With N2002 you really won't see much improvement no matter what video card
you drop in. Your CPU is seriously underpowered for today's sims. You
'could' get a new vidcard and hopefully upgrade the rest of your system
later. But if you go PCI then you once again limit your upgrade path later
on.
Two ideas to remember for later on.
Bargain computers like HP or Compaq are often ***for computer ***
and almost always are very difficult to upgrade. They don't use standard
parts and they can't be easily replaced.
Good luck...
dave henrie
> While your on the subject of graphics cards, help me out here. I have an
HP
> 566 Celeron, 256megs of ram and an Nvidia MX200 32mb graphics card. I
> usually get about 30-35 fps in N2K2 with most everything turned off or
down.
> I'm not in a position to replace this system right now. Do you think I
will
> see enough improvement in performance if I replace the graphics card with
a
> PCI 64MB VGA Nvidia Geforce4 MX420 to be worth the price of the card which
> is about $98. This HP only has PCI slots, no AGP, and I have all the
memory
> added that it will take. Any other suggestions for improving performance?
> Thanks.
> > I agree on the video card. Stay away from MX cards, they are just slowed
> > down GF cars, and the Gf 4 MX cards are really bad.
> > > If your fps drop too much, you lose the ability to control the car
well,
> > and your lap times will
> > > indeed be slower, but other than that, faster machines can't magically
> > give you faster lap times.
> > > For that much money you might be able to afford a GF4 Ti4200, if not
at
> > least a GF3 Ti200.
> > > --
> > > Biz
> > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular
> structures,....and
> > > the....." - Ash
> > > > My question is mainly aimed towards N2K2 racing and I am seeking
some
> > advice
> > > > from any experts out there who build fast *** systems for Racing
> > sims.
> > > > 1.) I have always wondered if a weak video card which has low FPS
also
> > > > affects a car's lap times.
> > > > Could anyone out there please explain if there is any relationship
> > between
> > > > Video graphics power and lap times?
> > > > 2.) I feel I am long overdue for a Video upgrade. I have been using
a
> > TNT2
> > > > Ultra since the N3 days.
> > > > What is the best performing Geforce Video card you would recommend
in
> > the
> > > > $150-$175 price range?
> > > > I can't afford any more money than that right now.
> > > > My system now is: AMD 1000 Tbird 266fsb (not overclocked)
> > > > Abit KT7A mb
> > > > 192 meg pc133 ram
> > > > TNT2 Ultra 32m video
> > > > Win98se OS
> > > > TSW Cup w/spec pots, split axis
> > > > I am averaging 32-38 fps online with almost all graphics turned on.
15
> > cars
> > > > ahead and 3 behind, 8 bit sound...etc
> > > > Thanks All,
> > > > Gordo
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