Posted: 12/24/2002 4:49:53 AM EDT
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Hey, guys. Got another question for you experts out there. One of my computers is currently a Dell Pentium 3 846Mhz with 256MB RAM, running Windows XP Pro. It has a ATI Radeon VE DDR graphics card (I think 32MB) in it. The graphics seem pretty nice, but I'm wondering if there might be a better card out there for under $100 that I could get that would make gaming better on this computer. Something odd I noticed was that when I tried to install an older game (Warcraft 2) on this computer it wouldn't run but it runs just fine on my newer computer. I recall reading somewhere that some of video cards that came out since Warcraft 2 were somehow not backwards compatible with some older games. I'd really like to get that game to run on this computer so my wife and I can play it against each other on our home network. So, any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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if you want to stay around $100, I'd say get a GeForce 4 MX 440 card. You'll get good performance out of it. However, for only about $50 more you can get a Titanium-level card. The 64MB GeForce 4 Ti4200 is a screamer of a card. The high end cards have all started faling in price, which usually means some new releases will be coming soon. |
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The GeForce 4 MX is only a slightly hopped-up GeForce 2 MX. Don't buy it. You've got a decent card. If you want a [b]significant[/b] improvement, you'll likely need to shell out at least $250 before you'd actually [b]notice[/b] a difference. Personally, I'd save your money and buy more ammo. |