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magnetism · 12-19-2003, 05:06 PM

Buying a top of the line card is pointless with a 900 celery ( unless you are running at above 1028X768 resolution. A geforce3 ti-geforce 4 5600 or a ATI rad3on 9600 should be as much as your cpu can keep up with.

NEVER buy the very best electronic thing.. it is 3X the cost of the second best thing and NEVER worth it. (EVER) Pay attention to how much texture memory
is on the card. More texture memory the better shoot for 128.

www.pricewatch.com

ATI Radeon 9600 128MB DDR AGP8X DVI+CRT+TVO powered by ati - 93.75 after shipping.
GeForceFX 5600 128MB DDR W/DVI & TV Out 8X AGP Video Card - 91.00 after shipping.

buying better than this is not advised for your pc.

As these both fully support directx 9.0 and open gl. you are set for games.

Also in the while you wait for your new card. Remove and extra programs from your systray, and startup menu.

Run the configuration for NWN and set you graphics and sound quality to
medium-low. Download the newest drivers for your video card and defrag your heard drive.

Happy hollidays - mabee you will get a vid card for x-mas.

[ 12-19-2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: magnetism ]

12-19-2003, 05:06 PM	#7
magnetism Manshoon Join Date: November 5, 2001 Location: Napa Valley Age: 53 Posts: 166	Buying a top of the line card is pointless with a 900 celery ( unless you are running at above 1028X768 resolution. A geforce3 ti-geforce 4 5600 or a ATI rad3on 9600 should be as much as your cpu can keep up with. NEVER buy the very best electronic thing.. it is 3X the cost of the second best thing and NEVER worth it. (EVER) Pay attention to how much texture memory is on the card. More texture memory the better shoot for 128. www.pricewatch.com ATI Radeon 9600 128MB DDR AGP8X DVI+CRT+TVO powered by ati - 93.75 after shipping. GeForceFX 5600 128MB DDR W/DVI & TV Out 8X AGP Video Card - 91.00 after shipping. buying better than this is not advised for your pc. As these both fully support directx 9.0 and open gl. you are set for games. Also in the while you wait for your new card. Remove and extra programs from your systray, and startup menu. Run the configuration for NWN and set you graphics and sound quality to medium-low. Download the newest drivers for your video card and defrag your heard drive. Happy hollidays - mabee you will get a vid card for x-mas. [ 12-19-2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: magnetism ] __________________ Magneticus prefers, like a cat, to play with a mouse that squeaks.