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zorasson3

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Assuming i can overclock the card I buy (aka 9800 SE > Pro) conversions and whatnot, what is the best card out there for 100-120 that I can add to my rig to play EQII fluently on decent settings.

My current rig

Asus a7n8x deluxe
AMD 2200 athlon XP
1052 (2x512 Dual DDR)
nvidia geforce 4 ti4200 64mp 4x
 
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Todd33

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Originally posted by: zorasson3
Assuming i can overclock the card I buy (aka 9800 SE > Pro) conversions and whatnot, what is the best card out there for 100-120 that I can add to my rig to play EQII fluently on decent settings.

My current rig

Asus a7n8x deluxe
AMD 2200 athlon XP
1052 (2x512 Dual DDR)
nvidia geforce 4 ti4200 64mp 4x
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Not possible, poorly written game. The best you can do is a 9700 Pro for ~$130. If that is too high, look for a used or sale 9600XT for ~$100.
 
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zakee00

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yeah...didnt you already have a thread on this? and we already told you that you would be so CPU limited that its not worth getting a new videocard unless you were going to get a new CPU too.
 
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zorasson3

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and if i need a new cpu for under a 100, is the athlon 2800 xp as good as it gets? (pricewatch 2800 for 100 even,free shipping)
 
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Originally posted by: zorasson3
so what you're saying is, is that i need a new CPU before i get a new card right?
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No, People here are so "CPU bottleneck" paranoid it's sick. It will be worthwhile to upgrade your card. The problem is your budget. You're going to need to shell out close to $200 to get a 6600GT or something, otherwise you're looking at nominal gains over the GF4.

That's a good overclocking board, so you should be ale to get more out of your system anyway so long as you have good cooling. You could even be able to sell your CPU and get a mobile chip for a few bucks more and have yourself an XP3200. But for $100, there's nothing you're going to be able to do to your system to improve it much as far as gaming.
 
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zorasson3

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but all over the eqII forums people rant about how the 6600 and 6800 gt's are Fing their games up, cause distortion and freezing. Whats that about??
 
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I think the ti42000 is te bottleneck right now, but I was saying the game will never run smooth no amtter what you do.

It ran like crap on my system. My friend who played longer than I did ran it on a P4 2.4Ghz FX5900 1GB and complained about the performance all the time. The game is just a dog. If you just want 1024x768 med setting at 30fps you may just try a 9700 Pro and hope for the best. Simply getting a new CPU won't help much.
 
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zorasson3

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what about the http://3btech.net/engefx5725ag.html I built a computer for a friend and ordered one of the FX 5700LE 256 mb for 90 bucks even and he's only running a 2600 and has it on high quality out doors. Is this a good deal? also the coolbits will auto-overclock to the optimal setting with it. I'm gonna try it when i get my ram cause i still have his card.

another Q
FX5700LE 256 mb for 90
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Radeon 9700pro for 158

 
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Todd33

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5700 le = complate crap. I'd stay away from Nvidia for EQ2 personally. Back when I had a 98000 Pro it ran it better than my buddies 6800GT. My other friends FX5900 didn't do well wither. I guess "Plays better on Nvidia" stickers sells cards, but is less than honest.
 
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