Suggestions for upgrade from Ti4200 for "Medal of Honor"

[Hulk]

My brother has a Dell 4600 P4 2.66 and ONLY plays "Medal of Honor." He currently has a Ti4200 video card and I'd like to get him a new one for Christmas. Is there anything out there for under $200 that will give him a significant boost in frame rate playing "Medal of Honor?"

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Viper96720]

A Geforce FX 5900 is right around $200

 

[Rogodin2]

A 5900nonu or 9800np

rogo

 

[CraigRT]

does the 4200 not run MOH well enough?
it ran like butter on my old GF3 Ti200 w/XP1800

 

[yhelothar]

i agree.. ti4200 should play mohaa @ 1280x1024 buttery smooth if not 1600x1200

 

[sandorski]

MoH should run great on the 4200(as others mentioned). Get him some games instead, perhaps BF1942, CoD, Max Payne 2, or something.

 

[nick1985]

xfx 5900NU from newegg @199.

thread = over

 

[videoclone]

Get hime Games !!!! BF1942 // is great with the mod Desert combat and Need for speed underground is a nice game too if he likes racing games you could even get him Need for speed underground and a steering well for under $200

 

[videoclone]

Originally posted by: sandorski
MoH should run great on the 4200(as others mentioned). Get him some games instead, perhaps BF1942, CoD, Max Payne 2, or something.

Whats COD ???

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: videoclone

Originally posted by: sandorski
MoH should run great on the 4200(as others mentioned). Get him some games instead, perhaps BF1942, CoD, Max Payne 2, or something.

Whats COD ???

Call of Duty

 

[videoclone]

Desert Combat 5 is really good online 64 Players in jets is something amazing !!! blows your mind away !!!

 

[Blastman]

If he likes MOH, he would probably really like SOF II: Double Helix (Soldier of Fortune), very similar game in a lot of respects. That is one LONG game too, you really get your moneys worth. I liked the AI, if you stand there thinking about what to do they attack you --- lob grenades at you etc. He could try downloading the demo ?

http://www.pcgameworld.com/details.php/id/2985/

 

[RussianSensation]

if he likes MOHAA get him Call of Duty he will fall in love all over again

then after COD which is way more graphically intense he'll tell everyone he needs a new videocard so you make him wait and buy him a videocard for his b-day. Hopefully its after April so that way the new cards right now like 9800Pro will drop significantly and they will be an awesome buy for cheap. Also the new generation will come out and if he adds $100 of his own he can get the newest and greatest

You should only buy a new videocard when you cant play the games you like any longer smoothly at say 1280x1024 or whatever he prefers (with AA/AF on/off?)

so iwth medal of honor i am sure its running just fine i have 3.06 with radeon 8500 no problems at 1600x1200 and his videocard is better than mine already so....

if he is getting 80FPS now yes a new card like 5900nu will give him double, triple whatever it is but no one can tell after 60 steady i bet.

So in conclusion until he has a game that runs slower than he lieks then there is no point of getting him a videocard now but if u really wanna give him that present 5900 NU for 199 XFX at www.pricewatch.com you can search for them they are cheap

 

[VIAN]

The Ti 4200 sucks bunghole. Get him a Nvidia Geforce FX 5900.

I had a Ti 4600 and I ran Medal of Honor: Allied Assault beautifully, but Spearhead ran like crap and Breakthrough even more so. I would get him a better card.

Spearhead and Breakthrough are expansions to Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: nick1985
xfx 5900NU from newegg @199.

thread = over

9800 NP from microcenter for $199

now thread over

 

[Dravic]

9800 NP from microcenter for $199

now thread over

link? couldnt find a 9800np on their site at all, looking at the 5900nu for $200 myself

nevermind.. saw it as their BF special

Big BF list

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: nick1985
xfx 5900NU from newegg @199.

thread = over

 

[BlueWeasel]

I agree with some of the other comments...if he loves MOH, then get him Call of Duty. It runs great on my GF4 4200 and XP 2000+.

 

[BFG10K]

does the 4200 not run MOH well enough? it ran like butter on my old GF3 Ti200 w/XP1800

Some levels are extremely GPU limited, levels like the snow forest level where you go hunting for the anti-aircraft guns.

A 9700np/9800np (if you can get one for $200) will show a massive gain over a Ti4200 in such levels.

 

[bootoo]

My main comp has a 4200 also and MOH sometimes seems choppy to me.

But the new Wolfenstein free download runs great.

Give it a try anyway; I don't think you need retail wolfenstein installed (believe I uninstalled mine when I finished it but it was a WHILE back) but castle wolfenstein enemy territory is free, runs great and is actually much funner than the original wolfenstein m.p. game.

 

[Hulk]

Thanks for all the help guys. I'm going to get him Call of Duty.

 

[DarkKnight]

Originally posted by: Hulk
Thanks for all the help guys. I'm going to get him Call of Duty.

he'll luv it!! It's such an awesome game

 

[VIAN]

Good game - lot of action.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: DarkKnight

Originally posted by: Hulk
Thanks for all the help guys. I'm going to get him Call of Duty.

he'll luv it!! It's such an awesome game

a bit short though