3d card time

I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4 with 128mb... Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is it time to upgrade the lot :-)

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC), "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4 with >128mb... > >Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is it time to >upgrade the lot :-) Thal all depends on what sort of GF4 you have, what games you play, and whether you like things like FSAA. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

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> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC), "Paulinho" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4 with > >128mb... > > > >Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is it time

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> >upgrade the lot :-) > > Thal all depends on what sort of GF4 you have, what games you play, > and whether you like things like FSAA. > -- > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

Its a Leadtek Win Fast A250 GeForce 4 Ti 128mb ddr

I do not think you will get your money's worth just by buying a faster card. Frankly, what you have is more than sufficient for NR2003. I have no idea what other games you play... A happy card is a well-fed card. You do not posses the 'chow' to feed one of todays high-end cards. Normally, this wouldn't worry me much. You could buy a high-end card and always use it on a new system. However, we are about to make a major architectural change on the PC to PCI-X, and AGP is going away. Supposidly in the first quarter some time, but you know how that goes :) It's a rough time to consider upgrades. Prescott, PCI-X, Athlon-64, what to do.. What do do ? -Larry "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bvgfvo$mt0$[email hidden]... > I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4 with > 128mb... > > Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is it timeto > upgrade the lot :-) > >

I have no idea what that is. Is it a Ti4400? Ti4600? -Larry "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bvgh2k$psh$[email hidden]...

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> > "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:01:12 +0000 (UTC), "Paulinho" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4

with > > >128mb... > > > > > >Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is ittime

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> to > > >upgrade the lot :-) > > > > Thal all depends on what sort of GF4 you have, what games you play, > > and whether you like things like FSAA. > > -- > > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > > Check groups.google.com before asking a question. > > > Its a Leadtek Win Fast A250 GeForce 4 Ti 128mb ddr > > > >

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2jQSb.14296$fZ6.5863@lakeread06... > I do not think you will get your money's worth just by buying a fastercard.

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> Frankly, what you have is more than sufficient for NR2003. I have no idea > what other games you play... > > A happy card is a well-fed card. You do not posses the 'chow' to feed one > of todays high-end cards. > > Normally, this wouldn't worry me much. You could buy a high-end card and > always use it on a new system. However, we are about to make a major > architectural change on the PC to PCI-X, and AGP is going away.

Supposidly > in the first quarter some time, but you know how that goes :) > > It's a rough time to consider upgrades. Prescott, PCI-X, Athlon-64, whatto

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> do.. What do do ? > > -Larry > > "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:bvgfvo$mt0$[email hidden]... > > I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4 with > > 128mb... > > > > Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is it time > to > > upgrade the lot :-) > > > > > >

so it maybe best to sit and wait maybe a few months....?

Nothing beats CPU cycles and you have a decent graphics adapter already. As Larry says though their is quite a bit brewing on the near horizon. You can wait but then in a few months there will be a whole new crop of new technologies you could wait another few months for, then recycle repeat :) Bottom line is how soon do YOU want to upgrade and is the benefit worth the expense? Personally I would upgrade the mobo/cpu/mem to either a AMD64 or maybe an Extreme P4 (if money isnt an issue). If on a budget something like a P4-2.8 800mhz fsb with a good asus/abit mobo (865-875 based). In a few months maybe drop in a new video card then you'll have it all with not so much pain :) Mitch "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bvglvk$est$[email hidden]... > > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:2jQSb.14296$fZ6.5863@lakeread06... > > I do not think you will get your money's worth just by buying a faster > card. > > Frankly, what you have is more than sufficient for NR2003. I have noidea > > what other games you play... > > > > A happy card is a well-fed card. You do not posses the 'chow' to feedone > > of todays high-end cards. > > > > Normally, this wouldn't worry me much. You could buy a high-end cardand > > always use it on a new system. However, we are about to make a major > > architectural change on the PC to PCI-X, and AGP is going away. > Supposidly > > in the first quarter some time, but you know how that goes :) > > > > It's a rough time to consider upgrades. Prescott, PCI-X, Athlon-64,what

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> to > > do.. What do do ? > > > > -Larry > > > > "Paulinho" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:bvgfvo$mt0$[email hidden]... > > > I`ve a AMD 1.4ghz thunderbird with 512mb of memory plus a Geforec 4

with > > > 128mb... > > > > > > Would i see much improvement getting a FX or an ATI card.. or is ittime

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> > to > > > upgrade the lot :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > so it maybe best to sit and wait maybe a few months....? > >

<snip> >personally I would upgrade the mobo/cpu/mem to either a AMD64 or maybe an >Extreme P4 (if money isnt an issue). If on a budget something like a P4-2.8 >800mhz fsb with a good asus/abit mobo (865-875 based). In a few monthsmaybe drop in a new video card then you'll have it all with not so much pain :) Mitch I just upgraded to mid range. Just about what Mitch described but added a DVD burner and a 120g HD. Too many future options ahead to spend more than that right now. Dan