FX versions. Bye, Skybuck. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
On 30 Jan, 17:46, "JAD" wrote:
AGP or PCI PCI, I'm afraid. as far as what card, you don't need to take a chance on used from EBAY, now is the time to bargain up on old tech -new in the box for cheap. Thanks for pointing that out, but I'm looking to spend a maximum of £10 (approx. $20) as it's not for my PC. I'm just curious to see what the best card for a processor in the 450MHz - 600MHz range would be without getting something way too powerful. All the best, Dave. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
The TNT2 does not have T&L.
Good point; thanks for that. I upgraded my old PIII with an FX 5200. Just out of curiousity, how did you find that it performed when coupled with an older processor? And how fast is/was your PIII? Thanks for the help, Dave. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
I used to have a Geforce 4 Ti4200 in my old P3.
Sounds good; unfortunately, they still seem to sell for a little more than I can afford for this project. I don't think I need to worry about getting something TOO powerful, now that I think about it, judging by my budget...*lol* Dave. |
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Pentium III video card recommendation needed
wrote in message ups.com... The TNT2 does not have T&L. Good point; thanks for that. I upgraded my old PIII with an FX 5200. Just out of curiousity, how did you find that it performed when coupled with an older processor? And how fast is/was your PIII? PIII was 450 mhz overclocked to 600 mhz with special majesty cooler. FX 5200 probably performed more or less the same as TNT2 but with T&L support ofcourse. Or maybe both video cards were hold back by the PIII I played call of duty on that system... and it was playable. I even finished doom3 and doom3 evil resurrected on it... but only at a few fps. I also played a bit of halo on it... and starwars empire at war... but for mp the system got to slow. And finished half life 2 on it... If you really wanna play the latest games you ll definetly need a new pc The best thing about my new pc is the speed in general ofcourse... especially the load times and harddisk speed is great... the ammount of ram probably also has to do something with it... more disk cache I mainly bought the fx 5200 as replacement for tnt2 - i broke it's fan while cleaning it The fx5200 was fanless though - nice... definetly good investment for older computers to keep them running. Bye, Skybuck. |
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