best graphics card for this system

[Anonymous]

Dell Dimension 8200 P-4 @1.7GHz
2GB of Ram
64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce3 4X AGP w/DVI
400 Front Bus

I was looking at getting the 256MB Nvidia FX 5600, do I need to upgrade or is the 64MB fine.

[Anonymous]

Softquadro that Geforce3 to a QuadroDDC before
spending any money on a new one. Should be
acceptable.

[Anonymous]

well if I can get the fx 5600 for $130 is it worth doing?

[Anonymous]

Yeah

[Anonymous]

with the configuration listed above, what would be the benifit of upgrading to P-4 3.06MHz and 540 Front Bus...???

[Anonymous]

> well if I can get the fx 5600 for $130 is it worth doing?

Here are some number for you to look
over.

The FX5600 is a "Price/Performance GeForceFX
Release" it has faster clock speeds than the geforce3 and has DX9 support (IV is
OpenGL so DX9 means nothing), but it only has 1 texture unit.  The Geforce
3 can be fully converted to a quadro this may be of more value than the extra
clock speed. Its hard to say what would be better.

What exact Geforce3 do you have?

GeForce 3
-NV20
-DirectX 8 (PS 1.1 VS
1.1)
-64MB
-200Mhz Core
-230Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 2 Architecture
(4 Pixel Pipelines by 2 texture units)
-0.15 Micron Process
-AGP
4X
-Original GeForce 3 Release

GeForce 3 Ti 200
-NV20
-DirectX 8 (PS
1.1 VS 1.1)
-64MB/128MB
-175Mhz Core
-200Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 2
Architecture (4 Pixel Pipelines by 2 texture units)
-0.15 Micron
Process
-AGP 4X
-Price/Performance GeForce 3 Release

GeForce 3 Ti 500
-NV20
-DirectX 8 (PS 1.1 VS
1.1)
-64MB
-240Mhz Core
-250Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 2 Architecture
(4 Pixel Pipelines by 2 texture units)
-0.15 Micron Process
-AGP
4X
-High End GeForce 3 Release

GeForce 4 Ti 4800
-NV28
-DirectX 8 (Ps 1.3,
Vs 1.1)
-128MB
-300Mhz Core
-325Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 2
Architecture (4 Pixel Pipelines by 2 texture units)
-0.15 Micron
Process
-AGP 8X
-Updated High End GeForce 4Ti Release

GeForceFX 5600
-NV31
-DirectX 9 (Ps 2.0, Vs
2.0)
-128MB
-325Mhz Core
-225Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 1 Architecture
(4 Pixel Pipelines by 1 texture unit)
-0.13 Micron Process
-AGP
8X
-Price/Performance GeForceFX Release

GeForceFX 5600 Ultra
-NV31
-DirectX 9 (Ps
2.0, Vs 2.0)
-128MB
-350Mhz Core
-350Mhz, 128 Bit, DDR
-4 x 1
Architecture (4 Pixel Pipelines by 1 texture unit)
-0.13 Micron
Process
-AGP 8X
-Price/Performance GeForceFX
Release

[Anonymous]

If you bought the latest and greatest 3.06 GHZ 800 fsb computer it would be almost twice as fast as your current computer BUT...... most users actually only spend 20% or less of their time waiting on the actual computer. yeah it would be faster, yeah the ROI would probably support buying a new computer every year but it can still be a hard sale.

[Anonymous]

I have the GeForce3 4X AGP 64MB

[Anonymous]

I,m trying to avoid putting the cart before the horse, I maxed out my Ram and if I can go from 64MB graphics to 256MB for $130 I just want to make sure my system will still run ok

[Anonymous]

i wouldnt do a fx 5600. its slower than the geforce4 4200's and even slower
than the gf4mx's in some tests.

its a budget card that supports dx9, but that means nothing to inventor. you
would better off getting 126meg geforce4 4200 or 4800 (same card, 8x agp)

Matt
"fritsche" wrote in message
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> I,m trying to avoid putting the cart before the horse, I maxed out my Ram
and if I can go from 64MB graphics to 256MB for $130 I just want to make
sure my system will still run ok

[Anonymous]

I guess thats the same thing I was trying to say (In a round about kind of
way), the 5600 is not that much faster than a geforce3, and being able to
fully convert to a quadro, may of more benifit than the few extra Mhz.