Anything Wrong with a Geforce? - Page 2

Sputty · 2003-09-14, 04:54 AM

256 adds so little difference in games. For now there's no point. Until late 2004 or 2005 games won't even really notice a difference more than 1-5 FPS. And by then there'll be better cards.
GJ getting the card. It's what I have in my box and I love it.

OneManArmy · 2003-09-14, 11:03 AM

eww...sutty..... i dont want to know what in your "box".....

bad kitteh

Rbstr · 2003-09-14, 01:48 PM

I love my FX 5600, 256 mb card, got a great deal on it to, but it didn't come with very good cooling so it kept overheating fixed the problem with a thermaltake giant2 and now i have it OCed insane, its awsome.

Also if you get the less powerfull card like a FX 5600 the 256 of memory helps, at least thats what i have heard

NoSurrender · 2003-09-14, 08:24 PM

the probelm with the 5600 is the difference is companies so of em are soooo different

Doobz · 2003-09-15, 12:31 AM

if you want to read about all the issues nvidia's been having, me sputty and a few others have a thread or 2 debating the subject in detail over on the BOHICA forums

but just incase, here's a good article that covers pretty much everything: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1863

that's not the news item that was posted earlier, but rather the full indepth article

wiles01 · 2003-09-17, 10:58 AM

Went from 1-2 fps in large battles with minimal graphics settings to about 20-30 in large battles with medium graphics settings...

Upgraded from my old overclocked GeForce2 MX 400 / 64MB PCI card to a stock Xtasy 9100 128mb PCI card

This card rocks!!! Even straight out of the box... (didn't mean that to rhyme, but it did...)

Man, the difference is like night and day! And the textures are even more detailed than before as well...

Not only is it faster, it is prettier too!

Cool thing is, you can get this card from www.tigerdirect.com for $49 ($69 with $20 rebate)

P1.8 Celeron
512MB PC2100
Xtasy 9100 / 128MB card
Cable Modem
Windows XP SP1
500MB fixed swapfile

OneManArmy · 2003-09-17, 06:49 PM

dthey still make PCI cards....???

omg....

wiles01 · 2003-09-17, 10:15 PM

Pretty darn good ones to boot... give a few AGP cards a run for their money!!

PCI isn't dead... it may be falling behind, but it ain't dead...

In fact they are coming out with a new PCI slot or something I think even, supposed to beat out AGP now?? Extreme PCI or something like that?

NoSurrender · 2003-09-18, 12:04 AM

wow you are THE n00b its a freakin 9100 ok compare that to my 9500pro and watch it get on its knees like a cheap whore

OneManArmy · 2003-09-18, 12:11 AM

but PCI ... come on man.... jesus... just step away from the computer....

User58 · 2003-09-18, 07:33 AM

Originally posted by OneManArmy
but PCI ... come on man.... jesus... just step away from the computer....

lol

My new 9800 Pro is a pretty good card. I haven't had a PCI vid card since Jesus was a corporal. he he

Hey how do I check my fps when in game?

wiles01 · 2003-09-18, 11:59 AM

Hit shift and .

It brings up a little box in the lower left corner...

True PCI is antequated... but for the budget minded people (like me) that can get a decent computer set up for under $600 (including monitor) and crank out a fairly consistant 30fps in Planetside at medium graphic levels... that is nothing to sneeze at...