geforce 3 or 4..this is the problem


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currently i had dicided to buy a new 3D card. well, i had selected some of my favourite cards......my budget is 150 USD

Geforce 3 ti 200 64MB

Geforce 3 ti 200 128MB

Geforce 4 ti 4200 64MB

Geforce 4 mx 440

Geforce 4 mx 460

can anybody just give me some advices abt them..

well my system is:

my ram is SD-RAM PC-133 CL 3 (IBM BRAND)

p3 933MHZ

SDRAM 256MB

H/D 20GB ATA-66 (7200RPM)

GeForce 2 mx 32MB

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gf4 ti 4200 stay away from one that has 128mb as I've heard the ram is slower and doesn't make it any better than the 64mb

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stay away from the geforce 4 mx's. out of those choices i'd pick the gf4 ti4200 since it's simply the best card in the list.

i have a geforce 3 ti 500 64mb, and i must say i still haven't found a game i couldn't run flawlessy at 1280x1024 with max detail. so it's up to you if you want to spend more money for something better. in my opinion you don't really need anything better than a geforce 3

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he said his budget was 150 now 500 lol go with the mx if u have no money and want a decent card but if u want to spend all of it go with the gf 3 ;)

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If you're on a budget the GF3 Ti200s are now getting cheaper and can easily be overclocked to Ti500 speeds with some simple modification. If you can afford one tho get a GF4 4200, don't go near the MX models unless you aren't too bothered about gaming, they don't have all the hardware functions of other GF4s and GF3s

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i'd have to say save up your cash and get a PNY GeForce4 Ti4400

card is quite amazing, was just a review of it in Maximum PC too heh they gave it a 9 and there KICK ASS product stamp =)

edit= or a Visiontek Xtacy of the same card its a little better cause of the connector array and the video-in/out

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Stay away from the GF4 MX as they use a more or less completely different core/GPU than the GF4 Ti's.

They suck. I have a GF3 Ti200 64MB and it is great.i instantly OC'ed it to 220 core and 480Mhz RAM from the standard 175 core and 400 ram. Its a good little beast.

But go for GF4 Ti4200 if anyhting

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4200 baby!

GeForce 4 Ti for under 200 bucks! Finally the average folk can get a nice nVidia card without spending the big bucks...that price jump to the 4600 isn't worth it to me for the few extra frames... (it MIGHT be worth it for the 4400, but i already gots me a 4200) :D

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Originally posted by mAcOdIn

gf4 ti 4200 stay away from one that has 128mb as I've heard the ram is slower and doesn't make it any better than the 64mb

wrong, more memory = more texturs, and blah blah blah

even though its slower the extra memory helps a bunch, for detail in games, and stuff.

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How come you have to 'stay away' from the gf 4 mx.

It's a good card. It's fast, it gives a good quality picture and it's the cheapest card around.

I know it's not a gf3 or gf4 but hey compair the prices.

I'd say stay away from the 8500 cause it's slower than my gf4 mx (and yes I've seen both cards working on several games)

I'm not on a budget but I had some spare change in my pocket and thought what the hell buy an mx until the real thing gets cheaper and I must say I'm very happy with it. If you're on a budget and want a fast card, mx is the way to go (they're less than $100 :p)

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the problem with the MX's is that there a VERRY cut down version, they dont support DirctX full (aka why u cant get nature game etc in 3d mark) imho the best 'budget' card out at the mo is the ge-force 4 TI 4200 63 MB, not much more then the MX and sh*t loads faster! and it has FULL support for open GL and Direct 8.1!

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Originally posted by xStainDx

wrong, more memory = more texturs, and blah blah blah

even though its slower the extra memory helps a bunch, for detail in games, and stuff.

no games will fully use 128 meg of memory at the moment unless your running in resalutions like 1600x

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I agree that is a nice card but still a little more than twice the price of an mx (here in holland).

+ you need good processor to go with a monster card. I read many tests on the gf4 and the general idea is that you need a 1.5GHz+ processor to be able to fully appreciate the cards abillities.

Going from a Geforce 256 to an mx was a major improvement for me anyway :p

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