Video card

I am thinking about a G4 ti 4600 or G3 ti 200. My current specs are as follows: MSI K7N420 motherboard (onboard 5:1 sound/gf2mx) 256 ddr AMD XP 1500 windows XP I run N2002 with 43 cars, no aa, world detail 50%, high detail cars, opengl, 1024x768, 16 bit color. At the start of the race I get 35 fps and during the race it can get as high as 50 fps. I would like to run with some aa or the quincunx or whatever they call it. So With aa on and world detail set to high what kind of fps should I expect? I would like the game to look a little cleaner, but If the performance increase is not there I won't make the purchase. Thanks in advance. Sondog

On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:14:47 GMT, "Sondog" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I am thinking about a G4 ti 4600 or G3 ti 200. My current specs are as >follows: > >MSI K7N420 motherboard (onboard 5:1 sound/gf2mx) >256 ddr >AMD XP 1500 >windows XP > >I run N2002 with 43 cars, no aa, world detail 50%, high detail cars, opengl, >1024x768, 16 bit color. At the start of the race I get 35 fps and during >the race it can get as high as 50 fps. I would like to run with some aa or >the quincunx or whatever they call it. So With aa on and world detail set >to high what kind of fps should I expect? >I would like the game to look a little cleaner, but If the performance >increase is not there I won't make the purchase. Thanks in advance. > >Sondog

Either card would be pretty well suited to your system, it simply depends on whether you want to spend a fortune for some extra horsepower from the GF4 or not. I have a GF3 ti 200 and it overclocks like a beauty, actually faster than a ti500. So I would personally save some cash and go for the GF3 ti 200. Oh, and either card will absolutely wipe the floor with your old GF2MX :) You may also want to consider getting a decent soundcard. Rafe Mc

Thanks for the info. Actually the sound chip is outstanding. It uses about 1% cpu cycles cpmpared to the 23% of the soundblaster live. Comparable to the Audigy. Sondog "Rafe McAuliffe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:14:47 GMT, "Sondog" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I am thinking about a G4 ti 4600 or G3 ti 200. My current specs are as > >follows: > > > >MSI K7N420 motherboard (onboard 5:1 sound/gf2mx) > >256 ddr > >AMD XP 1500 > >windows XP > > > >I run N2002 with 43 cars, no aa, world detail 50%, high detail cars,

opengl, > >1024x768, 16 bit color. At the start of the race I get 35 fps and during > >the race it can get as high as 50 fps. I would like to run with some aaor > >the quincunx or whatever they call it. So With aa on and world detailset

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> >to high what kind of fps should I expect? > >I would like the game to look a little cleaner, but If the performance > >increase is not there I won't make the purchase. Thanks in advance. > > > >Sondog > > Either card would be pretty well suited to your system, it simply > depends on whether you want to spend a fortune for some extra > horsepower from the GF4 or not. I have a GF3 ti 200 and it overclocks > like a beauty, actually faster than a ti500. So I would personally > save some cash and go for the GF3 ti 200. > > Oh, and either card will absolutely wipe the floor with your old GF2MX > :) You may also want to consider getting a decent soundcard. > > Rafe Mc