Voodoo 5 owner seeks advice

I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade. My system is: Athlon 1.2GHz 512Mb SDRAM Voodoo5 AGP In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting are OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza and then typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA. 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I went to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have found both of these going for �112. 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would these cards compare to the V5 for GPL? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

In this review of F1 2001, both the Voodoo5 and Radeon 8500 were used. The 8500 was a lot faster and both of the cards you're looking at are faster than the 8500. It might be worth checking it out. http://www.sgn.cc/racing/f1_2001/review.shtml In GPL I run a Ti4400 with FSAA and it looks great. I still have my V5500, but the only time I really miss it is when I play older games that only run in low resolutions. The 5500's FSAA makes them look great. In newer games at higher resolutions, the FSAA in the radeon or Ti series is just as good. Switching cards could give you 20 or more frames per second. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3e3d3c17$[email hidden]... > I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get > broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade. > > My system is: > Athlon 1.2GHz > 512Mb SDRAM > Voodoo5 AGP > > In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting are > OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza and then > typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA. > > 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I went > to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have found both > of these going for �112. > > 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would > these cards compare to the V5 for GPL? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > >

Thanks for the advice Good review of F12001 by the way. I noticed that F1 2002 has a significant drop in frame rate compared to F1 2001 on my system. Is this due to increased modelling detail in F1 2002 or is it not optimised so well for the V5 (or both)? "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b1jljs$13nonh$[email hidden]... > In this review of F1 2001, both the Voodoo5 and Radeon 8500 were used. The > 8500 was a lot faster and both of the cards you're looking at are faster > than the 8500. It might be worth checking it out. > http://www.sgn.cc/racing/f1_2001/review.shtml > In GPL I run a Ti4400 with FSAA and it looks great. I still have myV5500, > but the only time I really miss it is when I play older games that onlyrun > in low resolutions. The 5500's FSAA makes them look great. In newer gamesat

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> higher resolutions, the FSAA in the radeon or Ti series is just as good. > Switching cards could give you 20 or more frames per second. > > > -- > Slot > > Tweaks & Reviews > www.slottweak.com > > "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3e3d3c17$[email hidden]... > > I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get > > broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade. > > > > My system is: > > Athlon 1.2GHz > > 512Mb SDRAM > > Voodoo5 AGP > > > > In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting

are > > OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza andthen

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> > typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA. > > > > 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I > went > > to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have found > both > > of these going for �112. > > > > 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would > > these cards compare to the V5 for GPL? > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > >

Find a Ti4200 with 128DDR more bang for the buck and they are under $150 and will be very good for most if not all games, a nice monitor really makes a difference also but thats another story. "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3e3d3c17$[email hidden]...

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> I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get > broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade. > > My system is: > Athlon 1.2GHz > 512Mb SDRAM > Voodoo5 AGP > > In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting are > OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza and then > typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA. > > 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I

went > to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have foundboth

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> of these going for �112. > > 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would > these cards compare to the V5 for GPL? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > >

Maybe both. It shouldn't be too far off though. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Thanks for the advice > > Good review of F12001 by the way. > > I noticed that F1 2002 has a significant drop in frame rate compared to F1 > 2001 on my system. Is this due to increased modelling detail in F1 2002 or > is it not optimised so well for the V5 (or both)? > > "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b1jljs$13nonh$[email hidden]... > > In this review of F1 2001, both the Voodoo5 and Radeon 8500 were used. The > > 8500 was a lot faster and both of the cards you're looking at are faster > > than the 8500. It might be worth checking it out. > > http://www.sgn.cc/racing/f1_2001/review.shtml > > In GPL I run a Ti4400 with FSAA and it looks great. I still have my > V5500, > > but the only time I really miss it is when I play older games that only > run > > in low resolutions. The 5500's FSAA makes them look great. In newer games > at > > higher resolutions, the FSAA in the radeon or Ti series is just as good. > > Switching cards could give you 20 or more frames per second. > > > > > > -- > > Slot > > > > Tweaks & Reviews > > www.slottweak.com > > > > "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:3e3d3c17$[email hidden]... > > > I have been running F1 2002 (with a view to running GTR2002 when I get > > > broadband!) and am considering a video card upgrade. > > > > > > My system is: > > > Athlon 1.2GHz > > > 512Mb SDRAM > > > Voodoo5 AGP > > > > > > In F1 2002 with most details turned down or off (shadows and lighting > are > > > OFF) I am getting 23fps starting at the back of the grid at Monza and > then > > > typically 28-40fps during the race. I am NOT using any FSAA. > > > > > > 1) Is a video card upgrade worth it? Would I see much improvement if I > > went > > > to a GF Ti4200 or Radeon 9500 (128Mb) with my Athlon 1.2? I have found > > both > > > of these going for �112. > > > > > > 2) I also run GPL and really love the V5 with 4xFSAA for GPL. How would > > > these cards compare to the V5 for GPL? > > > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >