Videocards.. which to buy and whatnot.. simply videocards!

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 03 Oct 2004, 18:20

A stupid question for this n00b here...

What's AGP, PCI?

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 03 Oct 2004, 18:47

PCI is better than AGP. twice more data process speed.

Post by **Bojan** » 03 Oct 2004, 19:00

It's the thing you plug your card into. AGP is the port that comes with every motherboard these days - it's used exclusively for graphics cards.
PCI is the second port type each mobo has. It's been in use for even longer than AGP. Usually each mobo has 4 PCI ports. You'll find all addon cards are plugged into a PCI port: sound cards, network cards, firewire...

PCI Express is the new standard; you'll only find it on newest mobos and is used for both gfx and other cards. It features double transfer rate than AGP.

ViperJay · Post by **ViperJay** » 07 Oct 2004, 15:09

hey, what do you think if I bring a Ati Radeon 9700 64mb and give it 128mb from the ram??? good performance with saved money or not at all???

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 08 Oct 2004, 16:16

Double transfer rate huh? Does it REALLY REALLY effect performance?

And I just found out that the X800 XT costs 550 euro's in Hong Kong..

BTW, so the transfer rate is like this?

PCI - AGP - PCI Express.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 10 Oct 2004, 22:18

yep. What really affects the performance are chipsets, memory access speed. It really really affects performance

SunnyGTiR · Post by **SunnyGTiR** » 11 Oct 2004, 21:15

i have a radeon 9200, i dl this omega driver from http://www.omegadrivers.net, its gotten rid of most of the lag. it will work for any radeon card, check it out if u need some better fps. as for new cards id think ill get a nv6800, cause they have double the pipes. and about 256 vs.128, i was told by a tech, that win xp doesnt know how to use the extra mem on a 256 card.

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 14 Oct 2004, 22:49

Man those drivers RULE;
I have radeon9000 and after installing the drivers nfsu runs +10fps!
That's amazing

sic · Post by **sic** » 14 Oct 2004, 22:50

ive just bought 9800pro ... installed in my agp slot ... and playing on highest resolutions every game (nfsu, farcry, toca2, nhl05,juiced demo etc.)

, so i dont see a problem with ati raedon

DrewBoi · Post by **DrewBoi** » 14 Oct 2004, 23:50

ummm i just bought a new computer for $500 usd and i need a vew video card. is the Radeon X800 Xt a good card or should i get a ASUS V9999 Ultra Delux? or this one
.http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/eax800xt/overview.HTM
which one is better.
or is this a good card. i am not very smart when it comes to video cards

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 16 Oct 2004, 17:59

well, I would buy v9999 because it's a special gamer's edition and it's bundle is simply great... And it's quite hard to find (in Croatia)

AngelSiN · Post by **AngelSiN** » 16 Oct 2004, 21:52

Yeah,we don't have 6800GT in cro too...

SunnyGTiR · Post by **SunnyGTiR** » 16 Oct 2004, 22:51

after reading a few reviews and tests, the x800 series seems to be the best, even the pro vers. is better than a 6800u, and the XT PL is the supreme ruler. a bfg 6800u might compete though. i dont think u could go wrong with either x800.

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 16 Oct 2004, 23:36

If you want to buy a X800 XT, just buy a Pro. Easy to overclock.

marshallpre1 · Post by **marshallpre1** » 17 Oct 2004, 04:23

ok i have a nvidia 5900 xt... its already overclocked (already overclocked by BFG when i bought it, then installed coolbits, but then did not increase the frequency cause im scared im gonna burn out my card!!), but are there other ways to make my card run faster?

escalade_man · Post by **escalade_man** » 23 Oct 2004, 02:28

is this a good card? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... =TC3J-1000

Robert · Post by **Robert** » 23 Oct 2004, 02:47

hey guys,

i will be satisfied by 800*600 with good qualities of a game

.....but do you think i can get that with ati radeon 9200 se as a replacment for my ......nvidia Geforce MX 4000....?????????

SunnyGTiR · Post by **SunnyGTiR** » 26 Oct 2004, 00:51

depends what the rest of your comp parts are, i have a 9200, and run at 800x600 with most of the details on med/high( the ones that matter any way)

Robert · Post by **Robert** » 26 Oct 2004, 04:20

actually,the rest components are good...intel pentium 4 2.8G.H.
512DDR ram......i guess they are fine.....

i have just one more question:
can i enable the motion blur ,light trails,headlights and crowds under 800/600 in 9200se or not...ofcourse without making the game run very slow !

SunnyGTiR · Post by **SunnyGTiR** » 26 Oct 2004, 06:33

i dont have crowds/light trails on, 9200 is getting old, u might also consider x300 or 9600

jayhan_2003 · Post by **jayhan_2003** » 28 Oct 2004, 17:55

i think u shud get a R9550, tis one is cheap yet perform better than 9200.
and dun get SE version, no good.

i think can get a R9550 XT, it cost around US$110+, i think
i may get it next year

AngelSiN · Post by **AngelSiN** » 30 Oct 2004, 00:01

Hey guys,i just downloaded new nVidia driver 61.77,and my performances are 30% up!Doom 3 is running in 40 fps instead of 30,on high details with 1024x768 res!
And i have an old GeF 4200Ti 128 LM...

Dragster · Post by **Dragster** » 31 Oct 2004, 12:30

If you have a Ati card, you have to get Omega drivers; I have radeon 9000pro and Doom3 runs with full details (on 640*480, but still !) on 36 average fps(fpsScrapper)... With stock (:D) drivers I ran it on 22 fps average. THEY RULE

EmptyWords · Post by **EmptyWords** » 31 Oct 2004, 15:24

hey i have a geforce fx5700le 256 ram, is there a certain driver i can get that will make it work better??

edited: what would be a safe speed 2 overclock it to

Ragotech · Post by **Ragotech** » 08 Nov 2004, 16:02

my card is geforce fx 5200 and ram 256,p4 1.7 but my proplem is in the cach memory it is 128 so almost all the games are slow.what shall i do???????

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