Jedimaster74 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 I am going to be upgrading to a new video card from my old crappy tnt2 card. Can anyone give me any suggestions on a decent card thats not like $400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps2maddenman Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 I have a NVidia GeForce 2 64 MB card and it is very very good, they are now around $250 in the US. Very good card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoowl Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 I upgraded my TNT 2 ultra to a geforce 3 Ti200, you can get them at quite a decent price. You could pick up a GF4 MX but it doesn't have some of the bells and whistles of a GF3 and is more akin to a GF2. The best cards out are the GF4 Ti and the Radeon 8500 but as you say they're both hella expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedimaster74 Posted March 21, 2002 Author Share Posted March 21, 2002 I Apologize for not moving this into Yodas Swamp. I am just so used to posting on Valley of the Jedi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 the radeon isnt too expensive 153.xx with shipping to me... how do i know this you ask, im buying one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SithLord19 Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 i got a voodoo 5 5500 PCI and i like it even thought i should go out and buy a new one in a few years. Ps Dark side shall rise a rule all now bow down a worship ur new Sith Lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 If you're looking for a cheap, good card that will last a while, get a GeForce 3 Ti200 or a Radeon 8500. The GeForce 3 Ti200 can easily be overclocked to Ti500 speeds, if you're into that. I don't have any experience with the Radeon card, but I'm sure someone will tell you about that. Or you could check out one of the many threads on this subject. Alternatively, you can wait a little and buy a GeForce 4 Ti4200, which sounds like a great deal, and cheaper than Ti4400 and Ti4600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dias Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Get a Gainward Geforce 3 Ti 200, its one of the few Geforce 3's with 128mb of ram and it has a good cooling system + its cheap 178$ last i saw it. Also i would reccomend staying away From Geforce2 tech and less cards... that includes the new Geforce 4mx models as those are geforce 2's in disguese Pixel shaders are actualty starting to be implmented into games and older cards like the geforce2, radeon,voodoo5 blah blah lack it, infact a few games alrdy make use of it, check out Command and conquer renegades, if u have a geforce 3 or radeon 8500 u should see that 3dobjects can cast shadows onto other 3dobjects.... eg drive a tank under a tree and u can see the tree cast the shadow on the tank and the ground, its a trivial use of it but its still a use of it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Simpson Posted March 21, 2002 Share Posted March 21, 2002 Welcome to the forums, Dias! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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