Should I upgrade video card or wait?

[ramfan]

Hello, this is my first post. I need help...I have a 933 megahertz Intel Pentium III, 256mb 133 system ram(not sure of brand) ASUSTeK PEGASUS REV 1.xx 133 bus, Pny G4mx420 Pci Card. I plan on buying a new system next year but in the meantime I still want to play with my current rig and get decent framerates(at least 30fps). I play UT2003 and at normal settings I average between 20 to 30fps @ 1024x768 16bit resolution. My question is should I upgrade the video card with the Radeon 9100 Pci for $100? Will there be a noticable performance boost, or will my processor be the bottleneck?


Thanks in advance.
ramfan

 

[Schadenfroh]

wait till next year, upgrading your video card on that system would be a bottleneck and next year you will be able to get a much better video card for the same price.

oh yeh, welcome to the forums:beer:

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
wait till next year, upgrading your video card on that system would be a bottleneck and next year you will be able to get a much better video card for the same price.

Wellcome to the forums.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: ramfan
Hello, this is my first post. I need help...I have a 933 megahertz Intel Pentium III, 256mb 133 system ram(not sure of brand) ASUSTeK PEGASUS REV 1.xx 133 bus, Pny G4mx420 Pci Card. I plan on buying a new system next year but in the meantime I still want to play with my current rig and get decent framerates(at least 30fps). I play UT2003 and at normal settings I average between 20 to 30fps @ 1024x768 16bit resolution. My question is should I upgrade the video card with the Radeon 9100 Pci for $100? Will there be a noticable performance boost, or will my processor be the bottleneck?


Thanks in advance.
ramfan

Welcome to the forums. To answer your question, no, a Radeon 9100 will not increase performance (at least not noticeably). I would wait and do a complete overhaul on your system later, as any new card would be bottlenecked by your CPU and ram.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: ramfan
Hello, this is my first post. I need help...I have a 933 megahertz Intel Pentium III, 256mb 133 system ram(not sure of brand) ASUSTeK PEGASUS REV 1.xx 133 bus, Pny G4mx420 Pci Card. I plan on buying a new system next year but in the meantime I still want to play with my current rig and get decent framerates(at least 30fps). I play UT2003 and at normal settings I average between 20 to 30fps @ 1024x768 16bit resolution. My question is should I upgrade the video card with the Radeon 9100 Pci for $100? Will there be a noticable performance boost, or will my processor be the bottleneck?


Thanks in advance.
ramfan

Welcome to the forums. To answer your question, no, a Radeon 9100 will not increase performance (at least not noticeably). I would wait and do a complete overhaul on your system later, as any new card would be bottlenecked by your CPU and ram.

 

[ramfan]

Thanks for the welcome, and the advice...I will wait untill next year and get a new system. Has anybody dealt with ibuypower.com?? There warranty doesn't sound that great, so my only other option is a Dell...I am not tech savy so building one is out of the question and I am very impatient...your thoughts??