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Will a GeForce4 Ti 4600 work on my Pentium 2
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It should work fine. Just keep in mind that you won't be getting the most out of the card with your CPU, but you will notice a huge improvement over any standard video card...
Take a look at this excerpt from an article on tomshardware.com:
Particularly look at the 3DMark2001 scores. You'll see the effect that a faster CPU can have on overall performance in games.
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
Take a look at this excerpt from an article on tomshardware.com:
Particularly look at the 3DMark2001 scores. You'll see the effect that a faster CPU can have on overall performance in games.
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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CitrixEngineer
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As a suggestion, for the same money as a GeForce 4 Ti4600, you could get an Athlon XP 1700+ CPU, a ChainTech 7VJL Apogee motherboard and a GeForce 2 or 4 DDR, and have a blistering speed upgrade all round - a much greater performance increase than the Ti4600 alone. Another 128Mb of memory would be more than useful - but if you got the combo I've suggested, consider a single 256 or 512Mb stick of DDR RAM.
My $0.02 CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
My $0.02 CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
It depends on the type of games you want to play and whether you plan on upgrading your CPU/Motherboard anytime soon. If not, I would stick with a budget card for now until you're ready to get a newer system.
As the ATI Radeon 9700 becomes widely available, look for GeForce3 Ti cards to drop pretty low, as well as some of the GeForce4 products. Very few games use the programmable shaders that the Geforce3/4 and ATI Radeon 8500/9700 cards offer. So, if you're not that concerned with DirectX 8 gaming, then go with an older GeForce2 Ultra if you can find it for cheap or the budget GeForce4 MX.
There are slower bottlenecks on your system like the frontside bus, memory and CPU...
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
As the ATI Radeon 9700 becomes widely available, look for GeForce3 Ti cards to drop pretty low, as well as some of the GeForce4 products. Very few games use the programmable shaders that the Geforce3/4 and ATI Radeon 8500/9700 cards offer. So, if you're not that concerned with DirectX 8 gaming, then go with an older GeForce2 Ultra if you can find it for cheap or the budget GeForce4 MX.
There are slower bottlenecks on your system like the frontside bus, memory and CPU...
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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cdogg, I found a website that's selling ATI Radeon 8500 128mb for a good price at $140. Better than the Geforce 3?
CitrixEngineer, my motherboard supports SDRAM Dimm modules I don't know if they support DDR RAM. But I'm planning on getting 512mb of SDRAM.
CitrixEngineer, my motherboard supports SDRAM Dimm modules I don't know if they support DDR RAM. But I'm planning on getting 512mb of SDRAM.
There's no clear winner when you compare those 2 cards. They're pretty similar in performance. The only downside of going with the Radeon 8500 is the possibility of driver problems in certain games (but ATI has made numerous attempts to fix them in which updated drivers are available on their website). Also, make sure you get a card that says "Built-by-ATI". DO NOT buy one that says "Powered-by-ATI" since these aren't clocked as fast and are the OEM versions.
Here's an article comparing the GeForce3 Ti500 to the Radeon 8500:
Also check out for some good price comparisons...
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
Here's an article comparing the GeForce3 Ti500 to the Radeon 8500:
Also check out for some good price comparisons...
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
CitrixEngineer
Technical User
As you said in your earlier post, cdogg, there's only so much performance that a top graphics card can add to a processor of that type. The benchmarks are all taken on machines running P4s or Athlon XPs, so one must make allowances for the capabilities of the PII.
Mike718; my full suggestion was that an XP chip, a DDR mobo and DDR gfx card would provide a bigger leap in performance than the GF4 alone for the same money. I suggested DDR RAM to complement it, if you took this suggestion, but RAM ordinaire will work fine.
I agree with cdogg - be very careful with Radeon 8500s, they come in a wide variety of packages, but only one is the top performer...and it won't be the cheap one! I'd expect it to be around $260 for the All-in-Wonder all-singing all dancing version.
As far as prices go, newegg should give more than a clue - I priced out my spec of parts for $244, ie a bit less than a Ti4600 ($250 min).
...just a suggestion, though ;-) CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
Mike718; my full suggestion was that an XP chip, a DDR mobo and DDR gfx card would provide a bigger leap in performance than the GF4 alone for the same money. I suggested DDR RAM to complement it, if you took this suggestion, but RAM ordinaire will work fine.
I agree with cdogg - be very careful with Radeon 8500s, they come in a wide variety of packages, but only one is the top performer...and it won't be the cheap one! I'd expect it to be around $260 for the All-in-Wonder all-singing all dancing version.
As far as prices go, newegg should give more than a clue - I priced out my spec of parts for $244, ie a bit less than a Ti4600 ($250 min).
...just a suggestion, though ;-) CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk
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