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| mckinks | posted on 12-27-2001 @ 5:27 PM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01  | I have been looking to upgrade my video card for a while, and now I'm actually going to do it but I am not exactly sure what to get. I have a dell with a ATI-Rage 128 pro 32MB(I think) and was thinking about getting the VOODOO 5500 64MB AGP-OEM. But I have no idea what to look for. So I figured I'd post and see if any of you gaming nuts had any recommendations.  "Some folks trust to reason others trust to might, I don't trust to nothin', but I know it comes out right." | ||||
| adolescentmasturbator | posted on 12-27-2001 @ 6:07 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | 3dfx went bankrupt so unless you want no driver support don't get a 3dfx card. I recommend nvidia usually. They have cards for everyone's price.  Resident Board Socialist IM me at stickysituation2 | ||||
| Sgt. Squeegie | posted on 12-30-2001 @ 10:47 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | The hottest selling (at least at CompUSA) is the NVidia Geforce 3 Ti500 with the ATI radeon 8500 in a close second. Both cards retail at just over $300.00 but boast some of the best graphics abilities out there. Check out the reviews on CNet or ZDnet and those should give you an idea of what to buy. Personally I recommend the Geforce 3. No sig pic due to the fact that I am an idiot for not keeping a copy of my sig pic and because the assholes at @home unplugged everyone without warning and did not let anyone retrieve their files from their server. MSN Messenger: waybaker@hotmail.com | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 12-30-2001 @ 11:26 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote:If you're gonna drop this much coin, I would go for the GF3. ATI has the worst driver support, despite the fact that they make a good board. I have the Ti500 and it smokes. The Ti200 is a great card too and can be overclocked. Either way go with an Nvidia chipset, you can't go wrong. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi! | ||||
| Disturbed G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Pac Man Power Pill Gunner | posted on 12-30-2001 @ 11:33 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Get a Geforce 4 in February
That's no beer belly, that's a fuel tank for a whoop ass machine. | ||||
| rambopfc | posted on 01-04-2002 @ 1:43 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | I have the voodoo5 and it kicks ass. works good under linux too.. nvidia is good but the 3dfx chipset has always been good. | ||||
| Disturbed G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Pac Man Power Pill Gunner | posted on 01-04-2002 @ 5:28 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | When hasn't NVIDIA been good? NVidia chips in the past where generaly faster then 3dfx's. It doesnt matter anyway, 3dfx is history and the two major chips left are NVidia and ATI. And Nvidia benchmarks faster. Plus the new Geforce4 is gonna have 128 megs of ram, thats crazy. EDIT: Just checked pricewatch.com and Voodoo5s are about 95 bucks. So I think voodoo 5s are the best budget video card you can get actually.
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi. And she wouldn't give it to me, just one Pepsi. | ||||
| mckinks | posted on 01-04-2002 @ 9:38 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Thanks for the info guys. I think I'm going to go with the NVidia Geforce 3 Ti500. The only thing is in some of the reviews people state that they have trouble with it over-heating. Have any of you who have the card had that problem? "Some folks trust to reason others trust to might, I don't trust to nothin', but I know it comes out right." | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 01-04-2002 @ 11:47 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I haven't noticed any kind of overheating - its actually cooler to the touch than my GF2 MX board was. It might get hot if you overclock the hell out of it, in which case just put a bigger fan on it (in lieu of the fan that comes on the card). You can get fans pretty cheap at Staples or local comp. shows. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi! | ||||
| FrigginAnT | posted on 01-18-2002 @ 2:14 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | actually...rumor has it....nVidia is looking to buy ATI... all i sell are GF3's....they work real well Visit this Website Visit this Website | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 01-23-2002 @ 6:58 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote:Will it be that much better than the 3?  | ||||
| Disturbed G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Pac Man Power Pill Gunner | posted on 01-23-2002 @ 1:20 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Geforce 4 will have 128 megs of DDR RAM so I hear. So thats double the RAM. Although Geforce 3s are totally fine. G4 is for powergamers, hehe.
