CPU Bottleneck

Even though I just bought the card and currently want a better one I would
say get a GeForceFX 5200 if your on a budget. I hate to say it but, you
might need a lot of ram unless you can upgrade the cpu. If you could budget
at least $250 then go to pricewatch and I think you should be able to find a
good motherboard/CPU combo for at least $100 then just use the left over
money for the 5200FX.
"Neil Turner" wrote in message
...
Suppose I have a 1.2GHz P3 CPU, and I'm very interested in image quality,
not absurd frame rates, but enough to play things like god sims (Black &
White), flight sims and stuff smoothly.

How far up the Nvidia range is it worth considering going? Almost
certainly
my system won't do justice to the GF FX5900's. Would a GF4 Ti4600 be a
sensible limit, or is there something in the FX range which would be
better?

Ta.

Neil


I currently use a Voodoo5, but the driver support isn't going to stretch
to
DX9 on W98 (I don't think), and I've a feeling B&W II is being advertised
as
requiring DX9, so I'll at least need a card that can do DX9 (even if its
only in software).

No don't buy a 5200. They are slow performers even on a fast system. Go for
a 5700.


"V" wrote in message
...
Even though I just bought the card and currently want a better one I would
say get a GeForceFX 5200 if your on a budget. I hate to say it but, you
might need a lot of ram unless you can upgrade the cpu. If you could
budget
at least $250 then go to pricewatch and I think you should be able to find
a
good motherboard/CPU combo for at least $100 then just use the left over
money for the 5200FX.
"Neil Turner" wrote in message
...
Suppose I have a 1.2GHz P3 CPU, and I'm very interested in image
quality,
not absurd frame rates, but enough to play things like god sims (Black &
White), flight sims and stuff smoothly.

How far up the Nvidia range is it worth considering going? Almost
certainly
my system won't do justice to the GF FX5900's. Would a GF4 Ti4600 be a
sensible limit, or is there something in the FX range which would be
better?

Ta.

Neil


I currently use a Voodoo5, but the driver support isn't going to stretch
to
DX9 on W98 (I don't think), and I've a feeling B&W II is being
advertised
as
requiring DX9, so I'll at least need a card that can do DX9 (even if its
only in software).

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:47:19 -0000, "Neil Turner"
wrote:

Suppose I have a 1.2GHz P3 CPU, and I'm very interested in image quality,
not absurd frame rates, but enough to play things like god sims (Black &
White), flight sims and stuff smoothly.

How far up the Nvidia range is it worth considering going? Almost certainly
my system won't do justice to the GF FX5900's. Would a GF4 Ti4600 be a
sensible limit, or is there something in the FX range which would be better?

With your CPU, unless youre upgrading your system (You're using OLD
tech - AMD is moving to 64bit CPUs that have been shipping for months)

The $75 Ti4200 would still be waiting for your CPU to catch up... best
bang for your money. www.pricewatch.com - MSI brand video card.


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