I'm planning on upgrading my machine in the near future, and I'd like some help. Here's the most important stuff of what I have currently:
Asus TUSL2-C Motherboard
Pentium III 1 GHz
512 MB Crucial PC133 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (Hercules 3D Prophet II MX)
I have gotten the upgrade bug once again and I am planning on going to the following kind of system:
Asus P4PE Motherboard
Pentium IV 2.5 GHz
512 MB Crucial PC2700 DDRAM
????
As you can see, I don't currently know what kind of video card I'd like to go to. I'm willing to spend on the order of up to $225 for a new video card, and I clearly want something better than the GeForce 2 MX that I currently have (BTW, that card has done a fine job over the past couple of years). I am mostly interested in 3D gaming (Max Payne, Jedi Knight 2, etc.), and I'd like to be able to run Half-Life 2, Thief III and Doom III as smoothly as possible when they get released. As far as 2D goes, I currently have a 19-inch monitor and run WinXP at 1280x1024. I would normally like to run 1600x1200, but my monitor won't support a decent refresh rate at that resolution (and the flicker at 60 Hz gets awfully annoying).
Anyway, I want the best bang for my buck. I've been reading a lot about graphics cards recently, but they have been changing so much in such a short period of time, that I've lost track of where different chipsets stand. So what is recommended for a gaming geek like myself? Any guidance that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Asus TUSL2-C Motherboard
Pentium III 1 GHz
512 MB Crucial PC133 SDRAM
NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (Hercules 3D Prophet II MX)
I have gotten the upgrade bug once again and I am planning on going to the following kind of system:
Asus P4PE Motherboard
Pentium IV 2.5 GHz
512 MB Crucial PC2700 DDRAM
????
As you can see, I don't currently know what kind of video card I'd like to go to. I'm willing to spend on the order of up to $225 for a new video card, and I clearly want something better than the GeForce 2 MX that I currently have (BTW, that card has done a fine job over the past couple of years). I am mostly interested in 3D gaming (Max Payne, Jedi Knight 2, etc.), and I'd like to be able to run Half-Life 2, Thief III and Doom III as smoothly as possible when they get released. As far as 2D goes, I currently have a 19-inch monitor and run WinXP at 1280x1024. I would normally like to run 1600x1200, but my monitor won't support a decent refresh rate at that resolution (and the flicker at 60 Hz gets awfully annoying).
Anyway, I want the best bang for my buck. I've been reading a lot about graphics cards recently, but they have been changing so much in such a short period of time, that I've lost track of where different chipsets stand. So what is recommended for a gaming geek like myself? Any guidance that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
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