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| Thread ID: 68804 | 2006-05-11 10:17:00 | 6600GT vs 4200 Ti (concerning rFactor also) | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 454092 | 2006-05-12 01:17:00 | would there be any point to me upgrading my ti4200 before I replace my whole system (hopefully I will be able to afford it some time this year)? I've got: athlon XP 2000+ 512mb DDR333 RAM Gigabyte GA7VA Mobo Geforce 4 Ti4200 Chenbro XSpider case with included 400w PSU Liteon 16x DVD writer Sony DVD ROM Hard drives: WD 40 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache IDE WD 80 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache IDE Seagate 250gig 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA No. And you only need to change the MB, Ram, graphics and CPU. So long as the PSU has at least 26a on the 12v it will do too. My son still managed to play FEAR with his Ti4200, not badly either. He does have 1 Gb ram though. Hang in and doit it all later - not as much choice now for AGP cards. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 454093 | 2006-05-12 02:53:00 | So different to my family. I get wierd looks as soon as I mention spending even $100 upgrading a pc :waughh: For me its is as soon as I say any thing about upgrading or changing any thing in my computer I get that look.:waughh: |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 454094 | 2006-05-12 04:57:00 | heh, more upgrading, less mentioning should do the trick I think. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 454095 | 2006-05-15 02:14:00 | I am like you Greven. I upgraded my Ti-4200 to a 6600 GT. I am going to upgrade my RAM from 512Mb to 2 GB one day. |
KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 454096 | 2006-05-15 04:48:00 | Did you notice much of a difference KiwiTT ? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 454097 | 2006-05-15 14:26:00 | It may or may not be relevant, but about 12 months ago I did a comparison between two similar cards. I've included the benchmarks that I got using a similar system as outlined. Hope this helps a bit ;) Shuttle XPC Athlon XP2200 1024MB DDR400 RAM 80GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache PATA Leadtek GF4 Ti4800 Windows XP SP2 nVidia 71.84 drivers 3DMark03 1685 PCMark04 2906 AquaMark3 1024x768 GFX 2094 CPU 5353 TriScore 17467 Doom3 800x600 18.7fps 1024x768 12.3fps 1280x1024 7.7fps Shuttle XPC Athlon XP2200 1024MB DDR400 RAM 80GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache PATA Legend Fx6600GT Windows XP SP2 nVidia 71.84 drivers 3DMark03 7010 PCMark04 2994 3DMark05 3259 AquaMark3 1024x768 GFX 5967 CPU 5256 TriScore 37946 Doom3 800x600 48.7fps 1024x768 48.4fps 1280x1024 44.9fps |
Simply_Si (354) | ||
| 454098 | 2006-05-15 21:38:00 | Wow thanks! Great benchmarks. Significant improvements in Doom3. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 454099 | 2006-05-15 23:02:00 | Did you notice much of a difference KiwiTT ?Not really, because I play RTS games, rather than FPS. But at least I could play Rome Total War, for a while before I got bored with it. | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 454100 | 2006-05-16 00:43:00 | Not really, because I play RTS games, rather than FPS. But at least I could play Rome Total War, for a while before I got bored with it. Rome Total War was harder on my system than Half Life 2. I think that only having 512mb of RAM was as much of a bottleneck as my video card. I have no idea if my CPU would be a limiting factor or not |
Greven (91) | ||
| 454101 | 2006-05-16 01:12:00 | would there be any point to me upgrading my ti4200 before I replace my whole system (hopefully I will be able to afford it some time this year)? I've got: athlon XP 2000+ 512mb DDR333 RAM Gigabyte GA7VA Mobo Geforce 4 Ti4200 Chenbro XSpider case with included 400w PSU Liteon 16x DVD writer Sony DVD ROM Hard drives: WD 40 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache IDE WD 80 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache IDE Seagate 250gig 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA Unfortunately being a consumer in the GFX market these days, if your serious about your purchase then it takes alot of research as well as balancing finance, quality and your own wants and needs to find the best card for you. If it would only take you a few odd weeks to come up with a spare $200 or so then I would definitely buy a 6600GT which would keep you entertained quite nicely until you could purchase a new system (I have the MSI version and have had no problems with it so far. It also scored various awards and was in the top 2 best buys on most of the 6600GT online roundups/reviews). If you cannot readily afford to shell out $200 then the whole AGP/PCI-e factor comes into play, and if you wanted to upgrade to a PCI-e based system (which I would do) and it was going to probably be this year then I would wait and save my money to get a really nice rig made of quality/robust parts. Since you still have the Ti4200 I am assuming following the latest games, cards, and trends isn't a major priority of yours, which means buying a 6600GT will open you up to a whole new set of possibilities, and over time will probably wet your hunger for more.... ....then you will get locked into the trap of needing to pursue and keep up with the expontenial growth of the GFX industry and the pressure (delusions?) put on consumers to continually need (want?) to buy the next gen card....but thats another story. Good luck matey :D |
systm (9904) | ||
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