hey guys, im going to be in the market for a new video card by end of this month and ill be able to spend 180-200. $200 is max..i wont be able to spend a penny more (okay mebbe a penny). but since im going to be using this card for quite awhile, i think i should probably get a Dx9 optimized card. so i have to choose between geforce fx 5600 w/ 256mb ram or an ATI 9500 pro or an ATI 9700 (non pro). or maybe i could skip dx9 and go with a geforce4 ti4800SE. the thing is, i like nvidia because ive used them for a very long time (since the riva's), plus they work very well in linux and guru3d keeps coming out with new drivers like every 3 weeks. The games i normally play (plan on playing) are GTA3, CounterStrike, GTA VC, EnterTheMatrix, UT2003 (all at 1024x768-1280x1024).
another thing, rite now im using a 4x agp motherboard, ill get the 8x later on and so i wanted to know what the difference would be between a card running at 4x agp and the same one running at 8x agp. half the performance? also, can someone tell me what memory bandwidth and fill rate are and what they do? thanks a lot
another thing, rite now im using a 4x agp motherboard, ill get the 8x later on and so i wanted to know what the difference would be between a card running at 4x agp and the same one running at 8x agp. half the performance? also, can someone tell me what memory bandwidth and fill rate are and what they do? thanks a lot
