Re: Re: Video Card Suggestions and P4
Originally posted by boeingfixer
Sell the mobo and the P-4, get an Athlon and GF-4.
Sorry I couldn't resist. What is going to be the main use of your computer ? Gaming, surfing ? If you don't want to go overboard, a GF 2 or 3 should suffice. Let us know how you are going to use the card.
No offense with the P-4 joke, ok ?? :grinthumb
AMD does better than Intel in many ways.
but this time, i will go for Intel 1.6-1.8
AMD right now is at end of their 0.18 products. which is hot and non overclockable, while intel has the cooler, overclockable 0.13 cpus. P4 1.6@2.2 does as good as the AthlonXP 2000+ and cooler.
if i am going to upgrade, i will go for P4 1.6 or 1.8.
or wait for the new AMD in Aug, don't think price will drop down to reasonable until christmas.
for the video card. i always go for quality over speed.
since you can't tell 200fps and 100 fps (maybe you can, but isn't a great difference) it's always better to see some black spots where snipers hide, etc.
i will go for voodoo if i can, but it's too slow for games now days.
so i will go for radeon 7500. perform as good as the geforce3 ti 200, but has a greater visual quality.
i still don't understand why people are buying any of the Nvidia cards. (sorry geforce fans