Author Topic: Skuzzy, radeon 91/9200 enough for AH2? (Read 317 times)

Nilsen · « **on:** September 02, 2003, 07:29:45 AM »

Im gonna really have to be careful with my money when im buiding my new puter..

Will a ati radeon 9100 or 9200 be enough to get nice enough fps in AH2? i have to run at 1280*1024 res (cause my lcd is that res) I will hopefully be able to buy a real card in about a year.

Or should i just wait a few more months and get 9500/9600 ?

Keep in mind that the only game i will play is AH/AH2

Rest of the puter will be xp1800 (or abit better) and 256mb ram (512 abit later)

Any advice on PSU? will 300 be enough or should i go for 350/60.

If i had buildt my puter a few months ago price would not have mattered but with new boat on order and incomming baby ill have to build as cheap as possible and still get acceptable fps

The only place that im not gonna "save" money is on the motherboard (AMD). I want to have firewire, SATA, USB2, lan and a card thats known to be stable (would like pci-x, but cant find it yet).
Any tips from anyone on a good mobo with these features would be great id rather have a bigbrand name so im sure to get it here in norway.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2003, 04:51:03 PM »

The 9200 is a repackaged 8500LE. A bit slow. The 9100 is slower still. Should be playable with the 9200, but don't expect high frame rates.

Nilsen · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2003, 04:57:34 PM »

Yeah, i knew it is kinda crappy but i was hoping i didn't have to shell out more to get decent fps in 1280*1024 res.

Guess ill just have to wait abit until i can afford a better card.

Thx alot for the inpu tho, better to know now than to throw the $ out the window

Nilsen · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2003, 07:40:13 AM »

Btw..
Is the radeon 9000 "series" actually worse than the benchmark system's geforce2 ?