Now I know most people's answer to this is going to be 'Hell, yes!' but a few things to note:
I don't care about AA, AF, or playing at high resolutions (800x600 has been a long favorite of mine.) I just like max details within the game settings and the highest frame rates possible.
I know I have enough memory for my current system, which I'm actually quite happy with; my processor speed is very decent, I think, my HD has been as stable as a rock - but I actually (sounds dorky, I know) got my tax return back, finally, and was thinking of upgrading what I think is probably the most outdated component on my system.
But when a friend (who has the same gaming tastes as me basically) upgraded to an FX5700 she saw no difference whatsoever EXCEPT in benchmarks, which neither of us don't care much about. She knew that if she raised the resolution on certain games the FX5700 would have taken a much lesser hit than her previous Ti500 but keeping everything at her current settings, she didn't see any noticeable increase in the frame rates of the games themselves - she actually made notes of what the frames were at different points in each of her games, saving them, and then returning to the same point after the upgrade. I was there to witness some of her tests and I saw that there had been no real difference (she also has decent specs: P4. 2.8 HT, 512 DDR, 80GB HD 7200rpm)
I'm also leery because the only games that I would like to see a performance improvement in are said to be CPU-intensive, like Morrowind, and Mafia (especially when driving in the city at night). It seems most games are CPU-intensive so is it really worth the money to upgrade just the vid. card if the system is decent overall and the vid. card is not crap? I was thinking maybe, an FX 5900?
ATI fans: I would consider them, but I had a host of problems with a bunch of games when trying out a 9600 - I would list them, but this post is long enough as it is.
For those who don't remember (not trying to be sarcastic, it HAS been awhile) the TI200 was actually a pretty well-regarded card (and I read somewhere that it actually outperformed some versions of the FX5600 chipset, I know it definitely wiped the floor with the 5200)
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks
I don't care about AA, AF, or playing at high resolutions (800x600 has been a long favorite of mine.) I just like max details within the game settings and the highest frame rates possible.
I know I have enough memory for my current system, which I'm actually quite happy with; my processor speed is very decent, I think, my HD has been as stable as a rock - but I actually (sounds dorky, I know) got my tax return back, finally, and was thinking of upgrading what I think is probably the most outdated component on my system.
But when a friend (who has the same gaming tastes as me basically) upgraded to an FX5700 she saw no difference whatsoever EXCEPT in benchmarks, which neither of us don't care much about. She knew that if she raised the resolution on certain games the FX5700 would have taken a much lesser hit than her previous Ti500 but keeping everything at her current settings, she didn't see any noticeable increase in the frame rates of the games themselves - she actually made notes of what the frames were at different points in each of her games, saving them, and then returning to the same point after the upgrade. I was there to witness some of her tests and I saw that there had been no real difference (she also has decent specs: P4. 2.8 HT, 512 DDR, 80GB HD 7200rpm)
I'm also leery because the only games that I would like to see a performance improvement in are said to be CPU-intensive, like Morrowind, and Mafia (especially when driving in the city at night). It seems most games are CPU-intensive so is it really worth the money to upgrade just the vid. card if the system is decent overall and the vid. card is not crap? I was thinking maybe, an FX 5900?
ATI fans: I would consider them, but I had a host of problems with a bunch of games when trying out a 9600 - I would list them, but this post is long enough as it is.
For those who don't remember (not trying to be sarcastic, it HAS been awhile) the TI200 was actually a pretty well-regarded card (and I read somewhere that it actually outperformed some versions of the FX5600 chipset, I know it definitely wiped the floor with the 5200)
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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