I'm frustrated with my 15fps on my Voodoo3-3000. So, I'm looking for real
feedback on a new video card.
I'm looking at the Radeon 64 meg VIVo card. But also wondering if a
geforce2 series card might do the job for now.
P3-500, Tyan motherboard, 256 meg ram, SB live value, cable modem
connection. Win98SE for games and a swappable drive with Win2k for other
apps. I know the CPU is not blazing fast, but I need a graphic boost for N4
(and other applications software) right now. A new CPU will come later.
Do you have experience with a Radeon of geforce2 card with N4?
Thanks,
Skupe
It's not the Voodoo 3...I have one and on my old K6 350 I was getting about
the same fps, but with an upgrade to a K7 750 I get 40fps plus (more if I
turn the eye candy down). Same sound card as you, too, and only 128 Mb Ram
--
Colin
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> I'm frustrated with my 15fps on my Voodoo3-3000. So, I'm looking for real
> feedback on a new video card.
>
> I'm looking at the Radeon 64 meg VIVo card. But also wondering if a
> geforce2 series card might do the job for now.
>
> P3-500, Tyan motherboard, 256 meg ram, SB live value, cable modem
> connection. Win98SE for games and a swappable drive with Win2k for other
> apps. I know the CPU is not blazing fast, but I need a graphic boost for
N4
> (and other applications software) right now. A new CPU will come later.
>
> Do you have experience with a Radeon of geforce2 card with N4?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Skupe
>
>
>
>
>
Its the game itself
racing with a full field of cars will kill your fps
because i suppose the AI is really CPU intensive..
for instance, watch a multi car pile-up, you will get 1fps
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> It's not the Voodoo 3...I have one and on my old K6 350 I was gettingabout
real
other
> > apps. I know the CPU is not blazing fast, but I need a graphic boostfor
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> the same fps, but with an upgrade to a K7 750 I get 40fps plus (more if I > turn the eye candy down). Same sound card as you, too, and only 128 Mb Ram > > -- > > > Colin > ICQ 25485061 > Skupe <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sv9z6.30024$[email hidden]... > > > > I'm frustrated with my 15fps on my Voodoo3-3000. So, I'm looking forQuoted text (7 lines)
> > feedback on a new video card. > > > > I'm looking at the Radeon 64 meg VIVo card. But also wondering if a > > geforce2 series card might do the job for now. > > > > P3-500, Tyan motherboard, 256 meg ram, SB live value, cable modem > > connection. Win98SE for games and a swappable drive with Win2k forQuoted text (15 lines)
> N4 > > (and other applications software) right now. A new CPU will come later. > > > > Do you have experience with a Radeon of geforce2 card with N4? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Skupe > > > > > > > > > > > >I borrowed a P3-800 and tried it. All othe rhardware the same.
Got about 25 fps in traffic. For $300 (cdn) I'm hoping that I could get
more with a better vid card.
Colin Harris <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> It's not the Voodoo 3...I have one and on my old K6 350 I was gettingabout
real
other
> > apps. I know the CPU is not blazing fast, but I need a graphic boostfor
Quoted text (12 lines)
> the same fps, but with an upgrade to a K7 750 I get 40fps plus (more if I > turn the eye candy down). Same sound card as you, too, and only 128 Mb Ram > > -- > > > Colin > ICQ 25485061 > Skupe <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sv9z6.30024$[email hidden]... > > > > I'm frustrated with my 15fps on my Voodoo3-3000. So, I'm looking forQuoted text (7 lines)
> > feedback on a new video card. > > > > I'm looking at the Radeon 64 meg VIVo card. But also wondering if a > > geforce2 series card might do the job for now. > > > > P3-500, Tyan motherboard, 256 meg ram, SB live value, cable modem > > connection. Win98SE for games and a swappable drive with Win2k forQuoted text (15 lines)
> N4 > > (and other applications software) right now. A new CPU will come later. > > > > Do you have experience with a Radeon of geforce2 card with N4? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Skupe > > > > > > > > > > > >You might get a little more but N4 is very cpu intensive especially with the
max # of cars. Your cpu is the main culprit. (Sierra/Papy suggest P3 600
but that's really the Min. Go for 1 ghz or higher.)
-Tim
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> > turn the eye candy down). Same sound card as you, too, and only 128 MbRam
later.
