Need some advice

Sangs · 2003-06-15, 03:32 PM

I currently have a p3 1.4, 384 DDR ram, Geforce 2 Ultra AGP X2. So my question is I want to up grade my graphics card ( 384 more ram in the post before you tell me

), However would my PC take full advantage of a latest card or should I buy something Older like a Geforce 3/4 instead?

Sangs

Hamma · 2003-06-15, 06:12 PM

Cant hurt to buy the best

I would not go older

Sentrosi · 2003-06-16, 07:43 AM

With computer hardware, it's always a rule of thumb to get the latest out there. Depending on your budget, here are the cards I would recommend (links provided):

ATI 9200 128MBDDR for $77.00

ATI 9600 Pro 128MB DDR for $141.00

ATI 9800 Pro 128MB DDR for $356.00

powdahound · 2003-06-16, 09:16 AM

I'd say a GF4 unless you plan on upgrading soon... Anything above that will be bottlenecked by your CPU.

HawkEye · 2003-06-16, 02:00 PM

how good is the 9200 cuz i need a to upgrade my Geforce4 mx 440. and i have been looking for a cheap 128 card.

Daleon · 2003-06-16, 02:17 PM

The 9200 is on par with a ti4200. I used a 8500/64 rather well. The 9200 is basically an improvement of it. Its not gonna be great or anything, but it will get the job done.

HawkEye · 2003-06-16, 02:28 PM

well it is better than my Geforce4 mx440 isn't it.

Sangs · 2003-06-18, 05:16 PM

Thanks guys, yeah your right I really should just save up for a new machine. However i'm not really too bothered about how a game looks, along as it runs pretty decent I'll be happy to keep this pc at the moment.

Daleon · 2003-06-18, 11:12 PM

Yea it is better, but the 9500 Pro's are really getting so cheap they are starting to invade the 9200's price range. I saw some adds for 9500 Pro's for like $150 at BB which is not bad for retail.