Changing from a Ti 4200

[Ciaran]

What would be a good change from a Ti 4200 128MBs 8x? It's a killer card for the price, but the lack of DirectX 9 means I have to change. (The Sims 2)

So I'm looking for something that performs around the same but with full DX9 compatibility.

What should I get?

 

[scottchen]

Radeon 9600pro/XT should be found at the same price range.

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yeah if it's it's for the SIMS2 I would think that an inexpensive R9600Pro, R9600non-pro or FX5700 would be more than capable of doing the job. Of course the SEs are as always to be avoided, not that they would really struggle with something like the SIMS.


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[Crashman]

Most DX9 games work fine on DX8 cards when used with modern drivers, are you sure you need a new card? Using DX8 hardware with DX9 software normallyy means some of the special effects won't be rendered, nothing more.

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[HardWareBoss]

What other games are you using? My TI4200 64MB plays all my games for now.

 

[davemar14]

My Ti4200 64 MB runs most games pretty well. I can play FarCry and UT2004 at 1024*768 with AA/AF off. Granted I don't get all the effects, but I am just waiting till GeForce 6800 becomes more available.

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[Ciaran]

Nothing too heavy or graphically straining. Unreal Tournament, Half-Life & Counter-Strike, AOE II and The Sims.

 

[Ciaran]

As far as I know, the Ti range uses updated GeForce 2 technology.

But, come to think of it, I have an old ATI Rage Pro 8MB that could handle DirectX 9's tests.

I'd rather upgrade because if DX9 goes wrong, it means that I'd have to wipe my system, and backing up over 10GBs of data to a partition is a real pain. And it's kinda like cheating death. You can only do it for so long.

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E-Mail from MSI Technical Support:

"The Ti4200 are used the older chipset. They only support Directx 8. You still can use in the Directx 9, but can't use the future Directx 9 provided. All the FX's graphic card supports Directx 9"

 

[Crashman]

Nope, it's the MX series that uses GeForce2 technology, all the way from the GF2-MX200 to the GF4-MX440.

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