A Video Card for Age of Mythology

[BJM84]

Im currently building a new PC specially for AoM, just wanting some advice on which card to set it up with.

GF4 Ti 4600 Deluxe
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro

Whats the story with GF4 Ti 4800SE VIVO 8x AGP cards? everyone seems to be shifting the 4600 out opting for 4800SE but i got told that they dont perform as well?

Cheers
any help appeciated

 

[Lonyo]

Might as well get an ATi 9800 in a bit (if you can wait a month or so), it'll perform nicely, quite a lot better than a Ti 4600 and not too much more expensive, or a 9700 non-pro, the speed difference in AOM won't be all that different, and you'll save a bit of $$$, and if you wanted you could overclock it to 9700 PRO speeds.

 

[nick1985]

wait till the 9800 pro comes out and snag a 9700pro

 

[cnicol]

Originally posted by: BJM84

Whats the story with GF4 Ti 4800SE VIVO 8x AGP cards? everyone seems to be shifting the 4600 out opting for 4800SE but i got told that they dont perform as well?

Cheers
any help appeciated

The GF4 Ti 4800 is just a TI 4200 with 8x AGP. It offers no real speed improvments over a 4200 because the 8x AGP is not used (yet). This is all pure marketing BS.

I hate it when they do this. Both ATi and nVidia have done this but IMO nVidia is just plain wrong to name an overclocked GeForce 2 Pro as a GeForce 4 MX and the same with a Ti 4800. All this does is confuse customers.

grrrrr :|

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I think those games are more CPU bound than video cards, am I right? If so, you may want to get the 9700 Pro since the price should come down a little soon and then get a new cpu. Whats the rset of your system look like? Also, welcome to the AT Forums

 

[selfbuilt]

Although I agree the 9700 Pro is a better card than the current Nvidia offerings, it would definitely be over-kill for AOM and related titles! For that, make sure you have a really good processor and lots of high-speed memory. Unless money isn't an issue, you would do better with a less expensive graphics card (e.g. Geforce4 Ti4200 or Radeo 9500 Pro), and apply the savings to more memory or a better CPU. For that matter, even an older GeForce3 and Radeon 8500/9000/9100 series would play the game well (and are frankly dirt cheap these days).

 

[Guspaz]

For AoM, it doesn't matter WHAT you put in your rig. I'm running a GeForce 3 (orig) on an AthlonXP 1900+ and it's silky smooth.

So, for general videocard suggestion? Depending on the cash you have available, wait for the 9800 Pro to come out, then either get a 9800 Pro, or a 9700 Pro, as the price of the 9700 Pro will drop at least 15%.

 

[sambao21]

a 9700 pro for AoM??? I play it on a geforce2 mx and it's silky smooth

 

[BJM84]

Whats the rset of your system look like?

Intel P4 2.66Ghz
ASUS P4P2-AL Socket 478 (not 100% sure though)
1Ghz DDR
16x DVD
80GB Seagate HD

 

[clicknext]

Just wondering why are you building a rig specifically for that game? Not going to play any other games?

As other people said, that game doesn't require much. Runs perfectly fine at 1280x960 on my Radeon8500LE 128MB.

 

[Richdog]

Just about ANY modern video card will run A of M (I run it on a Ti200) but seems quite funny youre building a PC "specially" for it, lol

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: nick1985
wait till the 9800 pro comes out and snag a 9700pro

why wait? there is no reason they will be droping the prices any time soon.

 

[Guspaz]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: nick1985
wait till the 9800 pro comes out and snag a 9700pro

why wait? there is no reason they will be droping the prices any time soon.

Allow me to state the obvious. The Radeon 9800 is coming out, and ATI will be dropping the price of the Radeon 9700 by 15% according to reports.

The Radeon 9700 Pro CURRENTLY costs what the 9800 Pro will on release. You don't think they will charge the same for the 9700 as the 9800, do you?