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I will probably be purchasing a 8RDA+ and a 2500+ to go with my PC3200, but as of now I have a 1600+ @ 1.95Ghz and a 8K5A2+. I have an MSI Ti4600 (she does 336/776) and I am curious of my options for a new card. I am not sure of my choices, but I don't want to spend a fortune and I would like the card to be faster than a Ti4600 (;p). Should I even upgrade, if so what should I get? I want the new card to have overclocking potential as well... that's a given. :)
IMHO, I would keep the video card you have now and only upgrade when you deside it is time too. By that time there might be a better video card on the market, it seems like theres new ones coming out about every three months now. Also the topend video cards, should be cheaper and you might get a better one then, instead of the one you can afford now.
right now the ATI 9800 can be obtained for as little as $244 US and overclocks extremely well, so if you do upgrade, i think that would be the card to get.
Define what you consider to be a fortune. In my opionion, to be significantly faster than a Ti4600, you would need a 9700Pro. I think they are around $250 now. If you think that is to much, I would suggest you wait for a price drop. A 2500+ paired with a 4600 should do pretty good in HL2, but mearly adiquate for Doom3. Looks like you could tough it out until next winter before you would need to upgrade.Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
I am curious of my options for a new card. I am not sure of my choices, but I don't want to spend a fortune and I would like the card to be faster than a Ti4600.
Fortune: $250 and over. I have paid a lot more for cards in the past, but I am looking to not spend a huge amount this time around. With my current setup I average 40-60fps in Planetside and in battle it drops to 19fps a lot of the time, which I don't find enjoyable. That's with all settings on low, 32bit, all options selected aside from ground, rock and floral textures (1024x768). It's my favorite game right now, and it's hardly playable at times.Quote:
Originally posted by rhettro
Define what you consider to be a fortune.
Then, I would get the 9800np, from what I have read it is a good overclocker.
Yeah this is not a good upgrade time for us budget minded GF4 owners. For me I'm not planning on a pre-Christmas VC upgrade because quite frankly I do not need it for the games I play.
Well, you should get a nice boost, just with the change of processors. I would guess that your 19fps would move to 26 or so. A good video card would give you a little more. You could always upgrade the videocard later, see what the 2500+ gives you, then decide if you need to upgrade.Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
I average 40-60fps in Planetside and in battle it drops to 19fps a lot of the time, which I don't find enjoyable.
Honestly... if you want a great card that will (IMO) have a pretty long lifespan, then look no further than a 9700PRO :). Believe me.. it's a FAST card!
I went from a TI4600 to a 9700PRO... and the performance diffrence was incredible! In everywhich way, the radeon owned the GF4. I really like playing at high resolutions... and of course... with Anisotropic filtering at the highest setting possible :).
But definately, a 9700PRO... DX9, very fast... and not expensive now a days :).
A 9800NP would be another good choice :).
I'd wait till you do all the other upgrades. Your video card is hardly a slow one!
That's a sweet overclock. My evga 4600 tops out around 312/7something.Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
I have an MSI Ti4600 (she does 336/776)
If you want a new card, then I don't see why you wouldn't go after a 9800 non-pro for around 250. High end card for a mid range price. :)
-edit- But if I were you, I'd wait and see what your new CPU/mem can do with the 4600, because there should still be a little juice left. :)
Unless you're nuts about AA/AF, the Ti4600 isn't going to be decimated unless you're willing to pay for it. I went from a Ti4200 to a 9700np - I felt like that was the way to go....the 4600 is, I think, too close to the others to make the $$$ worthwhile. Plus, as was said, prices WILL drop....Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
I would like the card to be faster than a Ti4600 (;p). Should I even upgrade, if so what should I get? I want the new card to have overclocking potential as well... that's a given. :)
yeeeeeeeeeeeeoch man thats an insane overclock ya got there! Howd ya do it? volt mod? Not many people can get the ram way up there either! That thing would perform like a stock radeon9700 non pro in games anyway(without fsaa, mind you) what I would do is beef up your rig, but seeing you got an amazing overclock on your pally(lucky guy) you already have a hella fast rig. Perhaps a barton xp2500 at 2.4GHz on 200fsb may keep those fps above 25 if you want to spend all the money and time for a few more fps. Can you run the details and res down instead?
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Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
yeeeeeeeeeeeeoch man thats an insane overclock ya got there! Howd ya do it? volt mod? Not many people can get the ram way up there either! That thing would perform like a stock radeon9700 non pro in games anyway(without fsaa, mind you) what I would do is beef up your rig, but seeing you got an amazing overclock on your pally(lucky guy) you already have a hella fast rig. Perhaps a barton xp2500 at 2.4GHz on 200fsb may keep those fps above 25 if you want to spend all the money and time for a few more fps. Can you run the details and res down instead?
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No volt mod, just great air cooling.
Yes I can kill some of the details, but I enjoy the "pretties," but they come at the cost of FPS.
how much did those ramsinks help? one of my friend says you can gain as much as 40MHz more ram oc from those. (730 to 770 for example) if that is true, I could do that to everycard I have. However the ram on my mx440 hardly gets warm. I dont see ramsinks helping unless your ram gets very hot