IBM Upgrade

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I'm looking to upgrade a freinds machine he has an IBM Aptiva Pentium III@ 500MHZ. What would be a good video card for this machine? It currently has a 8M AGP card I also want to upgrade his ram to around 256 currently it has 96M.

If it ain't broke don't fix it

 

[Crashman]

I left you a list at your other post, basically GeForce2/3 and Radeons are your best bets.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[scamtrOn]

i would go with the ATI 8500 if you are going to spend that much money.

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[Crashman]

How much money? The Radeon LE cost $60, the MX400 cost about the same, the LE is better. The GTS goes for ~$100. The Gainward GeForce2 Pro 450 (4.5ns) goes for $130. The Ti200 goes for around $180. The Radeon 8500 goes for around $200. The Ti500 goes for around $285. There's a big difference between the most expensive for $285, the 8500 for $200, and the LE for $60.
You refered to "that much money", you had better get the facts before spewing your opinion, $60 is not "that much money".

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[scamtrOn]

actualy there was enough info. i just had to make my self more clear and so do you. i was writing about the geforce3. if you're going to spend that much on a video card its better to spend another $20 and get one of the best. or $85 less. not my fault you made such a general statement. and there is no need to be so cold we are all on the same side. so <i>you</i> had better get the facts before spewing <i>your</i> opinion.

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[Crashman]

I was still on edge about you telling someone to switch from AGP to PCI.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[scamtrOn]

lol. yeah i know. that was stupid of me. i was just trying to say to bad he doesn't 4x agp. i've done stupider thing too.

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[Crashman]

I don't know how much it's doing for newer cards, but my test showed a PEEK performance gain of less than 7% using AGP4x instead of AGP2x on a GeForce2 GTS overclocked to Pro speeds.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[scamtrOn]

hmm. that little? i thought its about a 15-20% gain. no?

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[AMD_Man]

Nope, especially if the graphics card has 64MB RAM.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

 

[Crashman]

Tested on a way overclocked GeForce 2 GTS, newer cards should use a little more bandwidth.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?