upgrading from radeon 7500 to geforce4 4200

[hungrygoose]

so.....should i be excited?....i hope it will help tribes 2 run smoother....it should be here by thursday from newegg....i'm getting the gainward ti 4200 for $200! great deal in my opinion....what should i know to get the most out of this card?....i've never used an nvidia card b4 so i guess i'm a detonator newbie of sorts

 

[dawks]

Good choice.

I myself had an nVidia card since 1998, then I decided to 'upgrade' and found a deal on an ATI Radeon 7500. Opps! Should have stayed with nVidia. The Detonator drivers are so much nicer.

They have nVidia cards at school so I still get to mess with their drivers a little and some of the new features are very nice. Although they may be Windows 2000 and Windows XP specific.

Be sure to get the Detonator Drivers from www.nvidia.com.. Since most companies use those and modify them, usually just adding crap. The detonators have been in constant development since 1999, so its hard to go wrong with them.

Also, if you like tweaking and having some fun, check out Coolbits.

The nVidia Detonator driver has a built in over-clocking feature called coolbits but its hidden by default so 'newbies' dont go and wreck their system. Its a simple reg key edit to enable coolbits.

 

[adrian12]

lol

my uni only has 16mb diamond stealth cards in them, and they run so slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ooooooooooooow

 

[Woodchuck2000]

I just went from a Radeon 7200 to a GF4 4200.
Definitely worth the jump in my opinion.

 

[PuppettMaster001]

You are gonna see a nice jump. Do yourself a favor though and before you get the G4 play games with the 7500 in FSAA. Thats where you are going to see an gigantic performance difference.