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sinisterstorm2000
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posted 12-05-2001 09:56 PM

Hey just wondering if this card will perform better then my Voodoo5 on my com now.
P3-733
384megs ram
SB-LiveXgamer!

Im not really looking for like 150 FPS in evey game. Im assuming it will run everything smooth. Thats all im looking for.

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TheKiller
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posted 12-05-2001 10:45 PM

get a higher powered processor. It's the bottleneck of your system right now.

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sinisterstorm2000
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posted 12-05-2001 10:47 PM

According to NVIDIA my Com will perform almost 200% faster with the GF3 card instead of the Voodoo5. Thats still damn good. Im not going for Raw speed. Just something that will last and give average playable FPS and HAS TECH SUPPORT AND DRIVER UPDATES. : ) IM assuming this card will be much better.

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dAm
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posted 12-06-2001 12:08 AM

The Killer is right on the bottleneck.
You might as well save some bucks and get a Geforce 2 if you're not gonna get a faster cpu to go with the GF3. What kind of fps do you get in a q3 timedemo now with the V5?

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Lindi
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posted 12-06-2001 02:40 AM

What are the GPU/Memory frequensies of the Ti2 anyway, I think I read somewhere that the GF2Ultra is a little faster. I'm just not quite sure about this, but check it out.

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[MM]Dragon::
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posted 12-06-2001 04:21 AM

I have a GeForce 3 and I am running on a P3 500, 256 MB Ram and it goes quick enough to get me in the top 5 most of the times, nr 1 sometimes.... (read: hardly ever)

Max.

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sinisterstorm2000
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posted 12-06-2001 08:26 AM

Well the thing is.. looking at games on the xbox and how it uses the nVidia technology (more then likly a GF3 chipset) and only having a 733 processor i think it should run fine. Right now with the recent version of Quake3 and the new timedemo i think i got 50 FPS as the Average. Whereas my friend with a GF2 MX-200 got a 60. Sooo im sure the GF3 will deliver better performance then 50fps in quake3.

I used to get 71 in the old timedemos on 1024x768. Ive also seen reviews saying the GF3 performs good on a Duron800 but even on the 1.5ghz Machines it still only uses 66% of its full power. So im assuming this card can last me a long time. Iam planning on upgraded the com. I just though i would get the more expensive thing out of the way first.

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sinisterstorm2000
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posted 12-06-2001 08:28 AM

GeForce3 Ti 500 Graphics Core:
Memory Interface:
Fill Rate
Operations per Second:
Memory Bandwidth:

GeForce3 Graphics Core:
Memory Interface:
Fill Rate
Operations per Second:
Memory Bandwidth:

GeForce3 Ti 200 Graphics Core:
Memory Interface:
Fill Rate
Operations per Second:
Memory Bandwidth:

256-bit
128-bit DDR
3.84 Billion AA Samples/Sec.
960 Billion
8.0GB/Sec.

256-bit
128-bit DDR
3.2 Billion AA Samples/Sec.
800 Billion
7.36GB/Sec.

256-bit
128-bit DDR
2.8 Billion AA Samples/Sec.
700 Billion
6.4GB/Sec.

These are the specs on each card

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sinisterstorm2000
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posted 12-06-2001 08:31 AM

Woops sorry it didn't post right. Im sure you can figure it out though.

Just match them up. hehehe.

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dAm
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posted 12-06-2001 01:37 PM

well on my 866 w/GF2 mx and everything maxed at 1024x768 I get 72+ fps in timedemo four. But, I can't stand lightmap and see no visible difference between 32bit and 16bit color so my normal settings give me 130+ fps. I've thought about a GF3 but I can live with the 130+ so I'm going to wait until I get a faster cpu. If you plan on doing that soon too I can see where you want the GF3. But I'd wait until the GF4 comes out and the GF3 should drop in price quite a bit. Or just go for the GF4.

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