Author Topic: 1.10 upgrade (Read 341 times)

Kratzer · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2002, 09:16:14 AM »

You should be kicking my ass... but you aren't...

I have a PIII 800, a GeForce2 Ti 200 (overclocked at 230/500), and I run at 1600x1200 32bit and get 50 - 75fps.

Are you using the new drivers, etc.? And what OS?

3dmark that thing and figure out what's up!

Dinger · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2002, 09:37:15 AM »

As a general rule, don't upgrade unless you expect 2x performance.
Upgrade your videocard.

Don't get any more system memory on the current motherboard. SDRAM's a thing of the past.
Likewise, popping a new processor in your current rig won't give you a stunning performance boost, even if you also change the videocard.
That's because odds are your motherboard is some sort of KT133 or other SDRAM beast. Not only will you be tied down by the slow ram (and who knows, you might have ATA/66 on the IDE controller)
If you're going to upgrade the CPU, upgrade the motherboard.
And the Tbird boards that are being built today tend to use DDR RAM, so you'd have to buy new ram.

So, if you want to upgrade the CPU side, you're looking at:
Motherboard $75. 512 megs of memory: $100. Athlon 1800 CPU -- $90, or $265.

A video card is cheaper.

Turbot · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2002, 09:54:02 AM »

see a thread in hardware about 100 fps system

geforce2 mx400 is PELNTY for this game unless you just want to spend alot of money

wuppie · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2002, 11:01:39 AM »

@kratzer

I use WinXP and latest drivers 29.42.

Yippee38 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2002, 11:32:57 AM »

If you've got an NVIDIA card, try overclocking it. I'm running a GeForce3 (non-Ti) on an AthlonXP 1800+ with 512Mb of DDR. I found a place where I could sit on the runway and get 53 fps. I modestly overclocked the card and my framerate went up to over 100. This was offline, so the situations were as near to identical as possible (same number of objects doing the same things).

If money is an object, I'd recommend the GeForce4 Ti-4200. It is a great deal and many of them overclock almost to Ti-4600 speeds. If you can afford it, go for the Ti-4400 though.

I agree: avoid the GF4 MX cards if you are a gamer. It may not make a difference in AH, but in four to six months there will be games where it will make a difference (UT 2k3 for one).