Vid Card Question

[Slothario]

Allllrighty...I'm going to go ahead and get a new video card, mainly cuz I've got BF1942, but it's really choppy. I've tried changing the settings, but nothing really seems to help. Add in the 20-25 FPS I get in T2, and this tells me it's time to buy. Now, I'm looking at the G4 Ti4200,4400,or4600. I've read several reviews on each one, but I really dont know what the tech-speak means. I know the 4200 is the cheapest, but if I go with the 4600, I should be set for a while. The 4400 64mb uses faster RAM modules, but it might be a bottleneck in the somewhat near future...etc. Soooo...what I would like here is what you would buy if you had the funding to do so? I dont really want to spend more than I have to, but I will spend if it means it takes care of it for a while and the increase in performance is big enough. Ideas?<br><br><br> This is my current system specs.<br> 1.3g Athlon Thunderbird<br> 512mb PC133 RAM<br> Soundblaster Live PCI1024 soundcard<br> Geforce2 MX400 64mb vid card <p><img border="1" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/Sloth_av.jpg"><br>I aint got /\/\4|) 5|<1||5, I got B4|) 5|<1||5<br>Proud Member of The Dragon Talon Mercenaries<br>Proud Memeber of The XMEN Gaming Clan<br>Professsional Thread Killer</p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

I just bought a Aopen 128MB ti4200. I got that one because they use higher-quality memory than most. $140.<br><br>With a Radeon 9700 Pro or ti4600 costing $300-$400, I'd rather be slightly behind on the hardware curve and upgrade more frequently than blowing the budget and sticking with the same card for a longer time. Games can't follow the high-end hardware for the most part anyway, because it takes time to develop and they have to sell copies to people who don't have the latest.<br><br>But if you want the current hottest gaming card, the Radeon 9700 Pro is it. Cheapest I've seen it is $325 or so. nVidia's answer to it should be out around or slightly after Christmas. <p><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif border=0 align=left>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br><br>Though a program be but three lines long,<br> someday it will have to be maintained.<br> <i>- The Tao of Programming</i><br>Life is complex; it consists of real and imaginary parts.</p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

I like the Ti4400, but the 4200 is right around that performance range. WHay vid Card do you have now? Maybe a new Mainboard and RAM would help you more than a new vid Card... <p><div align="center"><embed width="250" height="200" src="http://www.theta_mercenaries.homestead.com/files/sphat.swf"></div><p align=center><font color=#ff0000>Why Do I Always Die?!?!?!?!</font></p></p><i></i>

[Slothario]

Personally I was leaning towards the Ti4400 to begin with up until a few days ago, when I checked the prices on them. Saw a eVGA 4400 for 200, while the 4600 is only 30.00 more. Sooo..that got me to looking again and I was just wondering if the extra potential was worth the extra money. Personally, I've never been a big fan of buying the bestest out there only to see it outdated in 6 months. So long as my games run good, I dont mind being behind the curve. <p><img border="1" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/Sloth_av.jpg"><br>I aint got /\/\4|) 5|<1||5, I got B4|) 5|<1||5<br>Proud Member of The Dragon Talon Mercenaries<br>Proud Memeber of The XMEN Gaming Clan<br>Professsional Thread Killer</p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Really not much difference between the 4400 and the 4600. Just clock speed. But get a 128 MB version of either.<br><br>With a ti4200 you can usually argue the point that 64 MB is good because a) cost and b) the 64 MB is clocked faster, but I don't think that argument applies to the 44/4600. <p><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif border=0 align=left>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br><br>Though a program be but three lines long,<br> someday it will have to be maintained.<br> <i>- The Tao of Programming</i><br>Life is complex; it consists of real and imaginary parts.</p><i></i>

[Slothario]

Just ordered the eVGA4400. With any luck, it'll get here and install with no problems. Thanks for the advice <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><img border="1" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/Sloth_av.jpg"><br>I aint got /\/\4|) 5|<1||5, I got B4|) 5|<1||5<br>Proud Member of The Dragon Talon Mercenaries<br>Proud Memeber of The XMEN Gaming Clan<br>Professsional Thread Killer</p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

I have that exact Card, Sloth. I love mine. <p><div align="center"><embed width="250" height="200" src="http://www.theta_mercenaries.homestead.com/files/sphat.swf"></div><p align=center><font color=#ff0000>Why Do I Always Die?!?!?!?!</font></p></p><i></i>