What graphics card would you recommend?

Trau · 12-27-2002, 06:24 PM

I'm about to get a new graphics card, and I was wondering what you folks thought I should get. I'm aiming towards around a hundred bucks, but any info is welcome. My crappy integrated card runs Morrowind too slowly.

Holywhippet · 12-27-2002, 08:57 PM

I'm running it with a Geforce 2, it looks ok but can be very slow at times. I think that's because I'm running a Pentium 3 667MHz though. I'd suggest looking at something in the Geforce 4 range.

BTW, you'll want to make sure you have an AGP slot in your machine first. Some integrated graphics boards don't have one.

Mister Natural · 12-27-2002, 11:48 PM

geforce 4 ti4200. If you're lucky and read this before the weekend, CompUSA has it on sale for $99. Best card for the money no doubt.

Grungi · 01-02-2003, 09:12 AM

natural is right ti4200 is best value for money card currently, its equal to the ti4600 unless your running high resolutions or really high requirement games (none of which have been released yet) also bear in mind the 64mb is actually better than the 128mb (due to various technical bottlenecks) though in the future the 128mb card will be more worthwhile than the 64mb.

If your looking for real horsepower in the future as well as now and have the cash go for the ati 9700, or geforce ti4600 but IMO neither is needed or will be for at least a year with the current games (except maybe doom3 when it comes out)

Bruce The Aussie · 01-02-2003, 05:41 PM

my only word of advice. DON'T GET A VOODOO! that is, if there still even making them. i've got a voodoo 5500 and it bites. luckily my brother decided to shove his geeforce ti4600 in my machine wilst his machine is out of commision. just remmeber voodoo's suck [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Grungi · 01-03-2003, 05:40 AM

rofl voodoos the originals werent even graphics cards, they were addon accelerators still requiring a proper card to even work, even the latest voodoo is pathetic in comparison with any nvidia card, they do still sell them but only as old stock, they havent been making them for a long time thankfully. If your using a voodoo to play morrowind... ouch! does it even work?

12-27-2002, 06:24 PM	#1
Trau Zhentarim Guard Join Date: July 10, 2002 Location: Martinez, California, United States of America Age: 39 Posts: 366	I'm about to get a new graphics card, and I was wondering what you folks thought I should get. I'm aiming towards around a hundred bucks, but any info is welcome. My crappy integrated card runs Morrowind too slowly. __________________ Black Bush: \"UN got a problem with me in Iraq? You know what you should do? You should sanction me. Sanction me with your army. Oh wait, you don\'t have an army. I guess that means you should need to shut the fk up! SHUT THE FK UP!\"

12-27-2002, 11:48 PM	#3
Mister Natural Manshoon Join Date: January 25, 2002 Location: St. Louis Age: 66 Posts: 165	geforce 4 ti4200. If you're lucky and read this before the weekend, CompUSA has it on sale for $99. Best card for the money no doubt. __________________

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Bruce The Aussie Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Chaotica (london,england) Age: 37 Posts: 1,798	my only word of advice. DON'T GET A VOODOO! that is, if there still even making them. i've got a voodoo 5500 and it bites. luckily my brother decided to shove his geeforce ti4600 in my machine wilst his machine is out of commision. just remmeber voodoo's suck [img]tongue.gif[/img] __________________ [img]\"http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/bruce.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Have a nice day <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br />cloudkingdom.co.uk<br />\"be calm, be happy, be stoned\"<br />The person currently speaking is(tick appropriate): Me/My inner child/the voices in my head/my inner demons

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12-27-2002, 08:57 PM	#2
Holywhippet Dungeon Master Join Date: December 4, 2002 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 51 Posts: 92	I'm running it with a Geforce 2, it looks ok but can be very slow at times. I think that's because I'm running a Pentium 3 667MHz though. I'd suggest looking at something in the Geforce 4 range. BTW, you'll want to make sure you have an AGP slot in your machine first. Some integrated graphics boards don't have one.

01-02-2003, 09:12 AM	#4
Grungi Banned User Join Date: September 4, 2002 Location: no Age: 46 Posts: 1,446	natural is right ti4200 is best value for money card currently, its equal to the ti4600 unless your running high resolutions or really high requirement games (none of which have been released yet) also bear in mind the 64mb is actually better than the 128mb (due to various technical bottlenecks) though in the future the 128mb card will be more worthwhile than the 64mb. If your looking for real horsepower in the future as well as now and have the cash go for the ati 9700, or geforce ti4600 but IMO neither is needed or will be for at least a year with the current games (except maybe doom3 when it comes out)

01-03-2003, 05:40 AM	#6
Grungi Banned User Join Date: September 4, 2002 Location: no Age: 46 Posts: 1,446	rofl voodoos the originals werent even graphics cards, they were addon accelerators still requiring a proper card to even work, even the latest voodoo is pathetic in comparison with any nvidia card, they do still sell them but only as old stock, they havent been making them for a long time thankfully. If your using a voodoo to play morrowind... ouch! does it even work?

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