off topic - technical graphics card question

jellylad · 03-25-2002, 10:51 AM

Hello all.

Everyone here has been a great help as i trundled through Wiz8 and so I thought I'd look for advice about some new hardware I'm thinking of buying.

My current system is:
1.2 GigHz Athalon, 256 meg memory, with a matrox G450 dual head graphics card, and I'm thinking of giving the thing a bit more bang before Morrowind comes out.

So, the first upgrade is to 512 meg - nice and simple. (This should improve things a bit, I think). But the big question I have is about what new graphics card to buy. I was thinking of either a GEFORCE 3 Ti200 or ATI RADEON 8500. Which of these is the best? Will either of these give me a much better performance than my present card? (I'm guessing they will). Unfortunatly cash is a bit of a limiter, so I can't just go out and get the latest GE4. Bummer.

Someone out there in internet-land please help - I'm in a right old quandry.

Cheers.

Megabot · 03-25-2002, 12:22 PM

Hi there Jellylad i have an Gforce 3 and it is wery good card but now is the Nvidia gforce 4 on its way maby wait a little!
But you can look on this page ther is it test`s of many cards so maby you can get some greate info there!
http://www.tomshardware.com/

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03-25-2002, 10:51 AM	#1
jellylad Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: September 21, 2001 Location: London Posts: 37	Hello all. Everyone here has been a great help as i trundled through Wiz8 and so I thought I'd look for advice about some new hardware I'm thinking of buying. My current system is: 1.2 GigHz Athalon, 256 meg memory, with a matrox G450 dual head graphics card, and I'm thinking of giving the thing a bit more bang before Morrowind comes out. So, the first upgrade is to 512 meg - nice and simple. (This should improve things a bit, I think). But the big question I have is about what new graphics card to buy. I was thinking of either a GEFORCE 3 Ti200 or ATI RADEON 8500. Which of these is the best? Will either of these give me a much better performance than my present card? (I'm guessing they will). Unfortunatly cash is a bit of a limiter, so I can't just go out and get the latest GE4. Bummer. Someone out there in internet-land please help - I'm in a right old quandry. Cheers.

03-25-2002, 12:22 PM	#2
Megabot Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: October 18, 2003 Location: Oslo, Norway. Age: 61 Posts: 3,360	Hi there Jellylad i have an Gforce 3 and it is wery good card but now is the Nvidia gforce 4 on its way maby wait a little! But you can look on this page ther is it test`s of many cards so maby you can get some greate info there! http://www.tomshardware.com/

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