oldie upgrade

[marneus]

Okay, looking to recommend what upgrade of graphics card on a Pentium 3 1ghz... at what point should I say get a new system, around 9600/5700 level or not even that high ??? (currently a Radeon 7000)


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[TheRod]

No upgrade are worth if for a P3 1GHz, maybe a GeForce 4 TI4200 or Radeon 9200, but noghing more is worth for this CPU.

You should not upgrade the GPU on that system! You should upgrade the COMPLETE SYSTEM. A P3 1GHz is outdated for gaming, s buying a GPU to play games is worthless!

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A7N8X / <font color=green><b>Sempron 2800+</b></font color=green> <- <i>Is this affecting my credibility?</i>
Kingston DDR333 2x256Megs
<font color=red>Radeon 8500 128Megs</font color=red> @ C:275/M:290 <- <i>It's enough for WoW!</i>

 

[splenda20]

You'd be better off buying a $300-500 Dell with a faster processor and integrated graphics. There isn't anything that could help your system.

Personally, I'd build a complete new system, not Dell.

 

[cleeve]

What games are you playing?

You would even see a boost from a 9700 PRO on an older system like that... ***if you're playing older games on that older system.***

But if you plan to play HL2 or Doom3, forget it. Time for a new platform.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[marneus]

Not for me... its a friends' family PC, wasn't bought for gaming but gamewise looking to play sims/sims2/web browsing type of user... not a doom3/hl2 system... just something to get it a bit more up-to-date than year2000

Trust me I know what I'm doing... ooops, grab the cat...

 

[sweatlaserxp]

Geforce4 Ti or MX, Radeon 9200, just don't pay too much, because that's a pretty slow computer.

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[cleeve]

I'd be surprised if a 1ghz cpu could handle sims2 well.

Probably time to upgrade the platform. Sims/Sims2/Web browsing will all benefit from a newer motherboard and CPU then they will from a new videocard.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>