vid card upgrade

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For your use I would recommend the FX 6600GT. It's a lot of bang for the
buck and matches your system quite well.

--
DaveW



"billybronco" <none@nonenoennoene.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Current PC is AMD XP 2000+, 512mb pc2700 ram, gf4 ti4400, sb audigy 2zs.
>
> I am experiencing slow framerates in a lot of the newer games i.e doom3,
> farcry etc. I was wondering how much of a difference upgrading to a gf6
> series card would make from a ti4400? Also which of the GF6 series of
> cards offers the best bang for buck and is sort of in the middle?
>
> Thanks for any help !
>
>

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"billybronco" <none@nonenoennoene.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Current PC is AMD XP 2000+, 512mb pc2700 ram, gf4 ti4400, sb audigy 2zs.
>
> I am experiencing slow framerates in a lot of the newer games i.e doom3,
> farcry etc. I was wondering how much of a difference upgrading to a gf6
> series card would make from a ti4400? Also which of the GF6 series of
> cards offers the best bang for buck and is sort of in the middle?
>
> Thanks for any help !
>
>

I'm very happy with a Leadtek 6600GT.
Keep in mind also ... RAM is soooooo cheap currently. Another 512mb AND
a new card will make you smile.

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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:22:10 GMT, "billybronco"
<none@nonenoennoene.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Current PC is AMD XP 2000+, 512mb pc2700 ram, gf4 ti4400, sb audigy 2zs.
>
>I am experiencing slow framerates in a lot of the newer games i.e doom3,
>farcry etc. I was wondering how much of a difference upgrading to a gf6
>series card would make from a ti4400? Also which of the GF6 series of cards
>offers the best bang for buck and is sort of in the middle?
>

6600GT would be an excellent match for your system. BFG is an
excellent supplier. Best Buy sometimes has BFG 6600GT AGP on sale.
Avoid PNY. They have a slow-boat-to-China(literally)-in-a-typhoon RMA
service. Only buy PNY if you accompany it with a no-questions-asked-
on-return extended warranty.

John Lewis

>Thanks for any help !
>
>

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

> >
> > Current PC is AMD XP 2000+, 512mb pc2700 ram, gf4 ti4400, sb audigy 2zs.
> >
> > I am experiencing slow framerates in a lot of the newer games i.e doom3,
> > farcry etc. I was wondering how much of a difference upgrading to a gf6
> > series card would make from a ti4400? Also which of the GF6 series of
> > cards offers the best bang for buck and is sort of in the middle?
> >
> > Thanks for any help !
> >
> >
>
> I'm very happy with a Leadtek 6600GT.
> Keep in mind also ... RAM is soooooo cheap currently. Another 512mb AND
> a new card will make you smile.
>
>

The 6600GT will be a big difference. You'll get much more than just good
framerates. You'll get DX 9 support and pixel shaders and a bunch of other
visual goodies. Also,the last poster is on the money. I just added 512M ram
for a total of 1GB. Geez, games load so much quicker and run damn smooth.
The HD is hardly ever accessed. I paid $39 + s/h(41.xx total) for 512M
Buffalotech PC3200 CL 2.5.
Bought that particular brand to try to match my Bufalo PC3700 which I
bought a long time ago. It's actually PC2700 which was tested to run at 466
FSB.