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03/12/2001

looking for a graphics card for christmas?

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nDSonic Jonathan Deane posts : 84 on bjorn3d.com there is an article on geforce2 ti's , not a bad card, 88 sterling from dabs, its more or less a gf2 ultra / pro. good value

03/12/2001 #1 Illkillya James Galvin Entering a world of pain clan : fish heads posts : 892 site administrator ive donated to quake.ie! i'm thinking of getting a new gfx card, because my voodoo3 is very bad in q3, every couple of games the cpu loads for 2 or 3 minutes. I blame my v3 for this, because dest and lorc also have voodoos (lorc on v2 and dest on v3) and they both have the same problem. The thing is... i only have a p3 450, so would there be any point on getting a good gfx card like this? what kind of fps would i be likely to get in q3?

03/12/2001 #2 CAsC Chris posts : 3 Friend of mine from Norway, had e_actly the same situation. He got himself a gf2 32meg.. and had a sustained increase of 10fps on a k62-450. The new Ti would prolly be a lot better. Those cards do a lot of the grahics work onboard, take a bit of strain off the processor. Unlike the voodoo's... btw.. anyone want my v5?

03/12/2001 #3 nDdyna colm mc menamin posts : 1 name ur price.....

03/12/2001 #4 saik mr.nobody posts : 242 Killy, putting a gfx card more that is more powerful than a V3 will make a huge difference. Less fps drops, higher sustained fps, etc. A better gfx card means that jumps/shots are easier too. On top of which, I got / get 145 fps from a similar spec machine with a usable cfg and a mere gf2mx. So a gf2 ultra/ti would kick quake 3 a new arsehole No worries about whether it would be of use, it will definately speed things up considerably.

04/12/2001 #5 nDPodgeen dave lowry posts : 131 saik thats cause u got those funky go faster stipes

04/12/2001 #6 saik mr.nobody posts : 242 Aye killy, some good go faster stipes will make the computer much better! It's like a free upgrade... Where can i get some alloys tho...?

04/12/2001 #7 Illkillya James Galvin Entering a world of pain clan : fish heads posts : 892 site administrator ive donated to quake.ie! wtf is a go faster stripe?

04/12/2001 #8 Zero Ronan Condon Absolute Fucking Champion clan : n8z posts : 816 site administrator the white stripe running across the top of Saik's case. Like the little scober cars with the stripe across the side. i.e. "Go-Faster Stripe"

04/12/2001 #9 nDSonic Jonathan Deane posts : 84 killy if you get the gf2ti it will be better but not by much with a 450, my advice would be to find a 100mhz fsb PIII in either slot form or a socket with an adapter and get the gf2ti if you can.

04/12/2001 #10 nDSonic Jonathan Deane posts : 84 850 is about as fast as you can get 100 fsb ones, but there are the odd 100fsb gig chips going around

04/12/2001 #11 saik mr.nobody posts : 242 if a gf2 ti does not put killy's fps up past the 130 mark i will buy it off him at ful cost. when my p500 went from tnt2u to gf2mx it went up from 100 fps to 145... i seriously dont think you need to upgrade the cpu etc. esp with the sweet laptop you have.

04/12/2001 #12 gerry Philip Brennan posts : 57 Yeah, that laptop is pretty sweet alright. Theres not a whole lot of point going with a new cpu, a 1 gig PIII 100fsb would cost too much, and would not be twice as fast for quake, since the bus speed stays the same. There isn't much point in getting a top of the line graphics card for it, a geforce2 mx should be able to keep up with the 450 ok.

04/12/2001 #13 CAsC Chris posts : 3 I bought it for 200 dyna, not that long ago. Minty condition, bo_ed et all. manuals and cd. 100 ish? ono.. if ur serious.. hehe.

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