Would a 700mhz Pc with a Geforce 3 Ti500 play RTCW?

[botchla]

Amd 700mhz
384 mb Pc133
Geforce 3 Ti500

Is that quite enough to play games like RTCW or UT2K3?

I actually have a TNT2 32mb, but I might buy a Gf3 card if it's worth the upgrade.

Soon I'll get a Cpu/mobo upgrade, but at least I'll have a video card when i do.

Thanks for any info.

 

[kurt454]

You will probably be able to play RTCW. Might have to turn down the detail a little bit. I only have the demo of UT2k3, but it seems pretty cpu dependant so I don't know how well a 700 mhz will fare.

 

[botchla]

I played RTCW once before when I had a Amd 1.2 and Gf2....It played ok, I was just curious if a better video card supplements a slower cpu...

 

[MadTom]

Yes.

Still, for your processor an GF3 Ti200 will be enough, but if you find a cheap Ti500 - go for it. If you are planning the CPU/mobo upgrade consider the GeForce4 Ti4200. Actually, I'm running a GF3 Ti200 with my P4 1.6A @ 2.14. This card was in my "old" P3 650 @ 866 MHz system before. With this old system I played and finished RTCW (@1024x768x32).

 

[botchla]

As soon as Doom3 gets close to release I'm gonna build a Pc good enough to play it. As for now i just play counterstrike, and soon I'll see what I can do to play RTCW until that new rig is built.

thanks for the info

 

[AnitaPeterson]

YES!!!

Dude, I play RTCW on a Win98 machine with a P3-650 and a GF2 GTS, using 1024x768, and although I never bothered to check out the frame rate, I NEVER had problems with the game (slide show or the like)

 

[sep]

I played RTCW on a PIII 1Ghz, 512MB with a G2 Pro. I was able to play RTCW@1024x768x32 High Details.


I would get a faster CPU. AMD 1.2GHz is only $50 shipped and get a card from the list below thats around $80.

G3 ti200 64MB.........$84
Ati 8500 64MB..........$81
Ati 8500 128MB..........$97
Ati 9000 128MB.......$81
Ati 9000 Pro 64MB...$72

*Anything over $100 you should look at a G4 Ti4200 64MB or 128MB.

 

[Deeko]

Yea, it'll run no prob, that video card can easily handle it. CPU is a little weak, but it's all good.

 

[mellondust]

You shouldn't have too much of a problem. I played it fine with a P3 733 and a Geforce 2mx w/32mb ram.

 

[PoolMaster]

I played it on a Athlon 550 with a Radeon 64 MB DDR VIVO (original Radeon)at 1024x768x32 and it did really well with no glitches.

 

[BFG10K]

Both games are highly CPU dependant and will struggle on that processor. I had a 1.333 GHz TBird and after I upgraded to a 2.0A GHz Northwood the difference was like night and day in RTCW.

I actually have a TNT2 32mb, but I might buy a Gf3 card if it's worth the upgrade.

Don't waste your time with a Ti500 - get a Radeon 8500 or a Ti4200 instead.

 

[ProviaFan]

I've played UT2k3 on an 800MHz Duron system with a Radeon SDR PCI 32MB video card. It has to be run at 800x600 with low details to be playable, but it works.

 

[DeathByDuke]

I had (before i upgraded) virtually the same system albiet with 256Mb of RAM and a Ti200. It could cope with anything until Tourney 2003 came along... now its a 1800+ XP with 256Mb DDR and new mobo and the Ti200 runs at 250/535 (faster than your Ti500!) and now its copes with UT2003 at max settings at 1024x768 with NO major slowdowns! I upgraded to this for just £143 (about $210) for memory (PC2100), CPU, 2600+ Fan/Heatsink and ECS K7S5A Mobo. I f I was you, upgrade that CPU 1st as that is whats holding your GF3 back. For example, on my ol' Duron 700, I got just 4359 3DMarks on 2001SE, now i get nearly 8600! Just make sure your board supports a CPU faster than 1Ghz. If its an Athlon, you would get 1.4Ghz max on a 200 bus, if it's a 266 bus you better check the BIOS updates to see if it supports the XP's. If it's a PIII then your buggered unfortnately, as you couldn't get past 1Ghz. But, hey back to the question! YES IT WILL RUN RTCW and even MOH:AA on Omaha (might struggle, but do that upgrade and it flies!)

Hope I answered your question!

sorry, forget the ramble about the PIII, you do have a AMD! Oops.

 

[Sub51]

It will play it without any problems in 1024*768. You'll need to go down to 800*600 in Multiplayer however, especially on bigger servers.

Also, like someone else said, consider getting a Geforce 4 Ti 4200. It's quite a bit faster and only a bit more expensive in a lot of places.

btw, make sure that you have an AGP slot!!! I can't stress this enough! You need one for the Geforce 3 Ti 200.

Look on your mobo, you should see 3-or-so white plug-ins for network cards, sound cards etc. There should be one in brown, too, otherwise you don't have an AGP Slot.

 

[Anubis]

it should without any problims


my roomate has my old comp
Atnlon Tbird 800
384 ram
Geforce 256

and it plays RTCW and MOHAA finr at 1024x768

he can play Ut2003 full version on med and low details at 800x600 with no problims also