Ryan
or maybe go with a cheapo just to get by vid card
(Don't gimme NO***in E-mail)
i haven't come across any PCI GF2 cards... only TNT2... the radeon was the
best PCI card i've seen.... 16bit performance it's slower than GF2MX, but is
slightly quicker on 32bit performance.
but..... given the board has no AGP slot, i'm assuming that it's probably
pretty slow all-round... so a TNT2 would probably more than suffice, and
TNT2 PCI cards are easy enough to come by. the system's probably slow enough
that a radeon would be overkill where a TNT2 would be more than enough.
KK
>> Hi,
>> I'm upgrading a machine that was given to me and that I would like to use
>> for GPL and Nascar 4. It does not have an AGP slot, but for the time
>being
>> I cannot afford the kind of motherboard and processor that I would really
>> like to buy. Anyways, ATI makes the Radeon for the PCI bus, but does
>Nvidia
>> make the GeForce2 for the PCI bus as well?? Will an AGP card fit/work in
>> the PCI bus? I have a Voodoo2 12 meg in it now, but N4 looks like ***
>and
>> runs like it too. Thanks for any suggestions!
>i haven't come across any PCI GF2 cards... only TNT2... the radeon was the
>best PCI card i've seen.... 16bit performance it's slower than GF2MX, but is
>slightly quicker on 32bit performance.
not knowing a whole lot about the ati range and not knowing your current
set-up, i will agree with the others and suggest a CPU upgrade. sure a new
vidcard will help a little but new CPU and RAM will help a LOT more. save for
an extra couple of weeks or so, live off sandwiches and stop buying *** and
get a new system.
Obake
> Hi,
> I'm upgrading a machine that was given to me and that I would like to use
> for GPL and Nascar 4. It does not have an AGP slot, but for the time being
> I cannot afford the kind of motherboard and processor that I would really
> like to buy. Anyways, ATI makes the Radeon for the PCI bus, but does Nvidia
> make the GeForce2 for the PCI bus as well?? Will an AGP card fit/work in
> the PCI bus? I have a Voodoo2 12 meg in it now, but N4 looks like ***and
> runs like it too. Thanks for any suggestions!
> Ryan
That has not been my experience. I have owned a TnT, a GeForce 2MX, and
a 32 meg Radeon, and I think the Radeon has been the most trouble free
of all three. ATI apparently did a poor job with the drivers for Rage
and older cards, and they haven't shaken that reputation yet. I have
also heard lots of complaints about the All-In-Wonder products. However
if you just get a plain old Radeon with no frills, the drivers work fine
with most games. Admittedly, N4 is one of the exceptions - there is
only one version of the Radeon OpenGL drivers that works with N4.
Nevertheless, I swear I always had more trouble with nVIDIA drivers than
I have with Radeon drivers.
