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What's a good vid card for my system? (Celeron 1.2)

Triumph

Triumph

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If anyone can believe it, I just recently upgraded from a 300a@450 to a Celeron 900@1.2. That was the fastest chip my mobo (Asus P3V4X, AGP 4X) could support, so I did that instead of hassling with a whole new system. I also have 640 mb of PC133, and I think the pc is plenty fast enough for me. But here's the kicker: I'm still running a Voodoo3 3500! This card is really due to go into the trash: poor performance by today's standard and NO real support for W2K, let alone XP.

All I know is I want to play some Counterstrike. I really have no idea what kind of card to get, I've been out of the hardware loop for a while. Used is fine, there's always good vid cards in the FS forum. Video input would be nice so I could record some stuff, but a standalone card may be better than a combo vid card/recording card. Or maybe an older AIW would be good enough for that? I don't know. I do know that I'm not buying the newest $399 GeForce 8. I wouldn't want to go any higher than $150 at the absolute highest, and I would only spend that much if it was something like a really really good card that normally went for $250 or something like that.

I just need to start somewhere with some options.
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
If anyone can believe it, I just recently upgraded from a 300a@450 to a Celeron 900@1.2. That was the fastest chip my mobo (Asus P3V4X, AGP 4X) could support.
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Actually, I have that motherboard too... I think with a slot-T adapter you can use the Celeron-Tualatin CPU's, which are a good deal faster than the "standard" Celeron. The Tualatin is essentially a full Pentium III - it has 256k cache, and the other features found on the Pentium III. With the Slot-T adapter, you are supposed to be able to use the Celeron-T in these slot-1 motherboards. The only difference I am aware of between the Celeron-T and Pentium III is that they don't come ina 133 mhz FSB version... which is good actually.

Oldfart recommended buying a 1.0 or 1.1 ghz version of Celeron-T and overclocking to 133 FSB... then youl'll have the memory bandwidth and a CPU running around 1.4 or 1.5 ghz... not bad!

All that being true, many video cards are CPU limited, but a Geforce 4-ti4200 would be good in that system, or a Radeon 8500
 
A cheap, used Ti 4200 would be a nice upgrade from your Voodoo, and you should be able to find a decent one for under $100. I honestly wouldn't spend much more than that unless you were planning on buying/building a new system soon and planned on using the same video card in the new rig.
 
Originally posted by: Mloot
A cheap, used Ti 4200 would be a nice upgrade from your Voodoo, and you should be able to find a decent one for under $100. I honestly wouldn't spend much more than that unless you were planning on buying/building a new system soon and planned on using the same video card in the new rig.
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A cheap, used Ti 4200 would be a nice upgrade from your Voodoo, and you should be able to find a decent one for under $100. I honestly wouldn't spend much more than that unless you were planning on buying/building a new system soon and planned on using the same video card in the new rig.
 
Interesting double post, Mloot. 😉

I do have a Slot T adapter, but I'm not actively looking to increase my CPU speed. For what I use the computer for, I haven't even noticed any huge increase going from 450 to 1.2. The extra money to go to 1.5 or whatever could be better spent elsewhere.

Any other video card opinions?
 
Originally posted by: nick1985
Originally posted by: Mloot
A cheap, used Ti 4200 would be a nice upgrade from your Voodoo, and you should be able to find a decent one for under $100. I honestly wouldn't spend much more than that unless you were planning on buying/building a new system soon and planned on using the same video card in the new rig.
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Originally posted by: Triumph
nycdude: we'll see. gotta do some more research on these cards. any other opinions?
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Nothing wrong with getting the best you can afford (Ti4200 or R8500) - it'll always be ready for your next upgrade. 🙂

Or you can buy the gF4MX from nycdude and use the leftovers to buy yourself a shiny new Tualatin Celeron from another AT member ... 😉 Tualatin Celeron ~= Coppermine P3, btw.

- M4H
 
Here's a few more options from the For Sale/Trade forum:

Geforce3 Ti200 w/VIVO - $50 shipped Linky
8500 All-In-Wonder DV- $105 shipped Linky
Geforce4 TI4800 SE w/VIVO - $110 shipped Linky

 
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