I just upgraded my v5 to a gef and I love it. Newegg sells the gainward gf3
for $239. Windows xp does not support voodoo cards. There is no glide and on
opengl period. You can run gpl in d3d but it does not look real good and it
is slower. My gf3 can go 1600x1200 at a constant 36fps.
> It's your video card. I ditched the V5 shortly after the system upgrade
> because I was unimpressed with the performance. I bought a GF3 Ti 500 and
> the system smokes. I ran the N4 demo at over 80 fps with 2xFSAA. F1 2001
> 40+ fps with a full field of cars at Monaco (35+ at start of race mid
pack).
> --
> Joe Marques
> > > > I'm waiting for the following components to arrive tomorrow:
> > > > AMD 1600+ (1.4 Ghz)
> > > > 512 Corsair DDR 2100 Ram
> > > > 60 Gb IBM HD (7200 rpm)
> > > > Santa Cruz Sound Card
> > > > Lite On 16x DVD/CD-Rom
> > > > Enlight 7237Z Case (340W PS)
> > > > ECS K7S5A Mobo (Reportedly stable, XP compatible and cheap)
> > > > Windows XP Home Ed.
> > > > I still haven't settled on a video card, so here are my questions:
> > > > 1) I have an old rig with V5 5500 that I'd like to use in the new
> > > > system except that I've heard there is no glide or open gl drivers
for
> > > > Win XP. Anyone using V5 5500 with XP? What's the scoop?
> > > > 2) I'm considering the Gainforce Cardexpert GF3 Golden Sample as a
> > > > replacement for my V5. Any opinions by users of this card or any
GF3?
> > > > I mainly play F1 2001, GPL, Falcon 4 and will pick up Ghost Recon
and
> a
> > > > few shooters. I still think the V5 kicks ass in sims (even compared
> to
> > > > GF3) and I just don't want to give it up without a fight.
> > > > TIA
> > > > --
> > > > Joe Marques
> > > Hang in there, I follow your thoughts about the V5, still using it
with
> > > great pleasure, albeit on a WinMe based platform (epox 8kha+, 1700+
> showing
> > > 1900+ ;-)). Nothing comes close to the v5 in the sims/games I'm into
> yet.
> > > the gf3 people can run the q3/3dmark2001-game as long as they want. I
> spend
> > > my time having fun instead, playing gpl with fluid graphics/2xAA.
> > Sorry to add up on an old post.
> > I build a similar system this weekend. Epox 8kha+, xp 1600, 512 MB DDR
> > ram, SB Live Player 1024 and the good old V5. Fresh install of WinME
> > And right now I'm really disappointed. I hardly get any increase in
> > framerates at all. In GPL at testing at Monaco I don't get more than
> > 30 fps at 1280x1024 2xfsaa, with the details slider at 50 %. In N4 I
> > get around 30-35 fps at Lowe's in testing at 1024x768 2xfsaa. I really
> > I saw another post where the poster claimed 40 fps at 1600x1200 no
> > fsaa, but I ended up with around 20.
> > There is probably someting very wrong somewhere...
> > --
> > Olav K. Malmin
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