mobo or gfx card?

powerfulsquid · Post by **powerfulsquid** » Wed Apr 17, 2002 10:46 pm

ok here's the deal. i have a geforce 2 mx 400,as said in the subject and well, in half-life counter-strike, and team fortress classic i get like 40-50 frames per second on average and it drops to 20 sometimes and i lag. this is with an amd athlon 1.4 ghz, 512mb ddr ram, and soyo k7-ada motherboard with all the recent drivers and bios. i also freeze sometimes in the middle of a tony hawk 3 game and same goes for global ops.

does anyone know what the deal is? whether it's my motherboard or my gfx card? i think that it might be my motherboard considering that my old computer was 733mhz 448mb sdram and it ran CS and TFC at 80-100 fps avg and it had a voodoo3 3000.

i don't want to have to buy both a new motherboard and a new gfx card so im hoping to figure out whats wrong before hand so i just have to buy one or the either. any help would be great.

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:23 am

its the card i think. The voodoo's had glide bulit in and CS has the Voodoo drivers so they are better for that. Get a better GFX card

powerfulsquid · Post by **powerfulsquid** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 6:58 am

that's what i thought. do you suggest any good ones for $200 or less?

master7 · Post by **master7** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 7:06 am

Originally posted by powerfulsquid
that's what i thought. do you suggest any good ones for $200 or less?

GeForce 3 TI200 or ATI 8500

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 10:05 am

Originally posted by master7

ATI 8500

what he said

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 11:16 am

GF4 Ti 4200

it's priced below $200

and will last you a long time

or 8500LE 128MB, can oc to at least regular 8500 speeds

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 11:17 am

Get the Gf4ti4200. It will be less then 200, Im waiting for it to come out

, cant wait

powerfulsquid · Post by **powerfulsquid** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 2:53 pm

my friend had gotten an ati radeon 8500 128mb but he doesnt get above 50fps max in TFC so i don't really think i want to get what. maybe the gf3 ti 64mb which i think is like $180 at best buy.

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actually its not ti, it uses the ti chip. its official name is VisionTek Xtasy GeForce3 Titanium 200 AGP Graphics Accelerator. heres the link

VisionTek Xtasy GeForce3 Titanium 200 AGP Graphics Accelerator

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Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Apr 18, 2002 5:01 pm

Well if you happen to decide on a Radeon 8500 64 MB retail that doesn't have the DVI adapter or the Counter-Strike CD, you could take a look at this shameless link...for only $110.00

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... adid=74353