Alright, I've had this system almost 3 years now. I'm not much of an upgrader... I usually hold on til it can't do much more then build anew. My previous system was a P75 and before that it was a 386 with win3.1. So when I upgrade, I *really* upgrade.
I'm nearing that point now and would eagerly jump on a new Tbred if I had the cash (and could convince the wife that a new system is more important than rain gutters)... but my rational side is holding me back and whispering "Hammer" in my ear. So I will wait to build.
BUT, that being said, I have a TNT2 Ultra in this P600 and with recent games like SOF2, GTA3, NWN, and JK2, it just isn't cutting it for me anymore. Some of you might ask, why even upgrade video if yer just gonna build a new system once Hammer is unleashed. Well, I plan on giving this system to my son, who is 5 and on a P2 400 Optiplex right now and reaching the end of his 16meg vid card while trying to play Black and White and Tony Hawk 3.
So, my long-winded thought is to grab a vid card that will speed things up for me now (tiding me over the next 6 months or so) and then work great for him for the next 2 yrs or so. Since the P600 is the bottleneck with just about any GeForce card, I was leaning toward the GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB at Newegg for $113.
My question is... is this overkill for a P600? Am I wasting $$ when a measley MX or anything cheaper would do a fine job on such a system?
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I'm nearing that point now and would eagerly jump on a new Tbred if I had the cash (and could convince the wife that a new system is more important than rain gutters)... but my rational side is holding me back and whispering "Hammer" in my ear. So I will wait to build.
BUT, that being said, I have a TNT2 Ultra in this P600 and with recent games like SOF2, GTA3, NWN, and JK2, it just isn't cutting it for me anymore. Some of you might ask, why even upgrade video if yer just gonna build a new system once Hammer is unleashed. Well, I plan on giving this system to my son, who is 5 and on a P2 400 Optiplex right now and reaching the end of his 16meg vid card while trying to play Black and White and Tony Hawk 3.
So, my long-winded thought is to grab a vid card that will speed things up for me now (tiding me over the next 6 months or so) and then work great for him for the next 2 yrs or so. Since the P600 is the bottleneck with just about any GeForce card, I was leaning toward the GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB at Newegg for $113.
My question is... is this overkill for a P600? Am I wasting $$ when a measley MX or anything cheaper would do a fine job on such a system?
dss
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