Well, I already anticipate a flow of opinions on this one :)

IMHO, in your system the limiting factor (besides the graphics) is the CPU
and the performance benefit of the top cards (Geforce DDR etc.) will not
be visible much over the the budget solutions.

My recommendation is to get a $100-150 card (TNT2 and Voodoo 3 on the
lower side, GeForce MX or Voodoo 4 on the higher side) and another 64
(~$35) or 128 Mb (~$70) of PC133 memory to improve on the performance and
to adjust to high RAM requirements of newer games.

Next time when the upgrade comes, you will most probably use this graphics
card and the memory you bought (PC133) with a new motherboard and CPU.

Yours,

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Joe Craven wrote:

> 300 Mhz Pentium II
> 128 RAM Memory
> Number Nine Revolution 3-D Video Card w/8MB
> Is it possible to just change out my current video card with a new Radeon 32DDR or a NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR (like Leadtek) and realize most of the potential of this game or must I completely rebuild the system with new MB, CPU, memory and so on? Would the ATI driver problems be a factor here?
> What might be the best video card for my limited system if I wanted to stay under $200? I appreciate anyone taking a moment to ponder this not-too-important
> problem, since my ignorance factor is higher than most.

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