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Best Video Card for 1 Ghz.

Larry Lindstro

Best Video Card for 1 Ghz.

by Larry Lindstro » Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:09:21




> > ATI has better video quality than PREVIOUS GeForce cards.  The GeForce 4
> has
> > evened that out IMHO.

> > The 2D quality difference between my old GF3 Ti500 and new GF4 Ti4400 is
> > quite remarkable, and I think the GF4 is right up there with the ATI now.

> Ok. Do the GF4 MX cards also provide good 2D, or has just the high end cards
> improved?

   2D is more important than 3D.  I write programs on this
machine.  

   The rules have changed, it's a pair of 1 Gig P3 chips.  

                                                  Thanks
                                                  Larry

Larry Lindstro

Best Video Card for 1 Ghz.

by Larry Lindstro » Sun, 11 Aug 2002 18:21:07


> I would go NO further than a Ti4200 on that machine.  Even at that, your
> processor will never be able to feed that card with all the data it is
> capable of handling.

   I'm thinking of a video card that my 1 GHz system (2 processors) can
grow old with.  In a couple of years these cards will be boat anchors,
along with 1 GHz PCs.

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