Ha! I entirely disagree.
Most 3D-enabled games are 3d-limited, not processor-limited. So, as tested, Quake3 is *much* faster with Pentium II 266 + Geforce GTS, vs. Pentium III 850MHz and NVidia TNT2. (I have the latter system, my friend the former. I feel silly; mine cost more ;P)
A good resource for these kind of things is www.anandtech.com. They test processors, m/b's, vid-cards using Quake3 as well as 'normal' benchmarking suites.
You should specify which game(s) you want to play. Some games, like Unreal Tournament, are cpu-constrained, so better cpu is better.
Timchenko Maxim wrote:
> 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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