New card to be had

[Ravenous85]

Hi, since I got my new computer I've been interested in upgrading my video card. Right now it's only a VideoExcel TnT 2 K64. I was thinking in the price range of Gf2 Ti and ATI 7200. If you have any suggestions let me know, and thanks ahead of time. (specs below)

[Yodums]

The ATI 7200 is basically sort of a ATI 32DDR LE

I would recommend the ATI Radeon 7500 as it equals to the GeForce 2 Ultra or passes it by overclocking it and its only 100USD.

My two cents.

Yodums

[Mojoman]

First of all i think you'll find your card is actually a M64 (hehe no its okay easy mistake) - if you got an old pentium or K6-2 (yeah i know - you havent :D) it does its job to the best of its ability - before you get rid of it - go on - give it a little overclock - jsut to see how far you get - after all it doesn't matter if it dies does it!

As for video cards - it really does depend on how much you wanna spend. A Geforce2 Ti are pretty damn cheap atm and do offer excellent performance, but in reality a Geforce2 GTS will be fine for most games, but a Geforce3 Ti 200 (or Ti 500 if you r a rich git) will get you a most rewarding result. As for the ATI radeon the 7500 is an excellent performer, and the VIVO option is nice, - but oh boy the 8500 is excellent - note the 8500 comes in OEM and retail (obviously) the OEM seems to run slower - but with adequate cooling and a BIOS update to a retail BIOS you can get a retail(ed?) card.

Enjoy your time at the forum btw - if you have any problems people are always here to help :)

Farewell.

[funnyperson1]

100$ range- winner is 7500 because it is faster than the Ti and has much better image quality

150-200$ range-G3 Ti200/8500LE LE is faster but a little more expensive......

[Ravenous85]

I would try overclocking it a little but I have no experience or knowledge in that area.... and I can't find any sites with software for overclocking it either.

By the way if I try playing CounterStrike (one of my favorites), in high res I will get around 10-30 fps. In 800x600 though I get over 60 fps (CS won't let you know higher than 60)..... so I have hope for this card.

[funnyperson1]

try www.voodoofiles.com they have rivatuner there, its one of the best ocing prggies for nvidia cards...also yeah, i would oc now and wait for the G4/9500s to come out till you get a new one...

[Yodums]

Originally posted by Ravenous85
I would try overclocking it a little but I have no experience or knowledge in that area.... and I can't find any sites with software for overclocking it either.

By the way if I try playing CounterStrike (one of my favorites), in high res I will get around 10-30 fps. In 800x600 though I get over 60 fps (CS won't let you know higher than 60)..... so I have hope for this card.

Well the higher the resolution the lower your FPS will most likely be.

If your on Win XP or Win 2K you can type fps_max 99 and your maximum fps will be changed to 99 ....