Not sure what to do

[Guest]

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I'm currently using a TI4800 with an XP 2500+ and a gig of pc3200 memory.
There's no doubt that the video card is my biggest bottleneck. My question
is, what should I do? Should I upgrade now or wait for the next wave of
cards? I'd hate to make a purchase and then see the card I bought drop by
100 bucks within a week or so! Advise me, oh glorious newsgroup!

 

[morgan]

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Having got a simliar spec to yours (had a Ti4200 clocked at 300/600) I then
bought a 9800pro. If it wasn't for my Son having the Ti4200 from me to
upgrade his Ti200 the upgrade to the 9800pro would have been a waste of
money, in my opinion.

I got that card due to its great price / performance and due to my Son
wanting an upgrade. NVidia have nothing in that price / performance that
came close to the 9800pro. I did think that the card would not get much
cheaper but just fade away from the shops. I paid 135 UK Pounds in total.

All that it has meant to me is that now Farcry runs a little smoother and
games like Gothic 2 and Spellforce run with 4xAA and 8xAF.

So when you write....

> There's no doubt that the video card is my biggest bottleneck.

What do you base that on...?

> I'd hate to make a purchase and then see the card I bought drop
> by 100 bucks within a week or so!

Then never buy the bleeding edge stuff and let your upgrades be guided by
your needs and not too overly influenced by the blurb that you read

If you really "insist" on needing to buy a card now then the 9800pro has to
be considered. But I hope that you are going to make use of that Ti4800 as
it is still an excellent card.

--
Regards

Morgan

Hard drive is noisy no more...

www.flyinglizard.freeserve.co.uk

 

[Guest]

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"Mr. Brian Allen" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:109j58a2vna4rd4@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm currently using a TI4800 with an XP 2500+ and a gig of pc3200 memory.
> There's no doubt that the video card is my biggest bottleneck. My
question
> is, what should I do? Should I upgrade now or wait for the next wave of
> cards? I'd hate to make a purchase and then see the card I bought drop by
> 100 bucks within a week or so! Advise me, oh glorious newsgroup!
>

I'm not sure why you think you should upgrade your video card.
have a look at:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-05.html

Your card is not in the list but it sure better then the TI4600, which is at
the top list.

I think you should think again before buying a new card for about 200$

Tal

 

[user]

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Morgan wrote:

> Having got a simliar spec to yours (had a Ti4200 clocked at 300/600) I then
> bought a 9800pro. If it wasn't for my Son having the Ti4200 from me to
> upgrade his Ti200 the upgrade to the 9800pro would have been a waste of
> money, in my opinion.
>
> I got that card due to its great price / performance and due to my Son
> wanting an upgrade. NVidia have nothing in that price / performance that
> came close to the 9800pro. I did think that the card would not get much
> cheaper but just fade away from the shops. I paid 135 UK Pounds in total.
>
> All that it has meant to me is that now Farcry runs a little smoother and
> games like Gothic 2 and Spellforce run with 4xAA and 8xAF.

Thanks Morgan, as I also have a Ti4200 300/600 and hang on to it awhile longer

 

[morgan]

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> Thanks Morgan, as I also have a Ti4200 300/600 and hang on to it awhile
longer

You have made the right choice, I'm sure.
Not that the 9800pro isn't a good card but the Ti4x00 isn't a bad one
either.

--
Regards


Morgan

Hard Drive noise a problem....?

www.flyinglizard.freeserve.co.uk

 

[Whisper]

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I would also keep the one you have... no change for now.


"Mr. Brian Allen" <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
news:109j58a2vna4rd4@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm currently using a TI4800 with an XP 2500+ and a gig of pc3200 memory.
> There's no doubt that the video card is my biggest bottleneck. My
> question is, what should I do? Should I upgrade now or wait for the next
> wave of cards? I'd hate to make a purchase and then see the card I bought
> drop by 100 bucks within a week or so! Advise me, oh glorious newsgroup!
>