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Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a new video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? Thanks guys. Tony

Assuming you don't want to go with a Voodoo 5500 (abt. $100...when you can find them), the nVidea GF 2 line yer best choice for GPL (if you're thinking ahead to WSC, you might consider a GF3, but they're $$$). The MX 200 is one helluva $90 card, but a $105 MX 400 or a $120 GTS is probably better suited to an 800-Mhz CPU. The $200+ GF2 Ultra is definitely overkill (but faster than the GF3 on any racing game currently on the market). "Tony Kloosterman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cuSj7.65099$[email hidden]... > Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. > I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in anew

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> video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 > Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? > > Thanks guys. > > Tony > >

If you aren't ready for a GF3 or to spend $300 on a card, I suggest the following deal (I just bought one and the card is excellent): http://store.yahoo.com/buyeee/gaingef2pro4.html It's a GF2 Pro/450 "Golden Sample" card by Gainward with 4.5ns memory. Nothing fancy, but it does have TV-out. Most Ultra's are clocked at 500 and I had no problem OCing this card to 500 with the GF Tweak Utility. The card comes with a utility program that will allow you to do the same thing. You can adjust the clock and memory settings, etc. Right now its going for $137.00 so you are basically getting a GF2 Ultra for about $60 to $70 cheaper. I replaced my ASUS GeForce 2 GTS 32mb card with this one and I gained a ton of FPS in N4 and a few other titles. Now, alot of that just comes from the extra 32mb of memory. =) -- Scott B. Husted ICQ# 4395450 http://www.powersimsmag.com "Tony Kloosterman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cuSj7.65099$[email hidden]... > Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. > I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a new > video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 > Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? > > Thanks guys. > > Tony > >

Hey Tony..hows it going? I was just about to ask the same question here. the voodoo2 just isn't up to it these days. Steve

I just put in the same card, apparently purchased from the same place. Great deal, very happy with it. J. Janasov Scott B. Husted <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> If you aren't ready for a GF3 or to spend $300 on a card, I suggest the > following deal (I just bought one and the card is excellent): > > http://store.yahoo.com/buyeee/gaingef2pro4.html > > It's a GF2 Pro/450 "Golden Sample" card by Gainward with 4.5ns memory. > Nothing fancy, but it does have TV-out. Most Ultra's are clocked at 500

and > I had no problem OCing this card to 500 with the GF Tweak Utility. Thecard > comes with a utility program that will allow you to do the same thing.You

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> can adjust the clock and memory settings, etc. Right now its going for > $137.00 so you are basically getting a GF2 Ultra for about $60 to $70 > cheaper. I replaced my ASUS GeForce 2 GTS 32mb card with this one and I > gained a ton of FPS in N4 and a few other titles. Now, alot of that just > comes from the extra 32mb of memory. =) > > -- > Scott B. Husted > ICQ# 4395450 > http://www.powersimsmag.com > > > "Tony Kloosterman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:cuSj7.65099$[email hidden]... > > Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. > > I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a > new > > video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 > > Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? > > > > Thanks guys. > > > > Tony > > > > > >

Hi Steve, just getting ready to start some sim racing again. Its been crazy here, new job, moving , finding a new house. But still have the itch to race some. Hope things are going well for you Tony "Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b90240e$0$20906$[email hidden]...

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> Hey Tony..hows it going? > I was just about to ask the same question here. the voodoo2 just isn't up > to it these days. > > Steve > >

Going by those prices, you'd HAVE to get a GTS for the extra $15. Probably 40-50% more speed than the MX. Rafe Mc On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:39:25 GMT, "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Assuming you don't want to go with a Voodoo 5500 (abt. $100...when you can >find them), the nVidea GF 2 line yer best choice for GPL (if you're thinking >ahead to WSC, you might consider a GF3, but they're $$$). The MX 200 is one >helluva $90 card, but a $105 MX 400 or a $120 GTS is probably better suited >to an 800-Mhz CPU. The $200+ GF2 Ultra is definitely overkill (but faster >than the GF3 on any racing game currently on the market). > >"Tony Kloosterman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:cuSj7.65099$[email hidden]... >> Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. >> I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a >new >> video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 >> Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? >> >> Thanks guys. >> >> Tony >> >> >

any have any experience with ATI Radeon 64 meg. "Tony Kloosterman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cuSj7.65099$[email hidden]... > Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. > I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in anew

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> video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 > Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? > > Thanks guys. > > Tony > >

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Tony Kloosterman wrote:

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> Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. > I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a new > video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 > Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? > > Thanks guys. > > Tony

Take a look at http://www.newegg.com for some good OEM or Retail boxed prices. They have free shipping for several of the video cards. Paul

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> > >Sorry to bother ya all. I just need a quick answer if possible. >I am upgrading my comp to a 800 and 512 meg ram, i also want to put in a new >video card. I presently have a voodoo3500 >Whats the best all round card now without mortgaging my house?? >

Depends on the games you want to play. Older stuff? The V5. Newer stuff, GF2 series, Kyro2 or Radeon. -Tim