Hello there,
I would really appreciate some help here. My current system is an Athlon 1900XP with 512 meg RAM and a Radeon 9800PRO. I recently upgraded from a Radeon 8500 so I could play more recent games. My 3D mark 2001SE score (on default settings) is now around 11,500 and 3d mark 2003 is 5,190. Since the upgrade, it breezes call of duty (and other Q3 based games). UT 2003 runs nicely generally but does seem to strain a bit at times. UT 2004 seems to strain a bit on larger maps as well. However, far cry really does stretch it - its playable but not as smooth as I am used to. Also unreal 2 seems to struggle somewhat. Is this normal for a system of my specifcation also do my benchmark scores sound right?
I really don't want to have to upgrade the processor and motherboard at this point, but am seriously considering investing in a Radeon X800. Would this be a worthwhile upgrade and would I notice an appreciable improvement in performance with my current setup?
Thanks for reading,
Bowen
I would really appreciate some help here. My current system is an Athlon 1900XP with 512 meg RAM and a Radeon 9800PRO. I recently upgraded from a Radeon 8500 so I could play more recent games. My 3D mark 2001SE score (on default settings) is now around 11,500 and 3d mark 2003 is 5,190. Since the upgrade, it breezes call of duty (and other Q3 based games). UT 2003 runs nicely generally but does seem to strain a bit at times. UT 2004 seems to strain a bit on larger maps as well. However, far cry really does stretch it - its playable but not as smooth as I am used to. Also unreal 2 seems to struggle somewhat. Is this normal for a system of my specifcation also do my benchmark scores sound right?
I really don't want to have to upgrade the processor and motherboard at this point, but am seriously considering investing in a Radeon X800. Would this be a worthwhile upgrade and would I notice an appreciable improvement in performance with my current setup?
Thanks for reading,
Bowen