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] > <> > <> [log in to unmask] > > 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. > > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, > articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more > http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org -- Thanks, Dave A. Anselmi IT Analyst, IT.ERP Oracle Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org