Upgrading my Vid card, how much improv will I see?

[LePaul]

LOL

Man, I won't go there  

P.S.  My BD-5 is up for sale.

[Gunthr]

I kinda hate to hear that... maybe you could trade it for a powered chute? Or a gyro copter?

[aknimitz]

I really would *not* get a GF3 Ti200.  Get a good ole regular GF3 or GF3Ti500.  Or if you cannot afford either of those, go with the GF2 Ultra, it has faster memory speed than the Ti200 and its cheaper.  

On my old 1.2 Tbird, I was running a GF2 Ultra.  I bought a Ti200 for a friend, and tested it out.  I got the same fps with my ultra.

Nim

[Animal]

are you crazy Nimitz?
The Geforce3 Ti200 is the same toejam as a regular Geforce 3, only a bit underclocked. In fact, most 3 Ti200 overclock to higher speeds than a regular Geforce 3.
Its MUCH, MUCH faster than a Geforce 2 Ultra.
I think you may be confusing it with the Geforce2 Ti200, wich is about the same speed as a geforce pro.

[ 01-07-2002: Message edited by: Animal ]

[batdog]

I ordered the card I posted earlier. Geforce3 T200.

 xBAT

[viper2488]

GeForce 3 Ti 500        256-bit
                        128-bit DDR
                        3.84 Billion AA  
                        Samples/Sec.
                        960 Billion
                        8.0GB/Sec.

GeForce3                256-bit
                        128-bit DDR
                        3.2 Billion AA
                        Samples/Sec.
                        800 Billion
                        7.36GB/Sec.

GeForce3 Ti 200         256-bit
                        128-bit DDR
                        2.8 Billion AA
                        Samples/Sec.
                        700 Billion
                        6.4GB/Sec.

just to correct Animal that the ti is different from the original gf3. that extra 0.9gb can do the world of difference

[Dux]

Hi Batdog,
   I just put in a GF3 Ti500 (Visiontek Xtasy) into my 1.2 gig HP Pavilion... Man, is it nice. Frame rates jumped from 26 (Max) to 55 (Min). The higher framerate really does help in the game too, aiming is much easier now.

   Btw, I had to do some rather drastic and barbaric chassis modification to get mine to fit into the AGP slot... you might want to check out the physical dimensions first.

[Edit: Oh yeah, I'm running at 1600x1200 now too. Really nice card.
  ]

[ 01-08-2002: Message edited by: Dux ]

[aknimitz]

Animal,

Neg, I tested the GF3 Ti200 on my 1.2 TBird and did not gain any performance over my GF2 Ultra *shrug*

Nim

[batdog]

Okay. I upgraded to a GAINWARD CARDEXPERT GEFORCE3 TI 200 TITANIUM TV-OUT 64MB DDR (RETAIL).

 I now have 65-80FPS depending on whats around me. In heavy smoke 30-40ish so far.
Its been a massive improvement over what I had before. I'm running at 1024 by 768. My darn monitor is older so it wont handle anything higher  

 I'm happy.. like I said it went from the mid 30's to 65-80ish. In smoke 15's to 30-40's.

 xBAT

[Zippatuh]

Don’t know what to tell ya on the monitor bat, they’re still expensive as all hell.  I was lucky enough that mine went out about 2/3 weeks after I got my Ti200.  Damn the bad luck arggggg!

But, congrats on the card and the improvement.  

Zippatuh

[Kratzer]

nimitz, the advantage in the GF3 Ti 200 over the GF2 Ultra is that you get all the new GF3 technology that takes advantage of the fancy new DX 8 features - so in a game like AH, your performance is understandably similar, but in some of the newer games, the GF3 will really shine.

Because the Ti cards use cheaper technology, you can still get a GF3 Ti 200 for a couple bucks less than a GF2 Ultra... and find one much easier  

[sprint]

I just read about the new Geforce 3 Ti2 128MB ..less than $200.  128 mb ... hmmm.  Think I'm going to order one of them puppies.

sprint

[Animal]

i also read about them but you better wait for reviews. still dont know if 128 is excessive, maybe it wont make any difference. In fact, they may even use slower ram to compensate for the price...