Geforce Vs Radeon

chugger93 · Post by **chugger93** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:43 am

I have a Radeon 9200SE 128MB currently, with a 2.4G processor, 256MB ram, etc. Im assuming my Radeon card is a bottle neck for me lately with gaming.

Which geforce 4 series could be better than what I have. I am on a budget so I do not want an FX card just yet. Should I go with a ti4200 series or ti4400 series? Im only looking to spend 60-80 dollars. Or are these two series cards just comparable to what I have?

Thanks!

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:40 am

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product. ... 6814102408

Also, you might look into another stick of ram.. Does your mobo take SDRAM, DDR RAM, or... RDRAM.

chugger93 · Post by **chugger93** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:29 am

I dont want a Radeon anymore, I hate em. I want an Nvidia...

HawaiianGhost · Post by **HawaiianGhost** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:52 am

chugger93 wrote:I dont want a Radeon anymore, I hate em. I want an Nvidia...

This then, would highly depend on what game you want to play and at what acceptable quality that you are willing to play that game at.

My currently Chaintech Ti4200SE 128Mb play(s)(ed) ok on BFSeries, Farcry, Guild Wars (beta), WoW (Beta & Retail). Framerates avg 30-35fps (playable) with some eyecandy turned up a notch or two. I dare not play Half-Life2 or the upcoming BF2 on it which would take a decent upgrade to my current system (see sig).

If you are an avid gamer that would do almost anything to play a game at decent quality it is almost impossible to not consider an upgrade that will cost $$.

So what game you planning on playing? This would be your deciding factor...

*Edit*
Being that your ram is 256 and VC is 128 = 484 total; minus upto 25%-50% of that for system usage (depending what you run/load in background on start), you are already starting to use your Pagefile system once you start a high end game. I would take the advice given to upgrade you system memory. That actually is where your "Bottle Neck" seems to reside at.

chugger93 · Post by **chugger93** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:32 pm

I just plan on playing The Sims 2 mostly.

So I should upgrade my system memory to 512 and my video card for optimal performance?

My problem is, The Sims 2, just takes forever to load up, and its a tad laggy.
I want to get rid of that load up lag, when loading the game, and in the game, etc

Massa · Post by **Massa** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 12:36 pm

Then that is definitely a RAM issue. 512MB should be a minimum with 1gig being a more common / reccommended amount.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:18 pm

512 megs of ram and a geforce 4 ti4600

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:03 pm

the ti4800 would be cool but seriously, a GeForce FX 5700 w/128MB Ram is only $77. Go for the FX man.

http://www.pricewatch.com/

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:41 pm

RAM...with Windows 2K/XP, 256 is inadequate. You want to begin with 512 megs...more if you're a serious gamer playing some of the latest online FPS games.

When you only have 256 megs, and you see long load times with games? That's your hard drive pulling double duty. You see...the game needs to load from the hard drive...but you don't have much free system RAM to load it into, so it has to be written to the pagefile...virtual memory...in other words... back to your hard drive. So as your hard drive is loading the game, it's putting at least half of it back onto the hard drive at the same time.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 6:36 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:RAM...with Windows 2K/XP, 256 is inadequate. You want to begin with 512 megs...more if you're a serious gamer playing some of the latest online FPS games.

When you only have 256 megs, and you see long load times with games? That's your hard drive pulling double duty. You see...the game needs to load from the hard drive...but you don't have much free system RAM to load it into, so it has to be written to the pagefile...virtual memory...in other words... back to your hard drive. So as your hard drive is loading the game, it's putting at least half of it back onto the hard drive at the same time.

I agree 100% more ram dude!

CBGCableGuy · Post by **CBGCableGuy** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:43 pm

AH HA!! Hence my 3 minute map change/load time for BFV. I just bought a E-Machine T6212 and i load in like 30 secs with a stock GC , here are the specs
http://www.emachines.com/products/produ ... ines_T6212 any ideas for upgrading B4 BF2 comes out? What Will I NEEEEEEEED!!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 01, 2005 11:56 am

CBGCableGuy wrote:AH HA!! Hence my 3 minute map change/load time for BFV. I just bought a E-Machine T6212 and i load in like 30 secs with a stock GC , here are the specs
http://www.emachines.com/products/produ ... ines_T6212 any ideas for upgrading B4 BF2 comes out? What Will I NEEEEEEEED!!

A new video card...BIG TIME. That card won't cut it at all.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun May 01, 2005 5:42 pm

UOD wrote:A new video card...BIG TIME. That card won't cut it at all.

Yep I recommend at 256Card... Also XP home... I suggest upgrading to Pro.
And another 512 Ram!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun May 01, 2005 7:15 pm

Sava700 wrote:Yep I recommend at 256Card... Also XP home... I suggest upgrading to Pro.
And another 512 Ram!

You have no need for Pro as a gamer lol. People see that Pro and think....oh yeah, I must have pro so I look like I know what I'm doing. Appearance don't mean squat dude. Pro gives you a couple of little extras that mainstream consumers probably don't even know about.

So tell me old wise one...why do you have Pro, what is your need? Do you join a domain from home? Do you encrypt your files?

there is NO need to justify the expense for something that only makes you appear to be a Pro lol.

Save yourself some money...stay with the home version lol.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun May 01, 2005 7:41 pm

Thats me as in choosing Pro from Home.. just a suggestion none the less.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Sun May 01, 2005 10:45 pm

If you have a hyperthreading CPU or a dual CPU system. Then XP Pro is a must as XP Home only supports 1 CPU. It doesn't support SMP.