new 3D card on a dated system (kinda)

[blodhi74]

I am running an AMD 1400 TB on ASUS A7V 133 MOBO with 1 gig of PC133 ram.... currently have nvidia GForce MX 400 with 32 MB of ram .... will I get a good level of 3D performance increase if I go with an ATI 9000 or a 9500 ... any replys will be helpful

 

[DaTT]

yes...the MX geforce cards are very budget oriented. For instance, I had a geforce 2 GTS 32MB and swapped it out for a geforce 4 mx440 64MB and actually lost performance. I would either go with a 9500 or a Ti4200 for great improvements (defintely leaning towards Ti4200 128MB)

 

[blodhi74]

thanks for the reply. As far as gen usage on the system I'm quite happy with the performance and wont be updating it soon but still wanna run games @ higher frame rates. My current card runs old games like Quake 3 but have to revert to 800 X 600 while running newer games and U can forget about AA .

 

[Ruckas]

I have a similar system. I'm going with a 4200. Because I'm going to be buying an AMD 64 when they come out. Just trying to get as much out of my current computer before I junk it. AMD 64 chips should be launched in 4-5 months. Maybe sooner if they step up to the plate with intels release of the 800mhz FSB chipsets.

Ruckas-