Upgrading from Ti 4200 (to FX 5700 LE?)

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I currently have a 2.53ghz Dell 4550 and a GeForce Ti 4200 video card
with 64MB RAM. I play lots of HL and Counterstrike and it runs great.

I recently bought Far Cry and it runs great at 800x600 with medium
settings (I am running the latest nvidia drivers and DirectX 9.0b, or
whatever came with the game). I'd like to be able to crank up the
graphics a bit, which I know will require a new video card.

Unfortunately, my Dell has a rather small case and the power supply is
only 250w. This probably eliminates any of the fancy new 6800 cards.
I've been looking at the FX 5700 LE cards, though - would this be a
reasonable upgrade? Would I notice a difference? Will this card run
HL and Counterstrike well (I use the OpenGL option now and get
excellent frame rates).

Any advice appreciated.

Michael W.
Chicago, IL, USA

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The 4200 cannot run Directx9 in hardware full-stop. But yeah you are right.
The 5700LE wouldn't be much faster lol

Dan

"PRIVATE1964" <private1964@aol.com> wrote in message
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> It really would not be that much better then what you are using now. You
would
> need to go to a higher FX to see more of an improvement. Your 4200 is not
much
> slower then a 5700 LE running DirectX8. The 5700 would be more faster at
> DirectX9, but not by that much either.
>

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Mr. Brian Allen" blah@blah.com wrote:

>That's not an upgrade. It's a downgrade. Anything below a 5700 Ultra is
>not as fast as a TI4200.

Thanks.

Any suggestions, then, as to video cards that would be an upgrade from my Ti
4200? Once again, I've got a Dell 4550 with only a 250 watt power supply.
Thanks.

Michael W.
Chicago, IL, USA

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>Any suggestions, then, as to video cards that would be an upgrade from my Ti
>4200? Once again, I've got a Dell 4550 with only a 250 watt power supply.
>Thanks.

Your stuck because of your power supply. You would need to go higher then the
5700 Ultra to see a difference and even then its not gonna be earth shattering
unless you get close to a 5900 or a 9800 Pro IMO.

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"AArDvarK" <ahem@notquite.net> said:

> At least a 2.5 ghz P4 cpu ... I'd say you are behind with your hardware.

He has a 2.53Ghz P4, it was in his post.
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McQualude