SDJ Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 I have a voodoo4 running on an athlon 1ghz 1gb sdram and 2xHDD (1 40 and 1 80gb)I have a few flight sims which I play now and again but I have thought about getting a new graphics card as I would like dual monitor support at some point (I do video editing)What I really want to know is I have thought about a Ti4200 but dont really want to spend over £100 (wifes new horse is costing me a fortune <_< )I have read that the radeon 8500le is a good budget card but would it be a drastic improvement on the voodoo with regards to my flight sims?Should I bite the bullet and go for a Ti4200 and not feed the horse for a few weeks or would the radeon 8500le be a good buy?Cheers in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted April 5, 2003 Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 you can get a Ti4200 at dabs for £100 http://www.dabs.com/value/value.asp?s=374 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDJ Posted April 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2003 Ok I will check that out.Does anyone have or had the voodoo4 and will it make much difference in my flight sims? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3@©H¥ ²°°³ Posted April 7, 2003 Report Share Posted April 7, 2003 kill tha horse ! :P just kidding :rolleyes: Ti200 seems good.. my reason being you dont want to kill the horse because your wife will get angry...and a angry wife hmmm hmmmm hmmmm i wont go on :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarthy © ® ™ Posted April 8, 2003 Report Share Posted April 8, 2003 I have an 8500LE 64MB and I think it's a great card. Flashed to the retail ATI 275/275 bios.My highest 3DMark2001 SE score is 8702 (untweaked).Crucial do a 128MB version for £52.99 +vat...Click Here. ;)...failing the 8500 LE, I would go for the new 9800 pro from ATI and do as L3@©H¥ ²°°³ says - You could do without food yourselves and live off the horse for weeks. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 question .. what exactly are the SE cards..? like geforce4 ti 4200-SE .. and how long have they been around ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3@©H¥ ²°°³ Posted April 13, 2003 Report Share Posted April 13, 2003 question .. what exactly are the SE cards..? like geforce4 ti 4200-SE .. and how long have they been around ?dont SE mean Second edition ? o_O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 13, 2003 Report Share Posted April 13, 2003 maybe .. but aren't second editions supposed to better than the prev version .. ?from the facts i'd say its stripped-down edition :PGeForce4 Ti 4800 Vertices per Second:136 Million Fill Rate:4.8 Billion AA Samples/Sec. Operations per Second:1.23 Trillion Memory Bandwidth:10.4GB/Sec. Maximum Memory:128MBGeForce4 Ti 4800 SE Vertices per Second:125 Million Fill Rate:4.4 Billion AA Samples/Sec. Operations per Second:1.12 Trillion Memory Bandwidth:8.8GB/Sec. Maximum Memory:128 mbPs: am i hijacking this thread .. ? should i start a new one .. ? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted April 13, 2003 Report Share Posted April 13, 2003 Doesn't the computer slow down to the frame rate on the slowest card anyway................? thinking about having two monitors myself ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted April 13, 2003 Report Share Posted April 13, 2003 Doesn't the computer slow down to the frame rate on the slowest card anyway................? thinking about having two monitors myself !i was thinking of adding a pci card and using an older monitor with the one i use now.. does that mean that the system will run at the speed of the pci one .. ? :blink: i don't think so... do you ? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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