Go to GeForce2?
Im wondering if it will be worth my while to upgrade to a GeForce2 MX or possibly a GeForce2 GTS if the price is right. I'd like to spend under $200, $150 would be even better. Ive got a Voodoo 4 4500 in my main system, running Win2k, I score in the 2900's in 3dMark 2000.
Im wondering if it will be worth my while to upgrade to a GeForce2 MX or possibly a GeForce2 GTS if the price is right. I'd like to spend under $200, $150 would be even better. Ive got a Voodoo 4 4500 in my main system, running Win2k, I score in the 2900's in 3dMark 2000. Im also wondering if just going to DirectX 8 will improve anything, so I wouldnt have to upgrade right now. Ive got the latest 1.04 drivers which support DX8,and I like the card, but my scores are kinda low. However, UT runs much smoother since I upgraded to the new drivers. I just want to see if I can suck more performance out of the V4 with DX8, so I can postpone getting a new graphics card.
Or would it be worth my money to go to a Duron 850 or 800 instead and be pretty good. Im hesistating to upgrade my video card just because 3dfx cards may cause some problems when upgraded to or from any graphics card including another 3dfx card.
Heres my specs.
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Asus A7V
Duron 600@680
384 MB SDRAM PC133@113MHz
Samsung 48x CD-ROM
Toshiba 12x DVD-ROM
Zip CD650 USB 4/4/6
Zip 100 USB
Maxtor 20.4 GB ATA100
Voodoo 4 4500 AGP
Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo
SIIG 3 port 1394 PCI Adapter
D-Link DFE-530 10/100 NIC
Creative Cambridge Soundworks FPS1000
MS Intellimouse Optical
Kleer 17-inch @ 85Hz 1152x864x32 desktop
Or would it be worth my money to go to a Duron 850 or 800 instead and be pretty good. Im hesistating to upgrade my video card just because 3dfx cards may cause some problems when upgraded to or from any graphics card including another 3dfx card.
Heres my specs.
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Whaazzzupppppppppp!
Asus A7V
Duron 600@680
384 MB SDRAM PC133@113MHz
Samsung 48x CD-ROM
Toshiba 12x DVD-ROM
Zip CD650 USB 4/4/6
Zip 100 USB
Maxtor 20.4 GB ATA100
Voodoo 4 4500 AGP
Guillemot Maxi Sound Fortissimo
SIIG 3 port 1394 PCI Adapter
D-Link DFE-530 10/100 NIC
Creative Cambridge Soundworks FPS1000
MS Intellimouse Optical
Kleer 17-inch @ 85Hz 1152x864x32 desktop
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Brian, you seem really worried about switching from a 3dfx card to a geforce. Let me enlighten you....you will have no problems switching AT ALL if you follow these simple instructions.
1.) Go to device manager and remove the voodoo card from display adapters
2.) Go into your control panel --> Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the 3dfx drivers and 3dfx tools and anything else having to do with 3dfx.
3.)Shut the machine down, insert your geforce, boot up, install the geforce drivers and you are done.
Some people like to change their current driver to a standard VGA card before the above steps, but i found that it doesn't matter as long as you uninstall all 3dfx drivers.
Hope this helps.
1.) Go to device manager and remove the voodoo card from display adapters
2.) Go into your control panel --> Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the 3dfx drivers and 3dfx tools and anything else having to do with 3dfx.
3.)Shut the machine down, insert your geforce, boot up, install the geforce drivers and you are done.
Some people like to change their current driver to a standard VGA card before the above steps, but i found that it doesn't matter as long as you uninstall all 3dfx drivers.
Hope this helps.
Okay.
Im gonna test out a Radeon DDR 32MB card that my friend cant run yet. Ive seen the difference between the GF2 MX, GTS and the Radeon card in benchmarks. Im looking more between the MX and the Radeon, just because I really cant afford the GTS cards, and my dads MX was pretty speedy and I'll see how the Radeon performs.
Thanks for letting me know about the 3dfx thing. Im glad Im wrong on that.
Im gonna test out a Radeon DDR 32MB card that my friend cant run yet. Ive seen the difference between the GF2 MX, GTS and the Radeon card in benchmarks. Im looking more between the MX and the Radeon, just because I really cant afford the GTS cards, and my dads MX was pretty speedy and I'll see how the Radeon performs.
Thanks for letting me know about the 3dfx thing. Im glad Im wrong on that.
Radeon just sucked. I mean great graphics and all, great score on 3dmark...but, losing the ability to see the menu in HL after a game was irritating, and it also offset my screen in HL.
Im looking at an Elsa GF2 MX or a Hercules one at best buy.
Which detonators should I get; I am planning on overclocking the card.
And what about that refresh rate thing Ive heard about in games?
Im looking at an Elsa GF2 MX or a Hercules one at best buy.
Which detonators should I get; I am planning on overclocking the card.
And what about that refresh rate thing Ive heard about in games?
Well, I ended up getting the Hercules card. Best Buy had em for $100, so I went with that one.
Now what about that refresh rate thing for games under 2k? And about powerstrip?
All detonator drivers work regardless of the manufacturer, right?
Now what about that refresh rate thing for games under 2k? And about powerstrip?
All detonator drivers work regardless of the manufacturer, right?
