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Woohoo... I beat that by 1000 points with my year old 8500! 
Too bad I don't have time to actually play games recently.
Too bad I don't have time to actually play games recently.
Justintime
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i score 1100 with my ti4200 at 285 600 
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Justintime said:i score 1100 with my ti4200 at 285 600
I'm assuming its supposed to be 11,000?
I get almost 1100 (yes 1100) with my Matrox G450
Justintime
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eek, yes 11,000
Justintime
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true, coupled with an XP at 2.12Ghz i bet its warranted that i get 11k
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Gonz said:I bet that OSLI & Justin use DDR. I still have sdram @139
Yep, finally made the move to DDR a little about two months ago. 3DMark loved it, as well as UT. Woohoo!
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I have a question about these new vid cards that people brag about. I just bought a new Radeon 7000 with 32 mb ddr. Ok, I prolly could of done better for $50, but this card seems plenty good enough for me.
Is all the speed in a video card really needed or is it just for bragging rights? It seems to me that some of the cards out for around 50 bucks are decent enough to do most of things that the average computer user might want to do.
Is all the speed in a video card really needed or is it just for bragging rights? It seems to me that some of the cards out for around 50 bucks are decent enough to do most of things that the average computer user might want to do.
HomeLAN
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In most cases, you're right. Not, however, if you're a gamer.
The reason I replaced my card (GeForce 2 GTS Pro, 64 MB) was that it was occassionally hiccuping on Neverwinter nights. That game eats graphics power. Unc's 32 MB Matrox G400 never stood a chance, nor did the 32 MB ATI I just replaced in his gaming rig over here. The game was damn near unplayable.
If all you're doing is browsing and office apps, a 32 MB card might even be a little overkill.
The reason I replaced my card (GeForce 2 GTS Pro, 64 MB) was that it was occassionally hiccuping on Neverwinter nights. That game eats graphics power. Unc's 32 MB Matrox G400 never stood a chance, nor did the 32 MB ATI I just replaced in his gaming rig over here. The game was damn near unplayable.
If all you're doing is browsing and office apps, a 32 MB card might even be a little overkill.
Most of the time upgrading video cards is mainly for new features nowadays, since the speed in simple stuff like Q3 has long since been exceeded beyond the point of being playable even at maximum resolution with 4x FSAA. Some people do it just for the 3dmark score, and of course for the ability to play the next year-or-two's games.
