geforce 3 viability on a p3-800mhz?

[Guest]

Hiya.. I've noticed in the past that graphics cards were fast enough that machines were the bottleneck.. thus making it less worthwhile to purchase a graphics card...

I haven't seen anything on the subject, so I wanted to ask if it's worth upgrading to a GeForce3 (probably Ti200, but maybe Ti500) on a machine that's a PIII-800mhz (well, 600 running at 8800)...

If the card is so screaming fast that my system bus and/or CPU are going to be the bottleneck, then I'd just assume wait until I can afford a new machine...

Any help would be appreciated...

 

[Guest]

when you are getting a new computeR?If you are getting a new computer soon, just get the Ti 500
or if you are satisfied with your current one, just stick with it then.. I am using aPII 350 with a leadtek winfsat geforce 2 ti

 

[lagger]

I am running a p-3 800eb w\512 ram and just upgraded from a geforce 2 pro 32 mb to a geforce 3 ti-200 my 3d mark 2001 gained 2000 points with the upgrade ... definately worth it ( I got the card for 99 bux on sale the day after thanksgiving in the U.S... great bargain)


Lagger

<b><font color=blue>I'm a NASTY Intel\AMD\Nvidia\ATI user and I'm just gonna TAKE that d@mn cookie</b> </font color=blue>

 

[AMD_Man]

Don't worry!!! Your computer can handle the GeForce3 Ti500 unless you want to run games at 640*480 where the processor affects the games the most. But then again, then you negate the reason to get a GeForce3 Ti500. I would get the GeForce3 Ti500 with your P3. Don't worry about the performance at the lower resolutions, all you want is at least 1024*768*32-bits.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor