Estimate upgradeing from a G4 Ti4200 to Radeon 9600XT how big of FPS improvements?

[Biohazzard56]

Im getting one when it comes out and was wondering how big of FPS improvements will i see. My current Card is Geforce 4 Ti4200 (64 MB DRR)
the one im getting is Radeon 9600XT. My other comp specs are down below.

Update: The Radeon 9600XT is a 500MHz core and 600MHz memory card, 128 MB of DDR (might be 256MB) not shure.

[Lise]

Frankly, not too much. The 9600 is not THAT much of a leap from the GF4. You'd see some improvement, but if it's the Raddy 9600 XT you want you can probably snag the 9700 PRO for a similar amount of cash these days and REALLY see an improvement.

Frankly I'd spend the money on an additional 512 megs of RAM. Trust me, I can say from personal experience that you will notice better gameplay when you do that.

[Biohazzard56]

PS is just a RAM hog , im talking about other games besides PS Lag doesnt bother me with 512. I would just like better FPS in big zerg battles i get about 30 good but not great.

[Lise]

Well, it won't help you EXTREMELY but you will notice an improvement... maybe 10 FPS. The biggest imrpovement is probably in the VRAM department.

[Milo]

I cant remember if it was gamespy or TH that reviewed the 9800XT

They said if you have a current gen card ie Geforce 4 or radeon 9700 you should just wait. These cards 98/9600XT dont offer that much of a gain.

[Lise]

GF4 is technically a last-gen card. Believe me, once you turn on anti-aliasing and anisotrophic filtering you NOTICE the difference.

But that's with a 9700/9800. A 9600 probably won't give you that much of a gain for what you pay.

[Rbstr]

The 9600 XT is suposed to offer 9700 like preformance

[Jouster]

The performance diffrence I've gotten between my Ti-4200 and 9500 (non-pro so I could over clock if I ever wanted to) didn't have any top end performance really. My low end has gone up though. Around the zerg on zerg battles with my 4200, I would get low-end rates around 10fps. Since I've dropped my 9500 in that system, my low end doesn�t get below 20 very often. In other words, more holding power.

The only thing I've got to note that�s really postive/negtive is the Aniscopic filtering dosen't seem to work for about half an inch on the lower left quarter part of the screen.

[NoSurrender]

well the 9600XT is like a slow 9700pro and trust me i looked at the benchmarks

[NoSurrender]

well the 9600XT is like a slow 9700pro and trust me i looked at the benchmarks

[Rbstr]

i just saw the THG test today, but in the mainstream it is the best