Hi folks,
This being the only newsgroup the natives trust, I thought I'd turn to it
for a bit of advice. I'm thinking of moving to a better graphics card and
have considered the nVidia GeForce 2 MX as an upgrade over my V3-2000. I'd
be running it in through this system:
Celeron 500
128 mb ram
Soundblaster Live!
I drive mostly GPL, GP 3 and, now, F1CS 2K. What improvements might I
expect over the V3, and what liabilities (besides $$) might I incur in
swapping to the nVidia?
Do more promising (within reasonable $$) upgrade paths leap out at you?
Thanks, and my apologies for the off-topic post.
cheers,
David K
P.S. : Additionally, I hope that any grammatical and spelling mistakes will
not be taken as signs of personal barbarity and disrespect for the Glorious
English Tradition. If that does happen, I apologize in advance for any role
I may play in swerving the thread into yet another series of corrections and
queries--one which finally dwindles into an exchange of self-congratulatory
chuckling noises amongst a small cadre of philological dilettantes. Indeed,
the way these threads seem to end always brings to my mind's eye a certain
image: remember the two snarky punters who used to sit on the theater box
on The Muppets television show?
Cheers again.
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 07:08:06 -0600, "David Karr"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
David
your post is not OT at all.
I have a nearly identical system and have recently made the same swop.
Celeron 300a overclocked to 450
128 mb ram
Soundblaster Live Value !
but my V3 2000 was overclocked to 3000 speed with additional cooling.
I have the Creative MX card and have found a slight performance drop
in GPL. On the other hand a reinstalled Nascar heat and the n4 demo
are MUCH faster, GP3 by a lesser amount.
It is certainly a card you have to tweak and experiment with I feel to
get the best from it. Reinstalling Heat seemed to work, so I may try
the same with other games. Any other comments ?
With MX prices cheap, it would seem to me to be the most
cost-effective. I plan to change Motherboard and CPU in the new year
too.
Ian
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>Hi folks, > >This being the only newsgroup the natives trust, I thought I'd turn to it >for a bit of advice. I'm thinking of moving to a better graphics card and >have considered the nVidia GeForce 2 MX as an upgrade over my V3-2000. I'd >be running it in through this system: > >Celeron 500 >128 mb ram >Soundblaster Live! > >I drive mostly GPL, GP 3 and, now, F1CS 2K. What improvements might I >expect over the V3, and what liabilities (besides $$) might I incur in >swapping to the nVidia? > >Do more promising (within reasonable $$) upgrade paths leap out at you? > >Thanks, and my apologies for the off-topic post. >I have a similar system ....
(Mines a PII 450 though with 256mb RAM)
I tried the V3-3000 ... returned it and plugged in the GeForce 2 MX.
The GF was around the same price point (maybe a little less). The
image was MUCH nicer ... especially in the color and light
reflections.
(Just my opinion ... I liked it better)
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 07:08:06 -0600, "David Karr"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