My underwear covers up a world of hurt. | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 02-15-2002 @ 6:38 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | OK, I went to buy the G-force 3 Ti 500. It had a AGP connection. Even though my computer is only 1 year old, it only has PCI connections at the ports. Are there comparable cards with PCI? Does adding a AGP port require a new motherboard, or am I just fucked? I have walked through many lives Some of them my own And I am not who I was Though some principle of being abides From which I struggle not to stray | ||||
| Disturbed G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Pac Man Power Pill Gunner | posted on 02-15-2002 @ 10:54 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Don't know if there are any good PCI cards but if you want an AGP slot that would require a new motherboard. And if your gonna do that you might as well wait for an NForce which will have a geforce2 built in.
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| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 02-15-2002 @ 4:39 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Painter, what kind of a machine do you have? My Dell is 3 years old and it has an AGP slot - and I also have a Ti500 card (it fuckin' rocks by the way). If you're absolutely sure you don't have an AGP port, you will need a new MoBo - but you can get those relatively cheap online if you know what kind of a board you want, and its really just a swapping of the two boards (plus a few tweaks here and there). You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi!
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| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 02-15-2002 @ 5:39 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | It's a Compaq Presario 5000 series. I know, I can hear the groans. It was a gift from my wife. Compared to what I had, it's great. In some things, this being one, it's inadequate. I have walked through many lives Some of them my own And I am not who I was Though some principle of being abides From which I struggle not to stray | ||||
| Bartman | posted on 02-15-2002 @ 6:35 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | as far as i kno the whole 5000 series has agp....and dont go pci it is much much worse than agp its slower and worse quality Visit my webpage you can also email me E-Mail Me My aim is Goldalex | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 02-16-2002 @ 12:07 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote:Agreed - Painter, you sure you don't have it? Open the case, look for a small port, its usually white (the PCI slots are usually much longer and black). I can't believe even crappy Compaq would put out a machine as recent as a year ago without an AGP port. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi!
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| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 02-16-2002 @ 7:03 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | I'm on my way out the door right now. Gotta work. I am 99.9% sure. I'll snap a digital pic later and post it. Thanks . I have walked through many lives Some of them my own And I am not who I was Though some principle of being abides From which I struggle not to stray | ||||
| JimboSHU my status is extremely accurate. | posted on 02-16-2002 @ 5:02 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Question, related to this topic. What's more gooder, a GF4 MX 420-440 or a GF3 Ti? I would think the GF4 because it's a later release chipset but I've seen it priced cheaper than the GF3Ti in many places. I wouldn't be willing to spend more than $150 on a 3d card(related to my discussion on getting a barebones system in my other thread). I'm too lazy to make a sig. AIM | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 02-17-2002 @ 9:44 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Pics a little fuzzy, a little to close I guess. All slot are the same. The 2 cards in there are phone,and ethernet. They came with the machine. When I got the AGP card the connections were further back (towards the front of the machine) than these slots are. I have walked through many lives Some of them my own And I am not who I was Though some principle of being abides From which I struggle not to stray This message was edited by The Painter on 2-17-02 @ 9:49 AM | ||||
| CJMello | posted on 02-17-2002 @ 10:36 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | Look for the Geoforce 4 by end of February. "Spitters are Quitters." | ||||
| hornygoatweed I've Got A Vagina With Teeth. G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Dragoon Battalion My friends call me Weed | posted on 02-17-2002 @ 6:59 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Nice pic Painter - it looks like you don't have an AGP port, those all look like PCI slots (though on my machine the PCI's are black and look much longer...) In any event, the only vid card you can go with is a PCI based card, but I really don't know a specific one to reccomend you - and as far as I know GeForce 3's and up only come in an AGP flavor. GF2's might come PCI, look into those. You can reach me through AIM or email. Don't be shy, drop a line and say Hi!
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| onehung lo434 | posted on 02-17-2002 @ 7:55 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | quote: The AGP slot is about an inch shorter than the PCI slots and brown on mine. I just put in a Geoforce 4mx440 for 150$ from best buy...quite the difference from my onboard card,Clears shit right up. But I did see some radeon cards that were pci that the salesman said were pretty decent  | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 02-17-2002 @ 9:04 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | It's official: __________________________________________________________________ Dear Randy, Thank you for contacting Compaq E-Support. Presario 5BW284 model comes with Intel Whitney chipset Integrated Graphics and does not have AGP slot to upgrade AGP Graphics card. This model has two PCI slots open for expansion, you can install PCI Graphics card. _________________________________________________________________ Fucking Compaq. No AGP port. This was supposed to be a top of the line model too. I have walked through many lives Some of them my own And I am not who I was Though some principle of being abides From which I struggle not to stray | ||||
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