Wondering if anyone had the same set up.

[gpw11]

Hey, I just ordered a sapphire 9500 PRO to replace my old geforce 3 ti200 (going in the other PC). I mainly upgraded to bea ble to run games on the new Unreal engine better, hopefully be able to max out everything with Half-Life 2, and just be able to run Doom 3 at acceptable frames (might be a stretch here). Anyways, my important specs are:

-Athlon XP 1800+
-512MB PC2100
-(being shipped) 9500 Pro
-Win XP

I was wondering if anyone with a similair system could tell me what kind of frames they get in games like UT2k3, UT2, and Battlefield.

Like I said I'm mainly looking forward to Deus Ex 2, Doom 3, and Half-life 2 - do you think this was a pretty reasonable purchase (I did read the anandtech article recommending to hold off, but - being a student, if I upgrade it pretty much has to happen while I work in the summer. I'm also hoping Doom 3 is a bit more optomized before it is released).

Thanks for you help and time.

 

[gpw11]

I don't want to be a pest, but I'm going to bump this

 

[brunswickite]

nope but will bump for you

 

[BoomAM]

I dont have exactely the same system, but heres what i think will run on yours. Most of these are educated guess`s
HL2, Probably around 1024x768 with max or near max details. Might have to turn the physics engine down a notch if it supports it.
Doom3, 800x600 or maybe 1024x768 with medium details.
DeusEx2. Probably 1024x768 with near max details.

Read this doom benchmark review on hardocp for details.
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDc0LDI=

Keep in mind, im guessing here as best as i can from the information that i have.

 

[sinensis]

Woah, dejavu..

I upgraded from a GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb to a Radeon 9500 Pro 128 Mb

I had an Athlon XP 1800+
1.0 Gb PC2100 ram
WinXP

Here are some benchmarks I got using video cards and 3DMark2001SE

core/memory

Gainward GeForce 3 Ti200 128 Mb
175/400: Flyby, 48.99 Botmatch, 34.58 6475 3D marks
200/450: Flyby, 55.96 Botmatch, 38.54 6721 3D marks
210/480: Flyby, 58.96 Botmatch, 39.90 6991 3D marks
240/500: Flyby, 65.61 Botmatch, 42.73 7354 3D marks

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9500 64 Mb
276/270: Flyby, 97.36 Botmatch, 41.85 9026 3D marks

PixelView GeForce FX 5200 128 Mb
250/500: Flyby, 82.06 Botmatch, 45.03 6985 3D marks

Sapphire ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128 Mb
276/270: Flyby, 127.xx fps Botmatch, 53.xx fpx 103xx 3D marks

I haven't done a test in Unreal 2 yet though. And I don't have Battlefield 1942, sorry

 

[gpw11]

Sweet.

The card just arrived today, and I'm just backing up all my stuff before I reformat (don't want to deal with the Nvidia to ATI switch issues), I'll let you know how it turned out.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[BoomAM]

You made a good choice there. I tryed going strait from a GF3Ti200 to a 9700PRO.
I did everything i was supposed to do, removed all drivers, reg enteries, ran driver cleaner, removed anything to do with nvidia, but i still got crap performance, graphical errors, stability problems, ect;
So i reformatted and started afresh. And all the problems went away. Havnt had a major problem since.