Radeon 8500 over Geforce2MX for Nascar 2003?

I'm just a casual gamer but love the nascar sims from Papy. I've been using a Geforce2MX for some time on an Athlon 1.1 gig system with 512mb of Ram. I can still play Nascar 2003 pretty well if I turn off most of lighting and shadow options but am thinking of a budget upgrade. Can anyone tell me if the Radeon 8500 would offer much of a performance boost over my current card or offer other suggestions. I'm not looking for top of the line prices so under $100 would be my limit to spend. Thanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There would be a lot more civility in this world if people didn't take that as an invitation to walk all over you" - (Calvin and Hobbes) email: [email hidden]

"EGK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm just a casual gamer but love the nascar sims from Papy. I've beenusing > a Geforce2MX for some time on an Athlon 1.1 gig system with 512mb of Ram.I > can still play Nascar 2003 pretty well if I turn off most of lighting and > shadow options but am thinking of a budget upgrade. > Can anyone tell me if the Radeon 8500 would offer much of a performance > boost over my current card or offer other suggestions. I'm not lookingfor > top of the line prices so under $100 would be my limit to spend. > Read this: http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/index.html Compares a bunch of graphics cards on current and older (Athlon 1000) systems. Seems to indicate you could expect a decent framerate gain. Steve.

Ti 4200? EGK <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : [email hidden]... > I'm just a casual gamer but love the nascar sims from Papy. I've beenusing > a Geforce2MX for some time on an Athlon 1.1 gig system with 512mb of Ram.I > can still play Nascar 2003 pretty well if I turn off most of lighting and > shadow options but am thinking of a budget upgrade. > Can anyone tell me if the Radeon 8500 would offer much of a performance > boost over my current card or offer other suggestions. I'm not lookingfor

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