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bjc1981   06-08-2002 at 06:57:45 PM

I have an Athlon XP 1800, 512mb Crucial, and Epox 8K3A board.

I originally bought (and still have for the time being) a Gainward GF3 Ti200 which I was going to overclock pretty hard. Problem is, I cannot get it to work in my system. Anytime I install any drivers for it, my PC locks on bootup.

I got the card to work just fine in a friends PC. I have a GF2MX that works just fine in my system. I suppose for some reason the Gainward is just incompatable with my system.

Anyways, I'd like to spend probably $100-$120 or so for a new video card. Any recommendations? If I go ahead and spend more money, is the GF4 4200 such as the MSI worth it?

Thanks.

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Crashman   06-09-2002 at 01:20:09 AM
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d00d, you'd still end up using the same drivers. Have you tried different driver revisions?

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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changeup2010   06-12-2002 at 08:56:56 PM
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I have an Athlon 1800+ and 256 PC2700 DDR memory and an ASUS mobo, and bought the Leadtek Win Fast A250 Ti4200 and benchmarked at 9488. Well worth the money, to me anyways. Good luck

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LonMax   06-13-2002 at 02:39:10 AM
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Per this link..... (And if I am correct at guessing from memory that an Athlon 1800 runs at 1.53Ghz?
G3 ti200 vs. 4200 at 1.553 Ghz

CPU Scaling under Unreal Performance Test 2002 - 29fps vs 43 fps

CPU Scaling under Serious Sam 2 - 60 vs 88 fps

CPU Scaling under Comanche 4 - 30 vs 39 fps

CPU Scaling under Quake III Arena - 180 vs 220?

CPU Scaling under Return to Castle Wolfenstein - 127 vs 155?

That is all you need to decide if you want to spend that much more :) Your processeor about peaks the ti200, but not the 4200.


fps

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