Tre Lightshadow Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 Ok a P3 1 Ghz with a GeForce 3, 256 ram. what sort of graphics will I get on Quake 3/ Elite Force/ Jedi Knight II? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest digl Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 good ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 I have an AMD Athlon 1.1 Ghz, 128 mb ram, and GeForce2 GTS. I can put Quake3 at close to the top settings (I 'only' run 1024x768 res though) and get consistently 60fps (or more, depending on the map). As far as image quality, not sure if it's really going to be any BETTER (other than higher fps/res), but I can't really test it. Probably should be pretty good though. If anything, it will be faster than what I've got at those res's. Kurgan [ October 07, 2001: Message edited by: Kurgan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KordKelly Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Well, My GF2MX400 on a Duron 750 gives me a 3DMark2001 af 2650... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kurgan Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Never tried 3dMark2k1... it it easy to use, worthwhile? Kurgan [ October 07, 2001: Message edited by: Kurgan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Yeah, it's pretty easy. You must download the installer, and then run the program when it's done, and finally push a button that says 'Benchmark'. Then is does the test. Doesn't get much easier... Don't know if it's worth it. It's basically a program to test your brand new spanking GeForce 3, just to see if it really is as fast as everyone says. [ October 08, 2001: Message edited by: Darth Simpson ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 im ashamed of my 3DM2k1 score lets just say it was sub 1K...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Lightshadow Posted October 8, 2001 Author Share Posted October 8, 2001 How much money would I/ could I save if I built my own computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornSoul Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 If you take your time and shop at different stores you can easilly save a couple 100 dollars depending on what you want and what stores you go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_XIIII Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 lol more then a couple hundred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Had I bought my current rig from a place like Dell or AlienWare, I would have ended up spending at least $500 more. I already had the OS and monitor though, but it still is a large amount of money. If there is any possible way, built the thing yourself. I spent about $1300 on a 1.33GHz T-bird, 512MB DDRRAM, GF3, 60GB HD system (plus all the other stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_silvergun Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 I'm on: 1.4 GHz TBird AYHJA (currently awaiting some more fans before the overclocking can begin) 256Mb CAS 2.5 DDR RAM Epox 8K7A motherboard GeForce 2 MX I'll run 3D Mark sometime and let you know my scores. I guess the graphics card will pull it down a bit, but I can still run Max Payne with all details turned to max and get a reasonable (though not stonking) framerate. Still, there's not many people for whom Max Payne is even playable in full detail, so I'm totally satisfied. I've only had this setup a few days and have yet to try overclocking it, so hopefully I should squeeze some more speed out of it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Well, I'm running a paltry... Athlon 850Mhz T-Bird (not O/C'd) 256Mb PC133 RAM GeForce 1 DDR (32Mb) Chaintech 7AJA MoBo 40Gb HDD (in 4 10Gb partitions) I've recently reformatted/reinstalled my OS partition etc., and I initially installed the 12.41 Detonator drivers for the GFX card - because I had experienced problems with the newest 21.81 drivers before. I ran 3DMark2001 and got a miserable 875 3D Marks. It was jerky as hell during the benchmark tests...DragonGothic ran at about 10fps low-res, 4 fps hi-res. So I thought, well, why not...and installed the 21.81 drivers. I ran 3DMark 2001 again, with the same settings, and received a stonking 1995 3D Marks. Most benchmarks ran smoothly except the hi-polygon one. Strangely, my fps in UT has dropped by about 10-15 to 40fps (OpenGLx1024x768x32), but it seems to be smooth, and I can live with it. Everything else seems to be running smoothly...and I got the Max Payne demo running smooth at 800x600x32 (with D3D at Best Quality) with all effects turned on. It's weird, because the last time I tried installing the 21.81 drivers I experienced some lockups - and unplayable framerates in UT. Now it's running okay. I guess it pays to totally clean your system out once in a while...and try or retry the newest drivers for your kit. I'll probably still upgrade my GFX card to a GF3 Ti 500 early next year, though. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_silvergun Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Well, 3DMark2001 gave my machine a score of 2365. Given that I've done no overclocking/tweaking since I set it up and am running quite old drivers, I was pretty pleased with this result. Hopefully, I should be able to get it quite a bit higher than this though with a bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Howell1587246488 Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 I hv a really, really sad system: Athlon750 Asus K7 128 mb sdram 30 gb 7200 rpm Diamond Viper 2(wishing it was a GeForce 2) sad, sad... can i run it? jh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Howell, get a new vid card and it should run fine. You think yours is bad? lol...... i dream of 750's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letalis Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Heatsinks? Yay or nay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 a coupla chrome blue ram-sinks golden orb for vid. that should do. maybe a few blowholes and a big ass fan if you're going to overclock your processor, then get some more stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 heatsinks=YAY ****, my roomate is sticken em on everywhere, two on his video card, more on his processor, and he has enough fans to levetate our dorm... but i bet it dont overheat!! you only need lots of cooling if your gonna overclock stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxale Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Well i only have a: PIII 800 a ATI Rage 128 VR AGP *2 (32 MB) 128 MB SDRAM an a 30GB HD... What do you Guys think ...would i be abel to play JKO in 800*600 or higher? Ps i played Elite Force above 800*600 ...runs good enough.... Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxale Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 Ohh i forgot it.... My OS is Win XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 say, how do you like XP anyway, any probs with older games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxale Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 Cool.... I begin really to become an XP Fan.... At the time i do not realize any kind od anger whit it..... The OS is good and stable even the desing is amazing. The Drivers were all up to date in XP even for oler Cards or other stuff. It remind me on Mac's dont know why..but..... You are able to use two OS on your Pc... If you boot , you can choose the XP or the older OS. Depend on it if you chose New install or Update...( update will keep your old OS ) I become faster...never booted such as fast. Sure you need time to become master of the new desing...but it is worth.... If you can read an think logical....you will made it. All the Cards and other Hardware were suported. I remember all the further Os Win 9x and up...never gave my ATI card the right driver...always a other ati one. Sometimes that really sucks.. But XP made it. The Quick info rulez. for every damn icon you will find a lod of information. Man i Love it.... My older Games... Well i installed Jagged Alliance 2 and Baldur's Gate 1. No probs. Max Payne and other new 3D shooter, or Applications...are ok..and runnin. XP is including new IE and Outlook Only Tools like PowerStrip or Tune Up wont work...everything is controlled by XP... Ok thats a smal test by my side.... for more you should buy a magazine....hehe phuu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KordKelly Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 ^^^^^^^^ Have you gamed online with XP? Any issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted October 10, 2001 Share Posted October 10, 2001 In online play, UT occassionally crashes with an insanely long error messages. Those speech balloons in the lower right corner get annoying. M$ monopolizes zip files, IE insists you use it for downloads, native CDRW support. <-- Good feature Haven't frozen since I installed about 3 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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