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Offline BenDover

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Nvidia has gotten me confused again
« on: June 28, 2003, 09:21:17 PM »
Ok, so i just planed on replacing my crappy MX for a Ti, but they've now changed the labels to FX, and XFX.

I also notice that these cards are now mostly 8x AGP, will my 4x AGP slot work with the cards?

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« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2003, 10:48:23 PM »
Newer Cards will still run at 4x and from friends setting to 8x and having problems 4x doesnt seem so bad.

Got it from a reliable source that 8x is still having a few problems.

Not sure on the new lettering but I would imagiane that the more expensive ones would be the better of the 2.

Hope any of this helped.

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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2003, 11:08:02 PM »
i just found out that they're backwards compatable, which is good.


There's a problem with buying the most expensive type, as they're both around the same price range.

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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2003, 08:12:03 AM »
Theres no need for anything higher than 4x AGP right now.....course Doom 3 is comming....bewahahaha

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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2003, 11:43:58 AM »
Yeah Yeah, I've solved that part, now hows about the XFX and FX?

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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2003, 12:07:27 PM »
The FX series is based on the NV3x series of GPU, whereas the Ti series was based on the NV2x GPU.
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« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2003, 12:17:05 PM »
What about XFX?

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« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2003, 07:57:32 PM »
Just a new tag for an extreme FX product.  Basically, hand picked GPU's that NVidia can overclock to try and increase the performance of the NV35.
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2003, 09:19:57 PM »
XFX doesn't necessarily means that it's an Extreme GeForce FX although it does sound like it though.

If I'm correct, XFX is a company that also markets the nVidia's GeForce line of video cards. This can be verified by going here:

XFX Graphics

Hope I solved your problems, and IMO, I'd stay away from the GF FX 5200 GPU's - they may be cheap, but you get what you pay for.. a cheap GPU.

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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2003, 09:29:14 PM »
I got myself a Geforce 4 XFX Ti4200 Turbo, Platinum Gamers Edition.

Comes with Ghost Recon (crap), Comanche 4, and some racing game I've never heard of. Also comes with a fancy looking joy pad.

Not bad for £90

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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2003, 08:03:45 AM »
the ghost recon game that comes with it sucks, but if your comp. has issues it really points them out. good benchmarking app. only took me 2 days to get the settings right

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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2003, 10:37:59 AM »
run smooth as glass, except the AI.

Oh look I'm getting shot at, I'll just stand here and not return fire.
Oh look, I got shot in the hand, I'm gonna die now.


Hopefully this doesn't reflect on real American Special Ops teams...

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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2003, 11:42:52 AM »
ya i know....flashpoint much  better AI

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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2003, 11:49:33 AM »
Definatly, if the AI's got you pinned down but your keeping them away, they'll send someone to flank you, poor guy usually wanders into my sights :)